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Note: Time is often used in the formation of compounds, mostly self- explaining; as, time-battered, time-beguiling, time-consecrated, time-consuming, time-enduring, time-killing, time-sanctioned, time- scorner, time-wasting, time-worn, etc. Absolute time, time irrespective of local standards or epochs; as, all spectators see a lunar eclipse at the same instant of absolute time. -- Apparent time, the time of day reckoned by the sun, or so that 12 o'clock at the place is the instant of the transit of the sun's center over the meridian. -- Astronomical time, mean solar time reckoned by counting the hours continuously up to twenty-four from one noon to the next. -- At times, at distinct intervals of duration; now and then; as, at times he reads, at other times he rides. -- Civil time, time as reckoned for the purposes of common life in distinct periods, as years, months, days, hours, etc., the latter, among most modern nations, being divided into two series of twelve each, and reckoned, the first series from midnight to noon, the second, from noon to midnight. -- Common time (Mil.), the ordinary time of marching, in which ninety steps, each twenty-eight inches in length, are taken in one minute. -- Equation of time. See under Equation, n. -- In time. (a) In good season; sufficiently early; as, he arrived in time to see the exhibition. (b) After a considerable space of duration; eventually; finally; as, you will in time recover your health and strength. -- Mean time. See under 4th Mean. -- Quick time (Mil.), time of marching, in which one hundred and twenty steps, each thirty inches in length, are taken in one minute. -- Sidereal time. See under Sidereal. -- Standard time, the civil time that has been established by law or by general usage over a region or country. In England the standard time is Greenwich mean solar time. In the United States and Canada four kinds of standard time have been adopted by the railroads and accepted by the people, viz., Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific time, corresponding severally to the mean local times of the 75th, 90th, 105th, and 120th meridians west from Greenwich, and being therefore five, six, seven, and eight hours slower than Greenwich time. -- Time ball, a ball arranged to drop from the summit of a pole, to indicate true midday time, as at Greenwich Observatory, England. Nichol. -- Time bargain (Com.), a contract made for the sale or purchase of merchandise, or of stock in the public funds, at a certain time in the future. -- Time bill. Same as Time-table. [Eng.] -- Time book, a book in which is kept a record of the time persons have worked. -- Time detector, a timepiece provided with a device for registering and indicating the exact time when a watchman visits certain stations in his beat. -- Time enough, in season; early enough. "Stanly at Bosworth field, . . . came time enough to save his life." Bacon. -- Time fuse, a fuse, as for an explosive projectile, which can be so arranged as to ignite the charge at a certain definite interval after being itself ignited. -- Time immemorial, or Time out of mind. (Eng. Law) See under Immemorial. -- Time lock, a lock having clockwork attached, which, when wound up, prevents the bolt from being withdrawn when locked, until a certain interval of time has elapsed. -- Time of day, salutation appropriate to the times of the day, as "good morning," "good evening," and the like; greeting. -- To kill time. See under Kill, v. t. -- To make time. (a) To gain time. (b) To occupy or use (a certain) time in doing something; as, the trotting horse made fast time. -- To move, run, or go, against time, to move, run, or go a given distance without a competitor, in the quickest possible time; or, to accomplish the greatest distance which can be passed over in a given time; as, the horse is to run against time. -- True time. (a) Mean time as kept by a clock going uniformly. (b) (Astron.) Apparent time as reckoned from the transit of the sun's center over the meridian.

TIME Time, 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.

TIME Time, 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.]

TIMEFUL Time"ful, a.

Defn: Seasonable; timely; sufficiently early. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

TIME-HONORED Time"-hon`ored, a.

Defn: Honored for a long time; venerable, and worthy of honor, by reason of antiquity, or long continuance.

TIMEKEEPER Time"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.

TIMELESS Time"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.

TIMELESSLY Time"less*ly, adv.

Defn: In a timeless manner; unseasonably. [R.] Milton.

TIMELINESS Time"li*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being timely; seasonableness; opportuneness.

TIMELING Time"ling, n.

Defn: A timeserver. [Obs.]

TIMELY Time"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.

TIMELY Time"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 I have gained by it. Shak.

TIMENOGUY Ti*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.

TIMEOUS Time"ous, a.

Defn: Timely; seasonable. [R. or Scot.] -- Time"ous*ly, adv. [R. or Scot.]

TIMEPIECE Time"piece`, n.

Defn: A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer.

TIMEPLEASER Time"pleas`er, n.

Defn: One who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they may be; a timeserver. Timepleasers, flatterers, foes to nobleness. Shak.

TIME POLICY Time policy. (Insurance)

Defn: A policy limited to become void at a specified time; -- often contrasted with voyage policy.

TIMER Tim"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.

TIMESAVING Time"sav`ing, a.

Defn: Saving time; as, a timesaving expedient.

TIMESERVER Time"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.

TIMESERVING Time"serv`ing, a.

Defn: Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power.

TIMESERVING Time"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 SIGNATURE Time 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-TABLE Time"-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.

TIMIDITY Ti*mid"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. timiditas: cf. F. timidité.]

Defn: The quality or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness.

TIMIDOUS Tim"id*ous, a.

Defn: Timid. [Obs.] Hudibras.

TIMIST Tim"ist, n. Etym: [Written also timeist.]

1. (Mus.)

Defn: A performer who keeps good time.

2. A timeserver. [Obs.] Overbury.

TIMMER Tim"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.

TIMOCRATIC Ti`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 timorous apostasy of chuchmen." Milman. -- Tim"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Tim"or*ous*ness, n.

TIMORSOME Tim"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.

TIMOUS Tim"ous, a. Etym: [Cf. Timeous.]

Defn: Timely; seasonable. [Obs.] Bacon. -- Tim"ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]

TIMPANO Tim"pa*no, n.; pl. Timpani. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)

Defn: See Tympano.

TIM-WHISKEY Tim"-whis`key, n.

Defn: A kind of carriage. See Whiskey. Southery.

TIN Tin, 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.

TIN Tin, 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.

TINAMIDES Ti*nam"i*des, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of struthious birds, including the tinamous.

TINAMOU Tin"a*mou, n. Etym: [From the native name: cf. F. tinamous.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of several species of South American birds belonging to Tinamus 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 space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within a narrow compass. [Scot.] We'll quell the savage mountaineer, As their tinchel cows the game! Sir W. Scott.

TINCT Tinct, a. Etym: [L. tinctus, p.p. of tingere to tinge. See Tinge.]

Defn: Tined; tinged. [Archaic] Spenser.

TINCT Tinct, n. Etym: [See Tint.]

Defn: Color; tinge; tincture; tint. [Archaic] "Blue of heaven's own tinct." Shak. All the devices blazoned on the shield, In their own tinct. Tennyson.

TINCT Tinct, 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.

TINCTURE Tinc"ture, n. Etym: [L. tinctura a dyeing, from tingere, tinctum, to tinge, dye: cf. OE. tainture, teinture, F. teinture, L. tinctura. See Tinge.]

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.

TINCTURE Tinc"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 foreign to; 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.

TINDAL Tin"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.

TINDER Tin"der, n. Etym: [OE. tinder, tunder, AS. tynder, tyndre; akin to tendan 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.

TINE Tine, n. Etym: [See Teen affliction.]

Defn: Trouble; distress; teen. [Obs.] "Cruel winter's tine." Spenser.

TINE Tine, v. t. Etym: [See Tind.]

Defn: To kindle; to set on fire. [Obs.] See Tind. "To tine the cloven wood." Dryden. Coals of contention and hot vegneance tind. Spenser.

TINE Tine, 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.

TINE Tine, v. t. Etym: [AS. t, from t an inclosure. See Town.]

Defn: To shut in, or inclose. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

TINE Tine, 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.

TINEA Tin"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.

TINEAN Tin"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.

TINED Tined, a.

Defn: Furnished with tines; as, a three-tined fork.

TINEID Tin"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.]

TINET Ti"net, n. Etym: [From Tine to shut in, inclose.]

Defn: Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges. [Obs. Eng.]

TING Ting, n. Etym: [An imitative word. Cf. Tink.]

Defn: A sharp sound, as of a bell; a tinkling.

TING Ting, v. i.

Defn: To sound or ring, as a bell; to tinkle. [R.] Holland.

TING Ting, n.

Defn: The apartment in a Chinese temple where the idol is kept.

TINGE Tinge, 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 a stain, 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.

TINGE Tinge, 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.

TINGENT Tin"gent, a. Etym: [L. tingens, p.pr. of tingere to tinge. See Tinge.]

Defn: Having the power to tinge. [R.] As for the white part, it appears much less enriched with the tingent property. Boyle.

TINGER Tin"ger, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, tinges.

TINGID Tin"gid, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the genus Tingis.

TINGIS Tin"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.

TINGLE Tin"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 shrill sound. At which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 1 Sam. 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).

TINK Tink, 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.

TINKER Tink"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.

TINKER Tink"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.

TINKERING Tink"er*ing, n.

Defn: The act or work of a tinker.

TINKERLY Tink"er*ly, a.

Defn: After the manner of a tinker. [R.]

TINKERSHIRE; TINKLE Tink"er*shire, Tin"kle, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]

TINKLE Tin"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.

TINKLE Tin"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinkled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinkling.]

Defn: To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.

TINKLE Tin"kle, n.

Defn: A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal. Cowper.

TINKLER Tin"kler, n.

Defn: A tinker. [Prov. Eng.]

TINKLING Tin"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.

TINMAN Tin"man, n.; pl. Tinmen (.

Defn: A manufacturer of tin vessels; a dealer in tinware.

TINMOUTH Tin"mouth`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The crappie. [U.S.]

TINNED Tinned, 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).

TINNEN Tin"nen, a.

Defn: Made or consisting of tin. [Obs.]

TINNER Tin"ner, n.

1. One who works in a tin mine.

2. One who makes, or works in, tinware; a tinman.

TINNIENT Tin"ni*ent, a. Etym: [L. tinniens, p.pr. of tinnire to ring, tinkle.]

Defn: Emitting a clear sound. [Obs.]

TINNING Tin"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.

TINNITUS Tin*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.

TINNOCK Tin"nock, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]

TINNY Tin"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.

TINSEL Tin"sel, a.

Defn: Showy to excess; gaudy; specious; superficial. "Tinsel trappings." Milton.

TINSEL Tin"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.

TINSELLY Tin"sel*ly, a.

Defn: Like tinsel; gaudy; showy, but cheap.

TINSELLY Tin"sel*ly, adv.

Defn: In a showy and cheap manner.

TINSMITH Tin"smith`, n.

Defn: One who works in tin; a tinner.

TINSTONE Tin"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.

TINT Tint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinting.]

Defn: To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.

TINTAMAR Tin`ta*mar", n. Etym: [F. tintamarre.]

Defn: A hideous or confused noise; an uproar. [Obs.] Howell.

TINTERNELL Tin"ter*nell, n.

Defn: A certain old dance. [Obs.] Halliwell.

TINTIE Tin"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.

TINTINNABULATION Tin`tin*nab`u*la"tion, n.

Defn: A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells. Poe.

TINTINNABULOUS Tin`tin*nab"u*lous, a.

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the tinkling of a bell; having a tinkling sound; tintinnabular. De Quincey.

TINTINNABULUM Tin`tin*nab"u*lum, n.; pl. Tintinnabula (#). [L., a bell. See Tintinnabular.]

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.

TINTOMETER Tint*om"e*ter, n. [Tint + -meter.] (Physics)

Defn: An apparatus for the determination of colors by comparison with arbitrary standards; a colorimeter.

TINTYPE Tin"type`, n.

Defn: Same as Ferrotype.

TINWARE Tin"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.

TIP Tip, 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, to tip 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 tip a 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 suggestion by, or as by, a wink. [Slang] Pope. -- To tip up, to turn partly over by raising one end.

TIP Tip, 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]

TIPCART Tip"cart`, n.

Defn: A cart so constructed that the body can be easily tipped, in order to dump the load.

TIPCAT Tip"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.

TIPPER Tip"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.

TIPPING Tip"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.

TIPPLE Tip"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 to tipple, 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.

TIPPLE Tip"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.

TIPPLE Tip"ple, n.

Defn: Liquor taken in tippling; drink. Pulque, the national tipple of Mexico. S. B. Griffin.

TIPPLED Tip"pled, a.

Defn: Intoxicated; inebriated; tipsy; drunk. [R.] Dryden.

TIPPLER Tip"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-HOUSE Tip"pling-house`, n.

Defn: A house in which liquors are sold in drams or small quantities, to be drunk on the premises.

TIPSIFY Tip"si*fy, v. t. Etym: [Tipsy + -fy.]

Defn: To make tipsy. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

TIPSILY Tip"si*ly, adv.

Defn: In a tipsy manner; like one tipsy.

TIPSINESS Tip"si*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being tipsy.

TIPSTAFF Tip"staff`, n.; pl. Tipstaff (.

1. A staff tipped with metal. Bacon.

2. An officer who bears a staff tipped with metal; a constable. Macaulay.

TIPSTER Tip"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.

TIPSTOCK Tip"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.

TIPSY Tip"sy, a. [Compar. Tipsier; superl. Tipsiest.] Etym: [Akin to tipple; cf. Prov. G. tips drunkenness, betipst drunk, tipsy. See Tipple.]

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.

TIPTOE Tip"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.

TIPTOE Tip"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.

TIPTOE Tip"toe`, v. i.

Defn: To step or walk on tiptoe.

TIPTOP Tip"top`, n. Etym: [Tip end + top.]

Defn: The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything. [Colloq.]

TIPTOP Tip"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.

TIPULARY Tip"u*la*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. tipulaire.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the tipulas.

TIP-UP Tip"-up`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The spotted sandpiper; -- called also teeter-tail. See under Sandpiper.

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.

TIRE Tire, n.

Defn: A tier, row, or rank. See Tier. [Obs.] In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder. Milton.

TIRE Tire, 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.

TIRE Tire, 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.

TIRE Tire, 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.

TIRED Tired, a.

Defn: Weary; fatigued; exhausted.

TIREDNESS Tired"ness, n.

Defn: The state of being tired, or weary.

TIRELESS Tire"less, a.

Defn: Untiring.

TIRELING Tire"ling, a.

Defn: Tired; fatigued. [Obs.]

TIRESOME Tire"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-WOMAN Tire"-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-HOUSE Tir"ing-house`, n. Etym: [For attiring house.]

Defn: A tiring-room. [Obs.] Shak.

TIRING-ROOM Tir"ing-room`, n. Etym: [For attiring room.]

Defn: The room or place where players dress for the stage.

TIRL Tirl, 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.

TIRMA Tir"ma, n.

Defn: The oyster catcher. [Prov. Eng.]

TIRO Ti"ro, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: Same as Tyro.

T IRON T" 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.

TIRRALIRRA Tir"ra*lir`ra, n.

Defn: A verbal imitation of a musical sound, as of the note of a lark or a horn. The lark, that tirra lyra chants. Shak. "Tirralira, " by the river, Sang Sir Lancelot. Tennyson.

TIRRIT Tir"rit, n.

Defn: A word from the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess in Shakespeare's Henry IV., probably meaning terror.

TIRWIT Tir"wit, n. Etym: [Cf. Pewit.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The lapwing. [Prov. Eng.]

'T IS 'T is.

Defn: A common contraction of it is.

TISANE Ti*sane", n. Etym: [F.] (Med.)

Defn: See Ptisan.

TISAR Ti"sar, n. Etym: [F. tisard.] (Glass Manuf.)

Defn: The fireplace at the side of an annealing oven. Knight.

TISIC; TISICAL Tis"ic, Tis"ic*al, a. Etym: [For phthisic, phthisical.]

Defn: Consumptive, phthisical.

TISIC Tis"ic, n.

Defn: Consumption; phthisis. See Phthisis.

TISICKY Tis"ick*y, a.

Defn: Consumptive, phthisical.

TISRI Tis"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.

TISSUE Tis"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.

TISSUED Tis"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.

TIT Tit, 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.

TITAN Ti"tan, a.

Defn: Titanic. The Titan physical difficulties of his enterprise. I. Taylor.

TITANATE Ti"tan*ate, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A salt of titanic acid.

TITAN CRANE Ti"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.

TITANIC Ti*tan"ic, a.

Defn: Of or relating to Titans, or fabled giants of ancient mythology; hence, enormous in size or strength; as, Titanic structures.

TITANIC Ti*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.

TITANIFEROUS Ti`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.

TITANITIC Ti`tan*it"ic, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, titanium; as, a titanitic mineral.

TITANIUM Ti*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.

TITANOTHERIUM Ti`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.

TITANOUS Ti"tan*ous, a.

Defn: Designating certain compounds of titanium in which that element has a lower valence as contrasted with titanic compounds.

TITBIT Tit"bit`, n.

Defn: Same as Tidbit.

TITH Tith, a. Etym: [See Tight, a.]

Defn: Tight; nimble. [Obs.] Of a good stirring strain too, she goes tith. Beau. & Fl.

TITHABLE Tith"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.

TITHE Tithe, a.

Defn: Tenth. [Obs.] Every tithe soul, 'mongst many thousand. Shak.

TITHE Tithe, 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; to pay tithes on. Ye tithe mint and rue. Luke xi. 42.

TITHE Tithe, v. i.

Defn: Tp pay tithes. [R.] Tusser.

TITHER Tith"er, n.

1. One who collects tithes. Milton.

2. One who pays tithes. [R.] Chaucer.

TITHING Tith"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.

TITHINGMAN Tith"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.]

TITHLY Tith"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.]

TITHONICITY Tith`o*nic"i*ty, n. (Chem. & Physics)

Defn: The state or property of being tithonic; actinism. [R.]

TITHONOGRAPHIC Ti*thon`o*graph"ic, a. Etym: [Tithonic + -graph + -ic.]

Defn: Of, relating to, or produced by, the chemical action of rays of light; photographic.

TITHONOMETER Tith`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.

TITI Ti"ti, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Teetee.

TITILLATE Tit"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.

TITILLATION Tit`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.

TITILLATIVE Tit"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.]

Defn: To dress or smarten up; to spruce. --Tit`i*va"tion, Tit`ti*va"tion (#), n. [Both Humorous]

"Come here, an' let me titivate you." He sat down beside her, and submitted to be dusted. Quiller-Couch.

TITLARK Tit"lark`, n. Etym: [Tit a small bird + lark.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of numerous small spring birds belonging to Anthus, Corydalla, and allied genera, which resemble the true larks in color and in having a very long hind claw; especially, the European meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis).

TITLE Ti"tle, n. Etym: [OF. title, F. titre, L. titulus an inscription, label, title, sign, token. Cf. Tilde, Titrate, Titular.]

1. An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.

2. The inscription in the beginning of a book, usually containing the subject of the work, the author's and publisher's names, the date, etc.

3. (Bookbindng)

Defn: The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.

4. A section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif. (Roman & Canon Laws), a chapter or division of a law book.

5. An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preëminence (hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, etc. With his former title greet Macbeth. Shak.

6. A name; an appellation; a designation.