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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Tit, n. p. 1388A small horse; also, in contempt, a woman. 2. [Cf. Eng. TEAT and TITMOUSE.] A small bird; a titmouse, or tomtit. 3. A morsel; a bit. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Tit for tat, an equivalent.Tī'tan or Tī-tăn'ic, a. p. 1388Of, or relating to, the Titans, or fabled giants of ancient mythology; hence, enormous in size or strength; as, Titanic structures. “The Titan physical difficulties of his enterprise.” I. Taylor.…Tī'tan-ate, n. p. 1388(Chem.) A compound formed by the union of titanic acid and a base.Tī-tăn'ic, a. p. 1388(Chem.) Of, or pertaining to, titanium; titanitic.Tī'tan-ĭf'er-oŭs, a. p. 1388Containing or affording titanium; as, titaniferous pyrites.Tī'tan-īte, n. p. 1388(Min.) The same as SPHENE, q. v. Dana.Tī'tan-ĭt'ic, a. p. 1388Of, or pertaining to, titanium; titanic.Tī-tā'ni-ŭm, n. p. 1388(Chem.) A metal discovered by Gregor, in 1791, in Cornwall, England. It is of a deep-blue color. It occurs in different states of oxidation or intermixture, in various parts of the world. ☞ The ores…Tĭt'bĭt, n. p. 1388A tender piece. See TIDBIT.Tĭth, a. p. 1388Tight; nimble; brisk. [Obs.] Of a good stirring strain too, she goes tith. Beau. & Fl.Tīth'a-ble, a. p. 1388Subject to the payment of tithes.Tīthe, n. p. 1388A tenth; the tenth part of any thing; but specifically, the tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support. ☞ Tithes are called…Tīthe, v. t. p. 1388To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth. Ye tithe mint and rue. Luke xi. 42.Tīthe, v. i. p. 1388To pay tithes. [Rare.] Tusser.Tīthe'-com-mĭs'sion-er, n. p. 1388One of a board of officers appointed by the government for arranging propositions for commuting, or compounding for, tithes. [Eng.] Simmonds.Tīthe'-fleeçe, n. p. 1388A tithe of wool, or a fleece paid as a tithe. [Eng.]Tīthe'-ōre, n. p. 1388A tithe of ore; ore given in payment of tithes. [Eng.]Tīth'er, n. p. 1388One who collects tithes.Tīth'ing, n. p. 1388The act of levying or taking tithe; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe. “To take tithings of their blood and sweat.” Motley. 2. (Anglo-Sax. Law.) A number or company of ten householders who…Tīth'ing-măn, n. p. 1388(Anglo-Sax. Law.) The chief man of a tithing; a headborough; one elected to preside over the tithing. Blackstone. 2. (Law.) A peace officer; an under constable. 3. A parish officer annually elected…Tĭth'ly, adv. p. 1388Tightly; nimbly; closely. [Obs.] I have seen him trip it tithly. Beau. & Fl.