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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Tip

Tĭp, n.

noun

n. [D. & Dan. tip, L. Ger. & Sw. tipp, Icel. typpi, Up. Ger. zipf, H. Ger. zipfel.]

  1. The point or extremity of any thing small; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear. “To the very tip of the nose.” Shak.
  2. One part of the play at nine-pins. Dryden.
  3. A light touch or blow; a tap. [R.] Atl. Monthly.
  4. A donation; a douceur. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
  5. The lining of the top of a hat;—so called among hatters.
  6. A bookbinder’s tool. Simmonds.
  7. Rubbish thrown from a quarry. Simmonds.

Tĭp, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. TIPPED (tĭpt); p. pr. & vb. n. TIPPING.]<p>1. To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip any thing with gold or silver.</p><p>With truncheon tipped with iron head. Hudibras.</p><p>Tipped with jet, Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press. Thomson.</p><p>2. [L. Ger. tippen, Sw. tippa, Up. Ger. zipfeln.] To strike slightly, or with the end of any thing small; to tap.</p><p>A third rogue tips me by the elbow. Swift.</p><p>3. To bestow a gift or douceur upon; to give to; as, to tip a school-boy with a sovereign; to tip a servant. [Eng.] Thackeray.</p><p>4. To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; as, to tip a cart for discharging a load. [U. S.]</p><p>To tip off, to pour out, as liquor.—To tip over, to overturn.—To tip the wink, to direct a wink, or to wink to another for notice.—To tip up, to turn partly over by raising one end.</p>

Tĭp, v. i.

verbintransitive

To fall on or toward one side; to throw off; to fall headlong; to die;—with off.