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| 1. | a deckhouse on a texas deck for the accommodation of officers. |
| 2. | texas deck. |
[tek-suhs] | a state in the S United States. 14,228,383; 267,339 sq. mi. (692,410 sq. km). Capital: Austin. Abbreviation: Tex., TX (for use with zip code). |
[tek-see-uhn] , adjective, noun | tex·as (těk'səs) n. A structure on a river steamboat containing the pilothouse and the officers' quarters. [After Texas (from the fact that steamboat cabins were named after states and the officers' quarters were the largest).] |
| Tex·as (těk'səs) A state of the south-central United States. It was admitted as the 28th state in 1845. Explored by the Spanish in the 16th and 17th centuries, the region became a province of Mexico in the early 19th century. Texans won their independence in 1836 after a gallant but losing stand at the Alamo in February and a defeat of Santa Anna's forces at the Battle of San Jacinto (April 21). Denied admission as a state by antislavery forces in the U.S. Congress, the leaders of Texas formed an independent republic that lasted until 1845. Austin is the capital and Houston the largest city. Population: 23,900,000. Tex'an adj. & n. |
State in the southwestern United States bordered by Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas and Louisiana to the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Mexico to the south, and New Mexico to the west. Its capital is Austin, and its largest city is Houston.
Note: One of the border states with Mexico; Mexican aliens often cross the border into Texas.
Note: One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.
Note: Long the largest state, it became second largest with the admission of Alaska as the forty-ninth state in 1959.
