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T. GATE toll gate collector ABBREVIATION

TABERNARIUS innkeeper; taverner LATIN

TABES MESENTERICA tuberculosis of the lymph nodes in the peritoneum attached to the abdominal organs MEDICAL

TABLER boarding house operator OCCUPATION

TACHE CEREBRALE red line on the forehead seen in tuberculous meningitis MEDICAL

TACHWEDD, Y MIS DU November WELSH

TACKLER an overlooker of power loom weavers OCCUPATION

TACKMAN holder of a tack or lease; normally of fishing rights OCCUPATION

TACKSMAN holder of a tack or lease; normally of fishing rights OCCUPATION

TAD father WELSH

TAD-CU grandfather WELSH

TAD-YNG-NGHYFRAITH father-in-law WELSH

TAEDIUM VITAE weariness of life LATIN

TAG day GERMAN

TAID grandfather WELSH

TAILLEUR tailor FRENCH

TAILLEUR DE PIERRE stone cutter FRENCH

TAILLEURE tailoress FRENCH

TAILOR one who made or repaired clothes OCCUPATION

TALIPES clubfoot; a deformity of the foot in which it is twisted from the normal shape or position MEDICAL

TALLOW CHANDLER made or sold candles OCCUPATION

TALLY CLERK kept count of goods arriving or departing from warehouses, docks, etc OCCUPATION

TALLYFELLOW one who sold goods that were paid for in installments OCCUPATION

TALLYMAN one who sold goods that were paid for in installments OCCUPATION

TAN BARK STRIPPER collected the bark that was used in the tanning process OCCUPATION

TANE-HALF one half SCOTLAND

TANNARIUS tanner LATIN

TANNER tanner of hides OCCUPATION

TANNEUR tanner FRENCH

TAPER WEAVER one who made the wicks for candles OCCUPATION

TAPICER one who wove worsted cloth OCCUPATION

TAPISSIER upholsterer FRENCH

TAPITER one who wove worsted cloth OCCUPATION

TAPLEY one who puts the tap in an ale cask OCCUPATION

TAPSTER bartender or barmaid OCCUPATION

TAR BOY applied tar (as antiseptic) to sheep when they were nicked by shearers OCCUPATION

TARBARDILLO typhus MEDICAL

TAS Tasmania, AUS PLACE-NAME

TASKER reaper or thrasher OCCUPATION

TASSELER one who made tassels used in furnishings or nobleman OCCUPATION

TATTIE-HOWKER potato harvester OCCUPATION

TAUFE baptism GERMAN

TAUSEND 1000 GERMAN

TAVERNER innkeeper OCCUPATION

TAWER one who makes hides into leather without using tannin OCCUPATION

TAWYER one who makes hides into leather without using tannin OCCUPATION

TB True Baptist ABBREVIATION

TEACHER normally used for non-conformist ministers OCCUPATION

TEAMER person in charge of a team of horses for hauling OCCUPATION

TEAMER MAN person in charge of a team of horses for hauling OCCUPATION

TEAMSTER person in charge of a team of horses for hauling OCCUPATION

TECTOR plasterer LATIN

TEEMER person who emptied grain from the cart or who poured the molten steel into the molds OCCUPATION

TEENIE young maid-servant OCCUPATION

TEETHING was often listed as the cause of death of infants; probably more correctly it should have been called sudden infant death syndrome MEDICAL

TEINTER artists who performs tinting OCCUPATION

TEINTURIER bleacher FRENCH

TELEG OPERATOR telegraph operator ABBREVIATION

TEMPUS FUGIT time flies LATIN

TENEMENTS houses or other buildings; or anything that can be held provided that it is of a permanent nature LEGAL

TENEUR DE LIVRE bookkeeper FRENCH

TENTER one who stretched the cloth on a machine while it was drying or looked after and maintained the machine used in the process OCCUPATION

TENTERER one who stretched the cloth on a machine while it was drying or looked after and maintained the machine used in the process OCCUPATION

TERCA FEIRA Tuesday PORTUGUESE

TERRA SACRA cemetery; churchyard LATIN

TERRENUS tenant LATIN

TESTACEOUS POWDERS medicinal powders prepared from the shells of animals MEDICAL

TESTAMENT a disposition of personal property to take place after the owner's death LEGAL

TESTAMENTARY pertaining to a will or to wills LEGAL

TESTATE having made and left a will LEGAL

TESTATOR a person who makes a valid will before their death LEGAL

TESTATOR a person who makes a valid will before their death LEGAL

TETANUS an infectious, often fatal disease, caused by a bacterium that enters

the body through wounds; causes fear of water and severe muscle spasms MEDICAL

TETANUS NEONATORUM tetanus in newborns through an infection of the umbilical cord stump following birth in unhygienic conditions MEDICAL

TETANY a condition of calcium and vitamin D deficiencies MEDICAL

TEXTOR weaver LATIN

TEXTOR weaver OCCUPATION

TG Thurgau, CH PLACE-NAME

THACKER thatcher OCCUPATION

THATCHER one who covered roofs with straw or reeds OCCUPATION

THIRDBOROUGH an underconstable OCCUPATION

THISTLE a flower that represents sternness SYMBOLS

THORUS bed LATIN

THREE-DAY MEASLES German Measles MEDICAL

THRESHER one who separated the grain from the husks and straw OCCUPATION

THROMBOSIS blood clot inside of a blood vessel MEDICAL

THROWSTER one in the textile trade who twisted the strands of fiber together into yarn OCCUPATION

THRUSH whitish spots and ulcers on the membranes of the mouth, tongue and windpipe caused by a parasitic fungus; candida of the mouth MEDICAL

THU Thuringen, GER PLACE-NAME

TI Tessin, CH PLACE-NAME

TIBIALIS FACTOR framework knitter LATIN

TIC involuntary spasmodic twitching in a group of muscles MEDICAL

TICK FEVER acute infection with high temperature and dark red skin lesions; also Black Fever, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever or Kala Azar MEDICAL

TICKNEY MAN sold earthenware from town to town OCCUPATION

TICKNEY WOMAN sold earthenware from town to town OCCUPATION

TIDE GAUGER monitored the state of the tide OCCUPATION

TIDE SURVEYOR monitored the state of the tide OCCUPATION

TIDE WAITER customs inspector OCCUPATION

TIDESMAN customs official OCCUPATION

TIEMAKER one who made wooden railway ties OCCUPATION

TIEN ten DUTCH

TIERCE a liquid measure equal to 42 wine gallons or 35 imperial gallons MEASURE

TIGER small groom or pageboy in livery OCCUPATION

TILER one who put tiles in place either on the roof or floor OCCUPATION

TILLER farmer OCCUPATION

TILLMAN plowman OCCUPATION

TIMES IRONER servant responsible for ironing the daily newspaper OCCUPATION

TIMMER a quantity of forty or fifty skins packed within two boards MEASURE

TIMOTHY perennial fodder grass AGRICULTURE

TINCTOR dyer LATIN

TINCTOR dyer OCCUPATION

TINKER repairer of tin utensils OCCUPATION

TINNER tin miner, tinsmith OCCUPATION

TINNITUS ringing, buzzing or clicking sounds in the ears MEDICAL

TINTER artists who performs tinting OCCUPATION

TIP Tipperary, IRL PLACE-NAME

TIPPER one who put the metal tips on arrows, etc OCCUPATION

TIPPLER kept an ale house OCCUPATION

TIPSTAFF policeman OCCUPATION

TIR Tirol (Tyrol), OES PLACE-NAME

TIREWOMAN female dresser, especially in the theater OCCUPATION

TIRSDAY Tuesday NORWEGIAN

TISICK obsolete term for phthisis or tuberculosis MEDICAL

TISSERAND weaver FRENCH

TITHABLE subject to the payment of tithes LEGAL

TITHE the tenth part of anything; the 10th part of the profits of land, stock and personal industry allotted to the clergy for their support LEGAL

TIXTOR weaver OCCUPATION

TKY Turkey PLACE-NAME

TM True Methodist ABBREVIATION

TN Tennessee, USA PLACE-NAME

TOBACCO SPINNER maker of cigars OCCUPATION

TOCHTER daughter GERMAN

TODHUNTER employed by the parish to hunt foxes OCCUPATION

TOE RAG who worked at the docks as a corn porter OCCUPATION

TOILINET MANUFACTURER made toilinet (a kind of quilting) OCCUPATION

TOLLER worked at the toll gate to collect fees for use of the road OCCUPATION

TOLLGATE KEEPER worked at the toll gate to collect fees for use of the road OCCUPATION

TOLLIE worked at the toll gate to collect fees for use of the road OCCUPATION

TOLMAN worked at the toll gate to collect fees for use of the road OCCUPATION

TOMBA grave ITALIAN

TOMBE grave FRENCH

TON formerly a weight containing 20 hundredweight or 2240 pounds, now 2000 pounds; a weight varying with the commodity measured eg. wool = 4368 pounds; herring = 6000 fish; gunpowder = 2400 pounds WEIGHT

TONEGALL a weight of cheese containing 6 stone (84 pounds) WEIGHT

TONELLARIUS cooper; barrelmaker LATIN

TONNELIER cooper FRENCH

TONSILLITIS inflammation of the tonsils MEDICAL

TONSOR barber, cloth-shearer LATIN

TOOL HELVER made tool handles OCCUPATION

TOP SAWYER upper man in a saw pit OCCUPATION

TOPAZ represents fidelity and friendship; prevents bad dreams; birth stone for November SYMBOLS

TOPMAN sailor who works in the ship's rigging OCCUPATION

TOPSMAN head cattle drover OCCUPATION

TORMINA acute wringing pains in the abdomen; colic; gripes MEDICAL

TORSDAY Thursday NORWEGIAN

TORT any wrong or injury to a person or property but not including breech of contract LEGAL

TORTICOLLIS a abnormal rotation and bending of the head caused by contraction of the muscles of the neck; also wryneck MEDICAL

TORY an American colonist who supported the British side during the American Revolution; also called a Loyalist GENEALOGY

TOUCH HOLER one who worked in the gun manufacturing industry OCCUPATION

TOW CARD MAKER one who made tow cards, used in the textile industry OCCUPATION

TOWN CHABERLAIN one who looked after the towns affairs OCCUPATION

TOWN CRIER one who made public announcements in the streets OCCUPATION

TOWN HUSBAND employed by the parish to collect the money from the fathers of illegitimate children for their upkeep OCCUPATION

TOWNS WARTER customs and excise officer OCCUPATION

TOWNSWAITER customs man OCCUPATION

TOXEMIA blood poisoning due to the absorption of bacterial poisons from some focus of infection such as the tonsils or decayed teeth MEDICAL

TOZER worked in the wool mills employed to toss or tease the cloth OCCUPATION

TP township ABBREVIATION

TPAEWORM any parasite worm with segmented, ribbonlike bodies often found in intestines MEDICAL

TRAMMER young person who worked in the mines OCCUPATION

TRAMPLER lawyer OCCUPATION

TRANQUETER person who made hoops OCCUPATION

TRANTER peddler OCCUPATION

TRAPPER employed in the mines to open and shut the doors for the miners OCCUPATION

TRAUMA a wound or injury MEDICAL

TRAVERS toll bridge collection OCCUPATION

TRE three ITALIAN

TREEN MAKER made domestic articles from wood OCCUPATION

TREENAIL MAKER one who made the long wooden pins used in shipbuilding OCCUPATION

TREILLAGEUR wire worker FRENCH

TRENCH FEVER typhus MEDICAL

TRENCH MOUTH painful ulcers along the gum line, caused by poor nutrition and hygiene MEDICAL

TRENCHERMAKER made wooden boards or platters for food servers or cutting boards OCCUPATION

TRENCHERMAN cook OCCUPATION

TREPANGER one who used a circular saw to cut timber OCCUPATION

TRES three SPANISH

TRES three LATIN

TRES three PORTUGUESE

TRI, TAIR three WELSH

TRIAVOLA great-grandmother ITALIAN

TRIAVOLO great-grandfather ITALIAN

TRIMMER a labourer who arranges the cargo of coal on board a ship OCCUPATION

TRISMUS a species of tetanus affecting the under jaw with spastic rigidity; lock-jaw MEDICAL

TRITAVIA great-great-great-great grandmother LATIN

TRITAVUS great-great-great-great grandfather LATIN

TROACHER peddler OCCUPATION

TROIS three FRENCH

TRONER one who weighed merchandise at a tron (Scale) OCCUPATION

TROTMAN messenger OCCUPATION

TROTT messenger OCCUPATION

TROTTER messenger OCCUPATION

TROUCHMAN interpreter OCCUPATION

TROVER smuggler OCCUPATION

TRUCHMAN interpreter OCCUPATION

TRUGGER one who made long shallow baskets OCCUPATION

TU Tunker ABBREVIATION

TUBBER one who made tubs and barrels OCCUPATION

TUBERCULOSIS an infectious disease caused by a bacterium and characterized by the formation of numerous small nodules or tubercles MEDICAL

TUBEROSE a flower that represents dangerous pleasures SYMBOLS

TUBMAN English barrister OCCUPATION

TUCKER person who cleans & thickens cloth OCCUPATION

TUCKER IN maid who attended the bedroom and "tucked in the bedclothes" OCCUPATION

TUILIER tile maker FRENCH

TUMBA tomb LATIN

TUMOUR a swelling; particularly to a swelling due to the growth of new tissue MEDICAL

TUMULUS tomb LATIN

TUN originally a cask containing 252 gallons; varies with commodity eg. - sweet oil = 236 gallons; Greenland oil = 352 gallons MEASURE

TURNER one that provisions an army, navy, or ship with food; keeper of a restaurant or tavern OCCUPATION

TURNKEY prison warder or jail keeper OCCUPATION

TURNPIKE KEEPER worked at the toll gate to collect fees for use of the road OCCUPATION

TURNSPIT one who operated the spit handle OCCUPATION

TURQUOISE represents prosperity in love; averts contagion; birth stone for December (also see ruby) SYMBOLS

TUSSIS CONVULSIVA whooping cough MEDICAL

TUTELA guardianship; wardship LATIN

TUTOR guardian LATIN

TWEE two DUTCH

TWEENIE maid who worked "between the stairs" she assisted the cooks and the housemaids OCCUPATION

TWEENY maid who worked "between the stairs" she assisted the cooks and the housemaids OCCUPATION

TWINTIG twenty DUTCH

TWIST HAND one who operated a lace machine OCCUPATION

TWISTER one who operated the machine used for twisting yarns and threads together OCCUPATION

TWISTERER one who operated the machine used for twisting yarns and threads together OCCUPATION

TWP township ABBREVIATION

TX Texas, USA PLACE-NAME

TYPHILITIS appendicitis MEDICAL

TYPHOID FEVER an infectious fever caused by the bacillus typhosus entering the body through contaminated food, water, sewage or poor personal hygiene MEDICAL

TYPHUS an infectious fever transmitted by bites of body lice; filth and overcrowding are its allies MEDICAL

TYR Tyrone, IRL PLACE-NAME

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