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Show TEM TE Of force to its own likenefs ¢ up he ftarts Difcover'd, and furpriz'd Miltor's Paradife Loft Thefe needles thould have a due temper; for, i they are too foft, the force exerted to carry the 3 thréugh the flefh will bend them; if they are to Sharp brittle, they fnap TE'MPERAMENT. 7. [. [temperamentum Lat. temperament, French. 1. Conftitution; ftate with refpe@ to th predominance of any quality Bodies are denominated hot and cold, in proportion to the prefent temperament of that part of ou Locke body to which they are applied 2. Mediam; due mixture of oppofites The common law has wafted and wrought ou thofe diftempers, and reduced the kingdom to it Hale juft ftate and semperament [from zempera TEMPERAME'NTAL, adj anent.| Conftitutional Brown' Vulgar Errours Intelleétual reprefentations are received with a unequal a fate, upon a bare temperamental velifh o Glanwille difguft TE'MPERANCE. 7. [. [temperantia, Lat. 1. Moderation : oppofed to glurtony an drunkennefs Obferv The rule of not too muchj by temperance taugh In what thou eat'ft and drink'ft; feeking fro thenc Due nourifhment, not gluttonous delight. Milron Temperance, that virtue without pride, and for tune withoutenvy, gives indolence of body and tranquillity of mind; the beft guardian of youth an Temple fo fhall healt fupport of old age Make temp'rance thy companion Sit on thy brow Dodfley's Agriculture z. Patience ; calmnefs ; fedatenefs ; mo deration of pafiion His fenfelefs fpeech and doted ignoranc ‘When as the noble prince had marked well e calm'd his wrath with goodly temperance. Spenf ‘What, are you chaf'd Ak God for temp'rance, that's th" appliance onl ‘Which your difeafe requires. Shakéfp. Henry VIII Te"MPERATE. adj. [temperatus, Latin. 1. No exceflive ; moderat any quality in degre o Ufe a temperate heat, for they are ever temperat heats thatdige(tand mature ; wherein we mean feperate, according to the nature of the fubjeét; fo that may be temperate to fruits and liquors whic will not work at all upon metals Bacon His flee ‘Was airy, light, from pure digeftion bred And zemp'rate vapours bland Milton 2. Moderate in meat and drink 1 advifed himto be temperateineating and drinking Wifeman 3. Free from ardent paflion So hot a fpeed with fuch advice difpos'd Such temp'rate order in fo fierce a courfe Doth want example She's not forward Shake[peare but modeft as the dove She is not hot, but semperate as the morn, Shatkefp From temperate inadtivity we are unready to pu in execution the fuggeftions of reafon Brown's Vulgar Errours TEe'MPERATELY. adw. [from temperate. 1. Moderately ; not exceflively By winds that temperately blow The bark fhould pafs fecure and flow Addifon 2. Calmly ; without violence of paflion Temp'rately proceed to what you woul Thus violently redrefs Shakefpeare 3. Without gluttony or luxury God efteems it a part of his fervice if we cat o drink; fo it befemperately, and as may beft preferv health Taylor 7. /. [fromsemperate.] | TEmPEsTY viTY, 7 Seafonablenefs 1. Freedom from excefles ; mediocrity 2. Calmnefs ; coolnefs of mind Langley's mild temperatenef Did tend unto a calmer quietnefs Daniel's Civil War TE'MPERATURE n. /. [temperatura, tem Latin ; temperature, French. pero 1. Conftitution of nature ; degree of an qualities It lieth in the fame climate and is of no othe temperature than Guinea Abbot's Defeription of the World Birds that change countries at certain feafons, i they come carlier, thew the temperature of weather Bacon There may be as much difference as to the zemperatur of the air, and as to heat and cold, in on mile ‘That temperamental dignotions, and conjeéture o prevalent humours, may be colleted from fpots i -our nails, we concede Te'MPERATENESS TE as in ten degrees of latitude; and he tha would cool and refrefh himfelf in the fummer ha better go up to the top of the next hill, than remov into a far more northern country. Brown's Trawvels Memory depends upon the confiftence and th temperature of the brain Watts 2. Mediocrity ; due balance of contrarieties As the world's fun doth effe@s bege Difi'rent in divers places ev'ry day and there winter grey Dawies If, inftead of this variation of heat, we fuppof an equality or conftant temperature of it before th deluge, the cafe woul be muc altered Woodward's Natural Hiftory 3. Moderation 3 freedo nant paflion from predomi In that proud port, which her fo goodly graceth Moft goodly temperature you may defcyy. Spenfer TeMPERED. adj. [from zemper.] Difpofe with regard to the paffions When was my lord fo much ungently rempered To ftop his ears againft admonithment Shakefp TEMPEST Latin. 1. Th #. f. [tempefte, Fr. tempefias utmoft violence of the wind ; th names by which the wind is called according to the gradual increafe of it force fee to be a breeze ; a gale ; gnft ; aftorm ; a tempeft I have feen tempefts, when the feolding wind Have riv'd the knotty oaks Shak. Fulius Cafar Some have betn driven by tempeft to the fouth Abbot ‘What at firft was call'd a guft, the fam Hath now a ftorm's, ano a tempef's name. Donne We, caught in a fiery tempeff, fhall be hurl' Each on his rock transfix'd Milton With clouds and ftorm Around thee thrown, tempeft o'er tempeft roll'd Thou humbleft nature with thy northern blaft T homfon 2. Any tumult ; commotion ; perturbation The tempeft in my min Doth from my fenfes take all feeling elfe Save what beats there Shakefpeare's King Lear Zo TE'MPEST. . . [from the noun.] T difturb as by a tempeft Part huge of bulk TE'MPEST-BEATEN bear. adj [ tempef Shattered with ftorms Milton an In the calm harbour of her gentle breaft My tempeft-beaten foul may fafely reft Dryder's Aurengzebe I'c MPEST-TOST. adj. [tempeft and to/?. Driven about by ftorms Thoug his bark cannot be loft Yet it thall be rempeft-tof : Since theeir difperfion, » ththee conftiitut tution tries admit not fuch tempeflivity of hawefl-‘)f mnf'/;: 1 Brown's Vz ulga »Errour.!.: Temre'stvous from tempeff. adj. [ tempefueuy, B Stormy ; turbulen T empeftuoys foxtune hath fpent all her i h A d thrilling forrow thrown his utm ft daré S Whi h of them rifing with the fun, o fall Should prove tempeftuous M:f;g, als ) Her looks grow black as a tempeftuous windA o Some raging thoughts are rowling in he miné. Pompey cauf voyag whe the weathe diffuade is nccefi'ary wa m Drydeg from embarkirg({i,: tempefuons life is not f'O replied 1 '. Nl.yr Collier on the Va[uc'qf Lif Te'MeLAR. 2/ [from the Temple, anhouf near th Thames ancientl belonging to the knights semplars, originally fro the temple of Jerufalem. the law A ftudent i Wits and templars ev'ry fentence raife And wonder with a foolifh face of praife Pope's Epifles 1. A place appropriated to aés of 'relig‘io'n. The honour'd god Shake[ps Macbeth Throng our large zemples with the fhews of peace Shakefpears Here we have no femple but the wood, no af fembly but horn-beafts. ShakefpeAsa e you ikeist izin pich The lord's anointed temple, and fole thenc Moft facrilegious murther hath broke ope The life o' th' building Shakefpeare's Macheth, ™ ¥/ 2. [Tempora, Latin.] . ‘The upper part o the fides of the head where the pulfe i felt Her funny lock Hang on her temples like a golden fleece Shakefpe i Tier We may apply intercipients of maftich upon t{ temples5 frontals alfo may be applied Wifeman's Surgergs To procure fleep, he ufes the fcratching of the. temples and ears ; that even mollifies wild beafts Arbutbnat The weapon enter'd clofe above his ear Cold through his temples glides the whizzing fpear 2 Pope Te'MPLET 7./. A piece of timber in building ‘When you lay any timber on brick-work, as linteols over windows, or zemplets under girders, lay them in loom Moxon's Mechanical Exercifes s, Tr'MPORAL. adj. [temporal, Fr. temporalis < low Latin.] 1. Meafured by time ; not eternal e As there they fuftain temporal life, fo here they " would learn to make provifion for eternal. Hovker 2. Secular; not ecclefiaftical " This fceptre fhews the force of temporal power The attribute to awe and majefty Wherein doth fit the dread of kings. Shakefpeare All the temporal lands, which men devou By teftament have given to the church Would they ftrip from us. Shakelpeare's Henry V All temporal power hath been wx.'efied from .th clergy, and much of their ecclefiaftick Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait Tempeft the ocean J- Ltempepius, Lagy TEMPLE. 2./. [temple, Fx. templum, Lat.] . Here autumn's temperature, there fummer's heat Here flow'ry {pring-tide Swift 3. Not fpiritual e gi b o f c d o t o a c a f i e T m f t o a r o i o t a o good light, by w e f g d a o m t e t b al i a a t o queft a i r b f o o m f e e w f c t efpeciall ez ([ Se y r v n n c t i r p v h le ti a tempo m; th o n l f d e a o m t Call not ever tention but only whe it contradicts the ends o e ; f fo e n t i l p c i p God, or when it i times a temporal end is part of our duty; and fu are all the agtions of our calling '{;{? -y |