TIMETime, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Timed; p. pr. & vb. n. Timing.]
1. To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly. There is no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things. Bacon.
2. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement. Who overlooked the oars, and timed the stroke. Addison. He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries. Shak.
3. To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen.
4. To measure, as in music or harmony.
TIMETime, v. i.
1. To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time. With oar strokes timing to their song. Whittier.
2. To pass time; to delay. [Obs.]
TIMEFULTime"ful, a.
Defn: Seasonable; timely; sufficiently early. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
TIME-HONOREDTime"-hon`ored, a.
Defn: Honored for a long time; venerable, and worthy of honor, by reason of antiquity, or long continuance.
TIMEKEEPERTime"keep`er, n.
1. A clock, watch, or other chronometer; a timepiece.
2. A person who keeps, marks, regulates, or determines the time. Specifically: — (a) A person who keeps a record of the time spent by workmen at their work. (b) One who gives the time for the departure of conveyances. (c) One who marks the time in musical performances. (d) One appointed to mark and declare the time of participants in races or other contests.
TIMELESSTime"less, a.
1. Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely. [R.] Nor fits it to prolong the heavenly feast Timeless, indecent. Pope.
2. Done or occurring before the proper time; premature; immature; as, a timeless grave. [Obs.] Must I behold thy timeless, cruel death Shak.
3. Having no end; interminable; unending. "Timeless night and chaos." Young.
TIMELESSLYTime"less*ly, adv.
Defn: In a timeless manner; unseasonably. [R.] Milton.
TIMELINESSTime"li*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being timely; seasonableness; opportuneness.
TIMELINGTime"ling, n.
Defn: A timeserver. [Obs.]
TIMELYTime"ly, a. [Compar. Timelier; superl. Timeliest.]
1. Being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable. "The timely dew of sleep." Milton.
2. Keeping time or measure. Spenser.
TIMELYTime"ly, adv.
Defn: Early; soon; in good season.Timely advised, the coming evil shun. Prior.Thanks to you, That called me timelier than my purpose hither, For Ihave gained by it. Shak.
TIMENOGUYTi*men"o*guy, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A rope carried taut between or over obstacles likely to engage or foul the running rigging in working a ship.
TIMEOUSTime"ous, a.
Defn: Timely; seasonable. [R. or Scot.] — Time"ous*ly, adv. [R. orScot.]
TIMEPIECETime"piece`, n.
Defn: A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer.
TIMEPLEASERTime"pleas`er, n.
Defn: One who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they maybe; a timeserver.Timepleasers, flatterers, foes to nobleness. Shak.
TIME POLICYTime policy. (Insurance)
Defn: A policy limited to become void at a specified time; — often contrasted with voyage policy.
TIMERTim"er, n.
Defn: A timekeeper; especially, a watch by which small intervals of time can be measured; a kind of stop watch. It is used for timing the speed of horses, machinery, etc.
TIMESAVINGTime"sav`ing, a.
Defn: Saving time; as, a timesaving expedient.
TIMESERVERTime"serv`er, n.
Defn: One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; — now used only in a bad sense.
TIMESERVINGTime"serv`ing, a.
Defn: Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power.
TIMESERVINGTime"serv`ing, n.
Defn: An obsequious compliance with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power, which implies a surrender of one's independence, and sometimes of one's integrity.
Syn. — Temporizing. — Timeserving, Temporizing. Both these words are applied to the conduct of one who adapts himself servilely to times and seasons. A timeserver is rather active, and a temporizer, passive. One whose policy is timeserving comes forward to act upon principles or opinions which may promote his advancement; one who is temporizing yields to the current of public sentiment or prejudice, and shrinks from a course of action which might injure him with others. The former is dishonest; the latter is weak; and both are contemptible. Trimming and timeserving, which are but two words for the same thing, . . . produce confusion. South. [I] pronounce thee . . . a hovering temporizer, that Canst with thine eyes at once see good and evil, Inclining to them both. Shak.
TIME SIGNATURETime signature. (Music)
Defn: A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to indicate its time or meter. Also called rhythmical signature. It is in the form of a fraction, of which the denominator indicates the kind of note taken as time unit for the beat, and the numerator, the number of these to the measure.
TIME-TABLETime"-ta`ble, n.
1. A tabular statement of the time at which, or within which, several things are to take place, as the recitations in a school, the departure and arrival of railroad trains or other public conveyances, the rise and fall of the tides, etc.
2. (Railroad)
Defn: A plane surface divided in one direction with lines representing hours and minutes, and in the other with lines representing miles, and having diagonals (usually movable strings) representing the speed and position of various trains.
3. (Mus.)
Defn: A table showing the notation, length, or duration of the several notes.
TIMID Tim"id, a. Etym: [L. timidus, fr. timere to fear; cf. Skr. tam to become breathless, to become stupefief: cf. F. timide.]
Defn: Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy. Poor is the triumph o'er the timid hare. Thomson.
Syn.— Fearful; timorous; afraid; cowardly; pusillanimous; faint-hearted; shrinking; retiring.— Tim"id*ly, adv.— Tim"id*ness, n.
TIMIDITYTi*mid"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. timiditas: cf. F. timidité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness.
TIMIDOUSTim"id*ous, a.
Defn: Timid. [Obs.] Hudibras.
TIMISTTim"ist, n. Etym: [Written also timeist.]
1. (Mus.)
Defn: A performer who keeps good time.
2. A timeserver. [Obs.] Overbury.
TIMMERTim"mer, n.
Defn: Same as 1st Timber. [Scot.]
TIMOCRACY Ti*moc"ra*cy, n. Etym: [Gr. timocratie.] (Gr. Antiq.) (a) A state in which the love of honor is the ruling motive. (b) A state in which honors are distributed according to a rating of property.
TIMOCRATICTi`mo*crat"ic, a.
Defn: Belonging to, or constituted by, timocracy. Sir G. C. Lewis.
TIMONEER Tim`o*neer", n. Etym: [F. timonier, fr. timon a helm, fr. L. temo, - onis, a pole.]
Defn: A helmsman. [R.]
TIMOROUS Tim"or*ous, a. Etym: [LL. timorosus, from L. timor fear; akin to timere to fear. See Timid.]
1. Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage. Shak.
2. Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts. "The timorousapostasy of chuchmen." Milman.— Tim"or*ous*ly, adv.— Tim"or*ous*ness, n.
TIMORSOMETim"or*some, a.
Defn: Easily frightened; timorous. [Written also timersome.] [Scot.]Sir W. Scott.
TIMOTHY; TIMOTHY GRASS Tim"o*thy, n., or Tim"o*thy grass`. Etym: [From Timothy Hanson, who carried the seed from New England to Maryland about 1720.] (Bot.)
Defn: A kind of grass (Phleum pratense) with long cylindrical spikes; — called also herd's grass, in England, cat's-tail grass, and meadow cat's-tail grass. It is much prized for fodder. See Illustration in Appendix.
TIMOUSTim"ous, a. Etym: [Cf. Timeous.]
Defn: Timely; seasonable. [Obs.] Bacon.— Tim"ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]
TIMPANOTim"pa*no, n.; pl. Timpani. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Defn: See Tympano.
TIM-WHISKEYTim"-whis`key, n.
Defn: A kind of carriage. See Whiskey. Southery.
TINTin, n. Etym: [As. tin; akin to D. tin, G. zinn, OHG. zin, Icel. &Dan. tin, Sw. tenn; of unknown origin.]
1. (Chem.)
Defn: An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). Atomic weight 117.4.
2. Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate.
3. Money. [Cant] Beaconsfield. Block tin (Metal.), commercial tin, cast into blocks, and partially refined, but containing small quantities of various impurities, as copper, lead, iron, arsenic, etc.; solid tin as distinguished from tin plate; — called also bar tin. — Butter of tin. (Old Chem.) See Fuming liquor of Libavius, under Fuming. — Grain tin. (Metal.) See under Grain. — Salt of tin (Dyeing), stannous chloride, especially so called when used as a mordant. — Stream tin. See under Stream. — Tin cry (Chem.), the peculiar creaking noise made when a bar of tin is bent. It is produced by the grating of the crystal granules on each other. — Tin foil, tin reduced to a thin leaf. — Tin frame (Mining), a kind of buddle used in washing tin ore. — Tin liquor, Tin mordant (Dyeing), stannous chloride, used as a mordant in dyeing and calico printing. — Tin penny, a customary duty in England, formerly paid to tithingmen for liberty to dig in tin mines. [Obs.] Bailey. — Tin plate, thin sheet iron coated with tin. — Tin pyrites. See Stannite.
TINTin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinning.]
Defn: To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil.
TINAMIDESTi*nam"i*des, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of struthious birds, including the tinamous.
TINAMOUTin"a*mou, n. Etym: [From the native name: cf. F. tinamous.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of South American birds belonging toTinamus and allied genera.
Note: In general appearance and habits they resemble grouse and partridges, but in anatomical characters they are allied to the ostriches and other struthious birds. Their wings are of moderate length, and they are able to fly a considerable distance.
TINCAL Tin"cal, n. Etym: [Ar., Per. & Hind. tinkar; cf. Malay tingkal; all fr. Skr. . Cf. Altincar.] (Chem.)
Defn: Crude native borax, formerly imported from Thibet. It was once the chief source of boric compounds. Cf. Borax.
TINCHEL Tin"chel, n. [Written also tinchill.] Etym: [Gael. timchioll a circuit, compass.]
Defn: A circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding an extensive spaceand gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within anarrow compass. [Scot.]We'll quell the savage mountaineer, As their tinchel cows the game!Sir W. Scott.
TINCTTinct, a. Etym: [L. tinctus, p.p. of tingere to tinge. See Tinge.]
Defn: Tined; tinged. [Archaic] Spenser.
TINCTTinct, n. Etym: [See Tint.]
Defn: Color; tinge; tincture; tint. [Archaic] "Blue of heaven's owntinct." Shak.All the devices blazoned on the shield, In their own tinct. Tennyson.
TINCTTinct, v. t. Etym: [See Tinge.]
Defn: To color or stain; to imblue; to tint. [Archaic] Bacon.
TINCTORIAL Tinc*to"ri*al, a. Etym: [L. tinctorius, from tinctor a dyer, tingere, tinctum, to dye: cf. F. tinctorial. See Tinge.]
Defn: Of or relating to color or colors; imparting a color; as, tinctorial matter. Ure.
TINCTURETinc"ture, n. Etym: [L. tinctura a dyeing, from tingere, tinctum, totinge, dye: cf. OE. tainture, teinture, F. teinture, L. tinctura. SeeTinge.]
1. A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red.
2. (Her.)
Defn: One of the metals, colors, or furs used in armory.
Note: There are two metals: gold, called or, and represented in engraving by a white surface covered with small dots; and silver, called argent, and represented by a plain white surface. The colors and their representations are as follows: red, called gules, or a shading of vertical lines; blue, called azure, or horizontal lines; black, called sable, or horizontal and vertical lines crossing; green, called vert, or diagonal lines from dexter chief corner; purple, called purpure, or diagonal lines from sinister chief corner. The furs are ermine, ermines, erminois, pean, vair, counter vair, potent, and counter potent. See Illustration in Appendix.
3. The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent.
4. (Med.)
Defn: A solution (commonly colored) of medicinal substance in alcohol, usually more or less diluted; spirit containing medicinal substances in solution.
Note: According to the United States Pharmacopoeia, the term tincture (also called alcoholic tincture, and spirituous tincture) is reserved for the alcoholic solutions of nonvolatile substances, alcoholic solutions of volatile substances being called spirits. Ethereal tincture, a solution of medicinal substance in ether.
5. A slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange peel.
6. A slight quality added to anything; a tinge; as, a tincture of French manners. All manners take a tincture from our own. Pope. Every man had a slight tincture of soldiership, and scarcely any man more than a slight tincture. Macaulay.
TINCTURETinc"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinctured; p. pr. & vb. n.Tincturing.]
1. To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter. A little black paint will tincture and spoil twenty gay colors. I. Watts.
2. To imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion of anything foreignto; to tinge.The stain of habitual sin may thoroughly tincture all our soul.Barrow.
TIND Tind, v. t. Etym: [OE. tenden, AS. tendan; akin to G. zünden, OHG. zunten, Icel. tendra, Sw. tända, Dan. tænde, Goth. tandjan to kindle, tundnan to be kindled, to burn. Cf. Tinder.]
Defn: To kindle. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson.
TINDALTin"dal, n. Etym: [From the native name: cf. Malayalam ta.]
1. A petty officer among lascars, or native East Indian sailors; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain. [India] Malcom.
2. An attendant on an army. [India] Simmonds.
TINDERTin"der, n. Etym: [OE. tinder, tunder, AS. tynder, tyndre; akin totendan to kindle, D. tonder tinder, G. zunder, OHG. zuntara, zuntra,Icel. tundr, Sw. tunder, Dan. tönder. See Tind.]
Defn: Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen. German tinder. Same as Amadou. — Tinder box, a box in which tinder is kept.
TINETine, n. Etym: [See Teen affliction.]
Defn: Trouble; distress; teen. [Obs.] "Cruel winter's tine." Spenser.
TINETine, v. t. Etym: [See Tind.]
Defn: To kindle; to set on fire. [Obs.] See Tind. "To tine the clovenwood." Dryden.Coals of contention and hot vegneance tind. Spenser.
TINETine, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Tine distress, or Tine to kindle.]
Defn: To kindle; to rage; to smart. [Obs.] Ne was there slave, ne was there medicine That mote recure their wounds; so inly they did tine. Spenser.
TINETine, v. t. Etym: [AS. t, from t an inclosure. See Town.]
Defn: To shut in, or inclose. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
TINETine, n. Etym: [OE. tind, AS. tind; akin to MHG. zint, Icel. tindr,Sw. tinne, and probably to G. zinne a pinnacle, OHG. zinna, and E.tooth. See Tooth.]
Defn: A tooth, or spike, as of a fork; a prong, as of an antler.
TINEATin"e*a, n. Etym: [L., a worm, a moth.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and Sycosis.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths.
TINEANTin"e*an, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any species of Tinea, or of the family Tineidæ, which includes numerous small moths, many of which are injurious to woolen and fur goods and to cultivated plants. Also used adjectively.
TINEDTined, a.
Defn: Furnished with tines; as, a three-tined fork.
TINEIDTin"e*id, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Tinean.
TINEMAN Tine"man, n.; pl. Tinemen. Etym: [Probably akin to tine to shut or inclose.] (O. Eng. Forest Law)
Defn: An officer of the forest who had the care of vert and venison by night. [Obs.]
TINETTi"net, n. Etym: [From Tine to shut in, inclose.]
Defn: Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges. [Obs.Eng.]
TINGTing, n. Etym: [An imitative word. Cf. Tink.]
Defn: A sharp sound, as of a bell; a tinkling.
TINGTing, v. i.
Defn: To sound or ring, as a bell; to tinkle. [R.] Holland.
TINGTing, n.
Defn: The apartment in a Chinese temple where the idol is kept.
TINGETinge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinged; p. pr. & vb. n. Tingeing.] Etym:[L. tingere, tinctum, to dye, stain, wet; akin to Gr. tunken to dip,OHG. tunchon, dunchon, thunkon. Cf. Distain, Dunker, Stain, Taint astain, to stain, Tincture, Tint.]
Defn: To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign; as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in some degree with the qualities of another substance, either by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red; an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron. His [Sir Roger's] virtues, as well as imperfections, are tinged by a certain extravagance. Addison.
Syn.— To color; dye; stain.
TINGETinge, n.
Defn: A degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste, or something foreign, infused into another substance or mixture, or added to it; tincture; color; dye; hue; shade; taste. His notions, too, respecting the government of the state, took a tinge from his notions respecting the government of the church. Macaulay.
TINGENTTin"gent, a. Etym: [L. tingens, p.pr. of tingere to tinge. SeeTinge.]
Defn: Having the power to tinge. [R.] As for the white part, it appears much less enriched with the tingent property. Boyle.
TINGERTin"ger, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, tinges.
TINGIDTin"gid, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the genus Tingis.
TINGISTin"gis, n. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of small hemipterous insects which injure trees by sucking the sap from the leaves. See Illustration in Appendix.
TINGLETin"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tingling.]Etym: [Freq. of ting. Cf. Tinkle.]
1. To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrillsound.At which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 1Sam. iii. 11.
2. To feel a sharp, thrilling pain. The pale boy senator yet tingling stands. Pope.
3. To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation. They suck pollution through their tingling vein. Tickell.
TINK Tink, v. i. Etym: [OE. tinken; of imitative origin. Cf. Ting a tinkling, Tinker.]
Defn: To make a sharp, shrill noise; to tinkle. Wyclif (1 Cor. xiii. 1).
TINKTink, n.
Defn: A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.
TINKER Tink"er, n. Etym: [From Tink, because the tinker's way of proclaiming his trade is to beat a kettle, or because in his work he makes a tinkling noise. Johnson.]
1. A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware. "Tailors and tinkers." Piers Plowman.
2. One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work.
3. (Ordnance)
Defn: A small mortar on the end of a staff.
4. (Zoöl.) (a) A young mackerel about two years old. (b) The chub mackerel. (c) The silversides. (d) A skate. [Prov. Eng.]
5. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The razor-billed auk.
TINKERTink"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinkered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinkering.]
Defn: To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend.
TINKERTink"er, v. i.
Defn: To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works.
TINKERINGTink"er*ing, n.
Defn: The act or work of a tinker.
TINKERLYTink"er*ly, a.
Defn: After the manner of a tinker. [R.]
TINKERSHIRE; TINKLETink"er*shire, Tin"kle, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]
TINKLETin"kle, v. i. Etym: [Freq. of tink. See Tink, Tingle.]
1. To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a piece of metal does when struck; to clink. As sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 1 Cor. xiii. 1. The sprightly horse Moves to the music of his tinkling bells. Dodsley.
2. To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound. And his ears tinkled, and the color fled. Dryden.
TINKLETin"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinkled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinkling.]
Defn: To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.
TINKLETin"kle, n.
Defn: A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal.Cowper.
TINKLERTin"kler, n.
Defn: A tinker. [Prov. Eng.]
TINKLINGTin"kling, n.
1. A tinkle, or succession of tinkles. Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. Gray.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A grackle (Quiscalus crassirostris) native of Jamaica. It often associates with domestic cattle, and rids them of insects.
TINMANTin"man, n.; pl. Tinmen (.
Defn: A manufacturer of tin vessels; a dealer in tinware.
TINMOUTHTin"mouth`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The crappie. [U.S.]
TINNEDTinned, a.
1. Covered, or plated, with tin; as, a tinned roof; tinned iron.
2. Packed in tin cases; canned; as, tinned meats. Cassell (Dict. of Cookery).
TINNENTin"nen, a.
Defn: Made or consisting of tin. [Obs.]
TINNERTin"ner, n.
1. One who works in a tin mine.
2. One who makes, or works in, tinware; a tinman.
TINNIENTTin"ni*ent, a. Etym: [L. tinniens, p.pr. of tinnire to ring, tinkle.]
Defn: Emitting a clear sound. [Obs.]
TINNINGTin"ning, n.
1. The act, art, or process of covering or coating anything with melted tin, or with tin foil, as kitchen utensils, locks, and the like.
2. The covering or lining of tin thus put on.
TINNITUSTin*ni"tus, n. Etym: [L., fr. tinnire to jingle.] (Med.)
Defn: A ringing, whistling, or other imaginary noise perceived in the ears; — called also tinnitus aurium.
TINNOCKTin"nock, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
TINNYTin"ny, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, abounding with, or resembling, tin. "The tinny strand." Drayton.
TINSEL Tin"sel, n. Etym: [F. étincelle a spark, OF. estincelle, L. scintilla. Cf. Scintillate, Stencil.]
1. A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin metal overlaid with a thin coating of gold or silver, brass foil, or the like. Who can discern the tinsel from the gold Dryden.
2. Something shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable. O happy peasant! O unhappy bard! His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward. Cowper.
TINSELTin"sel, a.
Defn: Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial. "Tinsel trappings." Milton.
TINSELTin"sel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinseled or Tinselled; p. pr. & vb. n.Tinseling or Tinselling.]
Defn: To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy. She, tinseled o'er in robes of varying hues. Pope.
TINSELLYTin"sel*ly, a.
Defn: Like tinsel; gaudy; showy, but cheap.
TINSELLYTin"sel*ly, adv.
Defn: In a showy and cheap manner.
TINSMITHTin"smith`, n.
Defn: One who works in tin; a tinner.
TINSTONETin"stone`, n. (Min.)
Defn: Cassiterite.
TINT Tint, n. Etym: [For older tinct, fr. L. tinctus, p.p. of tingere to dye: cf. F. teinte, teint, It. tinta, tinto. See Tinge, and cf. Taint to stain, a stain, Tent a kind of wine, Tinto.]
Defn: A slight coloring. Specifically: —(a) A pale or faint tinge of any color.Or blend in beauteous tints the colored mass. Pope.Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline. Harte.
(b) A color considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints. (c) (Engraving) A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines. Tint tool (Eng.), a species of graver used for cutting the parallel lines which produce tints in engraving.
TINTTint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinting.]
Defn: To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.
TINTAMARTin`ta*mar", n. Etym: [F. tintamarre.]
Defn: A hideous or confused noise; an uproar. [Obs.] Howell.
TINTERNELLTin"ter*nell, n.
Defn: A certain old dance. [Obs.] Halliwell.
TINTIETin"tie, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The wren. [Prov. Eng.]
TINTINNABULAR; TINTINNABULARY Tin`tin*nab"u*lar, Tin`tin*nab"u*la*ry, a. Etym: [L. tintinnabuluma little bell, fr. tintinnare to ring, to jingle, tinnire to jingle.]
Defn: Having or making the sound of a bell; tinkling.
TINTINNABULATIONTin`tin*nab`u*la"tion, n.
Defn: A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells. Poe.
TINTINNABULOUSTin`tin*nab"u*lous, a.
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the tinkling of a bell; having a tinkling sound; tintinnabular. De Quincey.
TINTINNABULUMTin`tin*nab"u*lum, n.; pl. Tintinnabula (#). [L., a bell. SeeTintinnabular.]
Defn: A bell; also, a set or combination of bells or metal plates used as a musical instrument or as a toy.
TINTO Tin"to, n. Etym: [Pg., tinged, fr. L. tinctus, p.p. of tingere to tinge. See Tint, n.]
Defn: A red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts, and, when old, resembling tawny port.
TINTOMETERTint*om"e*ter, n. [Tint + -meter.] (Physics)
Defn: An apparatus for the determination of colors by comparison with arbitrary standards; a colorimeter.
TINTYPETin"type`, n.
Defn: Same as Ferrotype.
TINWARETin"ware`, n.
Defn: Articles made of tinned iron.
TINY Ti"ny, a. [Compar. Tinier; superl. Tiniest.] Etym: [Probably fr. tine, teen, trouble, distress, vexation.]
Defn: Very small; little; puny.When that I was and a little tiny boy. Shak.
TIP Tip, n. Etym: [Akin to D. & Dan. tip, LG. & Sw. tipp, G. zipfel, and probably to E. tap a plug, a pipe.]
1. The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear. To the very tip of the nose. Shak.
2. An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.
3. (Hat Manuf.)
Defn: A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
4. A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
5. Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
TIPTip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Tipping.]
Defn: To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, totip anything with gold or silver.With truncheon tipped with iron head. Hudibras.Tipped with jet, Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press.Thomson.
TIP Tip, v. t. Etym: [Cf. LG. tippen to tap, Sw. tippa, and E. tap to strike gently.]
1. To strike slightly; to tap. A third rogue tips me by the elbow. Swift.
2. To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
3. To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tipa cask; to tip a cart. To tip off, to pour out, as liquor.— To tip over, to overturn.— To tip the wink, to direct a wink; to give a hint or suggestionby, or as by, a wink. [Slang] Pope.— To tip up, to turn partly over by raising one end.
TIPTip, v. i.
Defn: To fall on, or incline to, one side. Bunyan. To tip off, to fall off by tipping.
TIP Tip, n. Etym: [See Tip to strike slightly, and cf. Tap a slight blow.]
1. A light touch or blow; a tap.
2. A gift; a douceur; a fee. [Colloq.]
3. A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like. [Sporting Cant]
TIPCARTTip"cart`, n.
Defn: A cart so constructed that the body can be easily tipped, in order to dump the load.
TIPCATTip"cat`, n.
Defn: A game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends, called a cat, is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, so as to fly into the air. In the middle of a game at tipcat, he paused, and stood staring wildly upward with his stick in his hand. Macaulay.
TIPPERTip"per, n.
Defn: A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well; — so called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper. [Eng.]
TIPPET Tip"pet, n. Etym: [OE. tipet, tepet, AS. tæppet, probably fr. L. tapete tapestry, hangings. Cf. Tape, Tapestry, Tapet.]
1. A cape, or scarflike garment for covering the neck, or the neck and shoulders, — usually made of fur, cloth, or other warm material. Chaucer. Bacon.
2. A length of twisted hair or gut in a fish line. [Scot.]
3. A handful of straw bound together at one end, and used for thatching. [Scot.] Jamieson. Tippet grebe (Zoöl.), the great crested grebe, or one of several similar species. — Tippet grouse (Zoöl.), the ruffed grouse. — To turn tippet, to change. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
TIPPINGTip"ping, n. (Mus.)
Defn: A distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double- tonguing.
TIPPLETip"ple, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tippled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tippling.]Etym: [From tip a small end, or a word akin to it; cf. Norw. tipla totipple, to drip, Prov. E. tip, tiff, tift, a draught of liquor, dial.G. zipfeln to eat and drink in small parts. See Tip a point, and cf.Tipsy.]
Defn: To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently in small quantities, but without absolute drunkeness. Few of those who were summoned left their homes, and those few generally found it more agreeable to tipple in alehouses than to pace the streets. Macaulay.
TIPPLETip"ple, v. t.
1. To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess. Himself, for saving charges, A peeled, sliced onions eats, and tipples verjuice. Dryden.
2. To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.
TIPPLETip"ple, n.
Defn: Liquor taken in tippling; drink.Pulque, the national tipple of Mexico. S. B. Griffin.
TIPPLEDTip"pled, a.
Defn: Intoxicated; inebriated; tipsy; drunk. [R.] Dryden.
TIPPLERTip"pler, n.
1. One who keeps a tippling-house. [Obs.] Latimer.
2. One who habitually indulges in the excessive use of spirituous liquors, whether he becomes intoxicated or not.
TIPPLING-HOUSETip"pling-house`, n.
Defn: A house in which liquors are sold in drams or small quantities, to be drunk on the premises.
TIPSIFYTip"si*fy, v. t. Etym: [Tipsy + -fy.]
Defn: To make tipsy. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
TIPSILYTip"si*ly, adv.
Defn: In a tipsy manner; like one tipsy.
TIPSINESSTip"si*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being tipsy.
TIPSTAFFTip"staff`, n.; pl. Tipstaff (.
1. A staff tipped with metal. Bacon.
2. An officer who bears a staff tipped with metal; a constable. Macaulay.
TIPSTERTip"ster, n. [Tip a hint + -ster.]
Defn: One who makes a practice of giving or selling tips, or private hints or information, esp. for use in gambling upon the probable outcome of events, as horse races.
TIPSTOCKTip"stock`, n.
Defn: The detachable or movable fore part of a gunstock, lying beneath the barrel or barrels, and forming a hold for the left hand.
TIPSYTip"sy, a. [Compar. Tipsier; superl. Tipsiest.] Etym: [Akin totipple; cf. Prov. G. tips drunkenness, betipst drunk, tipsy. SeeTipple.]
1. Being under the influence of strong drink; rendered weak or foolish by liquor, but not absolutely or completely drunk; fuddled; intoxicated.
2. Staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling. Midnight shout and revelry, Tipsy dance and jollity. Milton.
TIPTOETip"toe`, n.; pl. Tiptoes (.
Defn: The end, or tip, of the toe. He must . . . stand on his typtoon [tiptoes]. Chaucer. Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by. Spenser. To be, or To stand, a tiptoe or on tiptoe, to be awake or alive to anything; to be roused; to be eager or alert; as, to be a tiptoe with expectation.
TIPTOETip"toe`, a.
1. Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as possible; lifted up; exalted; also, alert. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. Shak. Above the tiptoe pinnacle of glory. Byron.
2. Noiseless; stealthy. "With tiptoe step." Cowper. Tiptoe mirth, the highest degree of mirth. Sir W. Scott.
TIPTOETip"toe`, v. i.
Defn: To step or walk on tiptoe.
TIPTOPTip"top`, n. Etym: [Tip end + top.]
Defn: The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything. [Colloq.]
TIPTOPTip"top`, a.
Defn: Very excellent; most excellent; perfect. [Colloq.] "Four tiptop voices." Gray. "Sung in a tiptop manner." Goldsmith.
TIPULA Tip"u*la, n.; pl. L. Tipulæ, E. Tipulas. Etym: [L., the water spider, or water spinner.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of many species of long-legged dipterous insects belonging to Tipula and allied genera. They have long and slender bodies. See Crane fly, under Crane.
TIPULARYTip"u*la*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. tipulaire.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the tipulas.
TIP-UPTip"-up`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The spotted sandpiper; — called also teeter-tail. See underSandpiper.
TIRADE Ti*rade", n. Etym: [F., fr. It. tirada, properly, a pulling; hence, a lengthening out, a long speech, a tirade, fr. tirare to draw; of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tear to redn. See Tear to rend, and cf. Tire to tear.]
Defn: A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in censorious and bitter language. Here he delivers a violent tirade against persons who profess to know anything about angels. Quarterly Review.
TIRAILLEUR Ti`rail`leur", n. Etym: [F., from tirailler to skirmish, wrest, from tirer to draw.] (Mil.)
Defn: Formerly, a member of an independent body of marksmen in the French army. They were used sometimes in front of the army to annoy the enemy, sometimes in the rear to check his pursuit. The term is now applied to all troops acting as skirmishers.
TIRETire, n.
Defn: A tier, row, or rank. See Tier. [Obs.]In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder. Milton.
TIRETire, n. Etym: [Aphetic form of attire; OE. tir, a tir. See Attire.]
1. Attire; apparel. [Archaic] "Having rich tire about you." Shak.
2. A covering for the head; a headdress. On her head she wore a tire of gold. Spenser.
3. A child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.
4. Furniture; apparatus; equipment. [Obs.] "The tire of war." Philips.
5. Etym: [Probably the same word, and so called as being an attire or covering for the wheel.]
Defn: A hoop or band, as of metal, on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart strength and receive the wear.
Note: The iron tire of a wagon wheel or cart wheel binds the fellies together. The tire of a locomotive or railroad-car wheel is a heavy hoop of iron or steel shrunk tightly upon an iron central part. The wheel of a bicycle has a tire of India rubber.
TIRETire, v. t.
Defn: To adorn; to attire; to dress. [Obs.][Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head. 2 Kings ix. 30.
TIRE Tire, v. i. Etym: [F. tirer to draw or pull; of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tear to rend. See Tirade.]
1. To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does. [Obs.] Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast, Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone. Shak. Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men, That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits. B. Jonson.
2. To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything. [Obs.] Thus made she her remove, And left wrath tiring on her son. Chapman. Upon that were my thoughts tiring. Shak.
TIRE Tire, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tired; p. pr. & vb. n. Tiring.] Etym: [OE. teorien to become weary, to fail, AS. teorian to be tired, be weary, to tire, exhaust; perhaps akin to E. tear to rend, the intermediate sense being, perhaps, to wear out; or cf. E. tarry.]
Defn: To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon tires.
TIRETire, v. t.
Defn: To exhaust the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust the patience of; to wear out (one's interest, attention, or the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade. Shak. Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past. Dryden. To tire out, to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass.
Syn.— To jade; weary; exhaust; harass. See Jade.
TIREDTired, a.
Defn: Weary; fatigued; exhausted.
TIREDNESSTired"ness, n.
Defn: The state of being tired, or weary.
TIRELESSTire"less, a.
Defn: Untiring.
TIRELINGTire"ling, a.
Defn: Tired; fatigued. [Obs.]
TIRESOMETire"some, a.
Defn: Fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing;tedious; as, a tiresome journey; a tiresome discourse.— Tire"some*ly, adv.— Tire"some*ness, n.
TIRE-WOMANTire"-wom`an, n.; pl. Tire-women. Etym: [See Tire attire, Attire.]
1. A lady's maid. Fashionableness of the tire-woman's making. Locke.
2. A dresser in a theater. Simmonds.
TIRING-HOUSETir"ing-house`, n. Etym: [For attiring house.]
Defn: A tiring-room. [Obs.] Shak.
TIRING-ROOMTir"ing-room`, n. Etym: [For attiring room.]
Defn: The room or place where players dress for the stage.
TIRLTirl, v. i. [Cf. Twirl, Thirl.] [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
1. To quiver; to vibrate; to veer about.
2. To make a ratting or clattering sound by twirling or shaking; as, to tirl at the pin, or latch, of a door.
TIRMATir"ma, n.
Defn: The oyster catcher. [Prov. Eng.]
TIROTi"ro, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: Same as Tyro.
T IRONT" i`ron.
Defn: See under T.
TIRONIAN Ti*ro"ni*an, a. Etym: [L. Tironianus, fr. Tiro, the learned freedman and amanuensis of Cicero.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Tiro, or a system of shorthand said to have been introduced by him into ancient Rome.
TIRRALIRRATir"ra*lir`ra, n.
Defn: A verbal imitation of a musical sound, as of the note of a larkor a horn.The lark, that tirra lyra chants. Shak."Tirralira, " by the river, Sang Sir Lancelot. Tennyson.
TIRRITTir"rit, n.
Defn: A word from the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess inShakespeare's Henry IV., probably meaning terror.
TIRWITTir"wit, n. Etym: [Cf. Pewit.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]
'T IS'T is.
Defn: A common contraction of it is.
TISANETi*sane", n. Etym: [F.] (Med.)
Defn: See Ptisan.
TISARTi"sar, n. Etym: [F. tisard.] (Glass Manuf.)
Defn: The fireplace at the side of an annealing oven. Knight.
TISIC; TISICALTis"ic, Tis"ic*al, a. Etym: [For phthisic, phthisical.]
Defn: Consumptive, phthisical.
TISICTis"ic, n.
Defn: Consumption; phthisis. See Phthisis.
TISICKYTis"ick*y, a.
Defn: Consumptive, phthisical.
TISRITis"ri, n. Etym: [Heb. tishri, fr. Chald. shera' to open, to begin.]
Defn: The seventh month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of September with a part of October.
TISSUE Tis"sue, n. Etym: [F. tissu, fr. tissu, p.p. of tisser, tistre, to weave, fr. L. texere. See Text.]
1. A woven fabric.
2. A fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures. A robe of tissue, stiff with golden wire. Dryden. In their glittering tissues bear emblazed Holy memorials. Milton.
3. (Biol.)
Defn: One of the elementary materials or fibres, having a uniform structure and a specialized function, of which ordinary animals and plants are composed; a texture; as, epithelial tissue; connective tissue.
Note: The term tissue is also often applied in a wider sense to all the materials or elementary tissues, differing in structure and function, which go to make up an organ; as, vascular tissue, tegumentary tissue, etc.
4. Fig.: Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of falsehood. Unwilling to leave the dry bones of Agnosticism wholly unclothed with any living tissue of religious emotion. A. J. Balfour. Tissue paper, very thin, gauzelike paper, used for protecting engravings in books, for wrapping up delicate articles, etc.
TISSUETis"sue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tissued; p. pr. & vb. n. Tissuing.]
Defn: To form tissue of; to interweave.Covered with cloth of gold tissued upon blue. Bacon.
TISSUEDTis"sued, a.
Defn: Clothed in, or adorned with, tissue; also, variegated; as,tissued flowers. Cowper.And crested chiefs and tissued dames Assembled at the clarion's call.T. Warton.
TITTit, n.
1. A small horse. Tusser.
2. A woman; — used in contempt. Burton.
3. A morsel; a bit. Halliwell.
4. Etym: [OE.; cf. Icel. titter a tit or small bird. The word probably meant originally, something small, and is perhaps the same as teat. Cf. Titmouse, Tittle.] (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to the families Paridæ and Leiotrichidæ; a titmouse. (b) The European meadow pipit; a titlark. Ground tit. (Zoöl.) See Wren tit, under Wren. — Hill tit (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to Siva, Milna, and allied genera. — Tit babbler (Zoöl.), any one of several species of small East Indian and Asiatic timaline birds of the genus Trichastoma. — Tit for tat. Etym: [Probably for tip for tap. See Tip a slight blow.] An equivalent; retaliation. — Tit thrush (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic and Esat Indian birds belonging to Suthora and allied genera. In some respects they are intermediate between the thrushes and titmice.
TITANTi"tan, a.
Defn: Titanic.The Titan physical difficulties of his enterprise. I. Taylor.
TITANATETi"tan*ate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of titanic acid.
TITAN CRANETi"tan crane. (Mach.)
Defn: A massive crane with an overhanging counterbalanced arm carrying a traveler and lifting crab, the whole supported by a carriage mounted on track rails. It is used esp. for setting heavy masonry blocks for piers, breakwaters, etc.
TITANICTi*tan"ic, a.
Defn: Of or relating to Titans, or fabled giants of ancient mythology; hence, enormous in size or strength; as, Titanic structures.
TITANICTi*tan"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. titanique.] (Chem.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to titanium; derived from, or containing, titanium; specifically, designating those compounds of titanium in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with the titanous compounds. Titanic acid (Chem.), a white amorphous powder, Ti.(OH)4, obtained by decomposing certain titanates; — called also normal titanic acid. By extension, any one of a series of derived acids, called also metatitanic acid, polytitanic acid, etc. — Titanic iron ore. (Min.) See Menaccanite.
TITANIFEROUSTi`tan*if"er*ous, a. Etym: [Titanium + -ferous: cf. F. titanifère.]
Defn: Containing or affording titanium; as, titaniferous magnetite.
TITANITE Ti"tan*ite, n. Etym: [Cf. F. titanite; — so called from containing titanic acid.] (Min.)
Defn: See Sphene.
TITANITICTi`tan*it"ic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, titanium; as, a titanitic mineral.
TITANIUMTi*ta"ni*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. Titani or Titanes, Gr. (Chem.)
Defn: An elementary substance found combined in the minerals manaccanite, rutile, sphene, etc., and isolated as an infusible iron- gray amorphous powder, having a metallic luster. It burns when heated in the air. Symbol Ti. Atomic weight 48.1.
TITANO-Ti"tan*o-. (Chem.)
Defn: A combining form (also used adjectively) designating certain double compounds of titanium with some other elements; as, titano- cyanide, titano-fluoride, titano-silicate, etc.
TITANOTHERIUMTi`tan*o*the"ri*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: A large American Miocene mammal, allied to the rhinoceros, and more nearly to the extinct Brontotherium.
TITANOUSTi"tan*ous, a.
Defn: Designating certain compounds of titanium in which that element has a lower valence as contrasted with titanic compounds.
TITBITTit"bit`, n.
Defn: Same as Tidbit.
TITHTith, a. Etym: [See Tight, a.]
Defn: Tight; nimble. [Obs.]Of a good stirring strain too, she goes tith. Beau. & Fl.
TITHABLETith"a*ble, a.
Defn: Subject to the payment of tithes; as, tithable lands.
TITHE Tithe, n. Etym: [OE. tithe, tethe, properly an adj., tenth, AS. teó the tenth; akin to tién, t, ten, ten, G. zehnte, adj., tenth, n., a tithe, Icel. tiund the tenth; tithe, Goth. taíhunda tenth. See Ten, and cf. Tenth, Teind.]
1. A tenth; the tenth part of anything; specifically, the tenthpart of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by law into rent charges. The tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil. Neh. xiii. 5.
Note: Tithes are called personal when accuring from labor, art, trade, and navigation; predial, when issuing from the earth, as hay, wood, and fruit; and mixed, when accuring from beaste fed from the ground. Blackstone.
2. Hence, a small part or proportion. Bacon. Great tithes, tithes of corn, hay, and wood. — Mixed tithes, tithes of wool, milk, pigs, etc. — Small tithes, personal and mixed tithes. — Tithe commissioner, one of a board of officers appointed by the government for arranging propositions for commuting, or compounding for, tithes. [Eng.] Simmonds.
TITHETithe, a.
Defn: Tenth. [Obs.]Every tithe soul, 'mongst many thousand. Shak.
TITHETithe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tithed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tithing.] Etym:[As. teó.]
Defn: To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; topay tithes on.Ye tithe mint and rue. Luke xi. 42.
TITHETithe, v. i.
Defn: Tp pay tithes. [R.] Tusser.
TITHERTith"er, n.
1. One who collects tithes. Milton.
2. One who pays tithes. [R.] Chaucer.
TITHINGTith"ing, n. Etym: [AS. teó.]
1. The act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe. To take tithing of their blood and sweat. Motley.
2. (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: A number or company of ten householders who, dwelling near each other, were sureties or frankpledges to the king for the good behavior of each other; a decennary. Blackstone.
TITHINGMANTith"ing*man, n.; pl. Tithingmen (.
1. (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: The chief man of a tithing; a headborough; one elected to preside over the tithing.
2. (Law)
Defn: A peace officer; an under constable.
3. A parish officer elected annually to preserve good order in the church during divine service, to make complaint of any disorderly conduct, and to enforce the observance of the Sabbath. [Local, U.S.]
TITHLYTith"ly, a. Etym: [From Tith.]
Defn: Tightly; nimbly. [Obs.] "I have seen him trip it tithly." Beau. & Fl.
TITHONIC Ti*thon"ic, a. Etym: [L. Tithonius belonging to Tithonus, the consort of Aurora, Gr.
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or denoting, those rays of light which produce chemical effects; actinic. [R.]
TITHONICITYTith`o*nic"i*ty, n. (Chem. & Physics)
Defn: The state or property of being tithonic; actinism. [R.]
TITHONOGRAPHICTi*thon`o*graph"ic, a. Etym: [Tithonic + -graph + -ic.]
Defn: Of, relating to, or produced by, the chemical action of rays of light; photographic.
TITHONOMETERTith`o*nom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Tithonic + -meter.]
Defn: An instrument or apparatus for measuring or detecting tithonicity; an actinometer. [R.]
TITHYMAL Tith"y*mal, n. Etym: [L. tithymalus a plant with a milklike sap, Gr. tithymale.] (Bot.)
Defn: Any kind of spurge, esp. Euphorbia Cyparissias.
TITITi"ti, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Teetee.
TITILLATETit"il*late, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Titillated; p. pr. & vb. n.Titillating.] Etym: [L. titillatus, p.p. of titillare.]
Defn: To tickle; as, to titillate the nose with a feather.The pungent grains of titillating dust. Pope.
TITILLATIONTit`il*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. titillatio: cf. F. titillation.]
1. The act of tickling, or the state of being tickled; a tickling sensation. A. Tucker.
2. Any pleasurable sensation. Those titillations that reach no higher than the senses. Glanvill.
TITILLATIVETit"il*la*tive, a.
Defn: Tending or serving to titillate, or tickle; tickling.
TITIVATE; TITTIVATE Tit"i*vate, Tit"ti*vate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Titivated; p. pr. & vb. n. Titivating.] [Formed from an uncertain source, in imitation of words in -ate fr. L.]