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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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