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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Tin'/tin-năb'ū-la-ry, a. p. 1387Having or making the sound of a bell.Tin'tin-năb'ū-lā'tion, n. p. 1387A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells. E. A. Poe.Tin'tin-năb'ū-lōus, a. p. 1387Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the tinkling of a bell; having a tinkling sound. De Quincey.Tīn-tin-nāb'ū-lūm, n. p. 1387A bell. [Rare.] Cooper.Tîn’to, n. p. 1387A red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts, and, when old, resembling tawny port. Simmonds.Tĭnt'-tōol, n. p. 1387(Engraving.) A species of graver, having its point of different degrees of width, to cut lines of certain breadths in copper or wood.Tĭn'-wâre, n. p. 1387Articles made of tinned iron;—popularly so called.Tĭn'-worm, n. p. 1387A certain insect. Bailey.Tī'ny, a. p. 1387Very small; little; puny. “When that I was a little, tiny boy.” Shak.Tĭp, n. p. 1387The 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…Tĭp, v. t. p. 1387<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,<br>Fair ermines…Tĭp, v. i. p. 1387To fall on or toward one side; to throw off; to fall headlong; to die;—with off.Tip'-cāt, n. p. 1387A game in which a small piece of wood, called a cat, is tipped or struck with a club or bat. In the middle of a game at tip-cat, he [Bunyan] paused, and stood staring wildly upward with his stick in…Tip’per, n. p. 1387A kind of ale;—so called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper. [Eng.] ☞ “The peculiarity of this beverage arises from its being brewed from brackish water, which is obtainable from one well…Tĭp'pet, n. p. 1387A narrow garment or covering for the neck, made of fur, cloth, or other warm material. Bacon. 2. A length of twisted hair or gut in a fish-line. [Scot.] Simmonds. 3. A handful of straw bound together…Tĭp'ping, n. p. 1388(Mus.) A distinct articulation given in playing the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; tonguing.Tip'ple, v. i. p. 1388To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper use of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently, without absolute drunkenness. Few of those who…Tip'ple, v. t. p. 1388To drink, as strong liquors, in luxury or excess. Himself, for saving charges. A peeled, sliced onion eats, and tipples verjuice. Dryden. 2. To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.Tip'ple, n. p. 1388Liquor taken in tippling; drink. L'Estrange.Tip'pled, a. p. 1388Intoxicated; inebriated; tipsy; drunk. Dryden.Tĭp'pler, n. p. 1388One who habitually indulges in the excessive use of spirituous liquors; often, a person who habitually drinks strong liquors, without absolute drunkenness.Tip'pling-house, n. p. 1388A house in which liquors are sold in drams or small quantities, and where men are accustomed to tipple.Tip'si-ly, adv. p. 1388In a tipsy manner.Tip'si-ness, n. p. 1388The state of being tipsy.Tip’staff, n. p. 1388An officer who bears a staff tipped with metal; a constable. 2. A staff tipped with metal. Bacon.Tip'sy, a. p. 1388Overpowered with strong drink; rendered foolish by liquor, but not absolutely or completely drunk; fuddled; intoxicated. 2. Staggering, as if from intoxication; reeling. “Tipsy dance and jollity.”…Tip′-tōe, n. p. 1388The end of the toe. Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by. Spencer. Tiptoe mirth, the highest degree of mirth. W. Scott. — To be or to stand a tiptoe or on tiptoe, to be awake or alive to any thing…Tip′/tŏp, n. p. 1388The highest or utmost degree. 2. The best of any thing; the highest excellence. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Tĭp′-tŏp, a. p. 1388Very excellent; most excellent or perfect. “Four tip-top voices.” Gray. “Sung in a tip-top manner.” Goldsmith.Tĭp'ū-lā, n. p. 1388(Entom.) A genus of dipterous insects, having long and slender bodies and legs; crane-fly. See CRANE-FLY.Tip'ū-la-ry, a. p. 1388(Entom.) Of, or pertaining to, insects of the genus Tipula, or the crane-flies.Tī-rāde’, n. p. 1388Formerly, in French music, the filling of an interval by the intermediate diatonic notes. 2. Hence, a strain or flight, especially of censure or invective; a series of violent declamation. Here he…Tirailleur, n. p. 1388(Mil.) A skirmisher, often put in front of the line to annoy the enemy. Smart.Tire, n. p. 1388A row or rank; — the same as TIER. In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder. Milton. 2. Hence, train. [Obs.] “The last of this ungodly tire.” Spencer. 3. A head-dress; — the same as TIARA.…Tire, v. t. p. 1388To adorn; to attire; to dress. [Obs.] She [Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head. 2 Kings ix. 30.Tire, v. t. p. 1388To exhaust the strength of, by toil or labor; to weary; to fatigue. “Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past.” Dryden. To tire out, to weary or fatigue to excess; to harass. Syn.—To jade; weary…Tire, v. i. p. 1388To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail; to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble body soon tires with hard labor.Tire, v. i. p. 1388To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a bird does. ☞ A term in falconry. The hawk was said to tire on her prey, when it was thrown to her, and she began to pull at it, and tear it. It was applied also to…Tired'ness, n. p. 1388The state of being wearied; weariness.Tire'ling, a. p. 1388Tired; fatigued. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Tire'some, a. p. 1388Fitted or tending to tire; exhausting the strength or patience; wearisome; fatiguing; tedious; as, a tiresome journey; a tiresome discourse.Tire'some-ness, n. p. 1388The quality or state of being tiresome, or of exhausting strength or patience; wearisomeness; tediousness; as, the tiresomeness of work, or of a dull speaker.Tire'some-ly, adv. p. 1388In a tiresome manner; wearisomely.Tire'-wom'an, n. p. 1388A woman whose occupation it is to make head-dresses. [Obs.] Locke. 2. A dresser in a theater. Simmonds.Tir'ing-house or Tir'ing-room, n. p. 1388The room or place where players dress for the stage.Tī'ro, n. p. 1388A soldier. 2. A beginner; a tyro. See TYRO.T'-ī'ron, n. p. 1388Rolled iron bars shaped in sections like the letter T.Tī-rō'ni-an, a. p. 1388Of, or pertaining to, Tiro. Tironian notes, the short-hand of Roman antiquity.Tĭr'ra-lĭr'ră, n. p. 1388An imitation of a musical sound, as of the note of the lark, a horn, and the like. “Tirra-lirra,” by the river, Sang Sir Lancelot. Tennyson.Tĭr'rit, n. p. 1388Terror; affright. [Obs.]Tir'/wit, n. p. 1388(Ornith.) A grallatorial bird; the Tringa vanellus, or lapwing; the pewit.'Tis p. 1388A contraction of it is.}Tis'ic or Tis'ic-al, a. p. 1388Consumptive; phthisical.Tĭs'ie, n. p. 1388Consumption; morbid waste; phthisis. See PHTHISIS.Tis'ick-y, a. p. 1388Consumptive; phthisical.Tĭs'ri, n. p. 1388The first Hebrew month of the civil year, and the seventh of the ecclesiastical, answering to a part of our September and a part of October.Tis'sue, n. p. 1388Cloth interwoven with gold or silver, or with figured colors. “A robe of tissue, stiff with golden wire.” Dryden. In their glittering tissues bear imblazed Holy memorials. Milton. 2. (Anat.) The…Tĭs'sue, v. t. p. 1388To form tissue of; to interweave; to variegate. The chariot was covered with cloth of gold tissued upon blue. Bacon.Tĭs'sued, p. a. p. 1388Clothed in, or adorned with, tissue. Crested knights and tissued dames Assembled at the glorious call. Wharton.Tĭt, n. p. 1388A teat. See TEAT.