TA Ta, v. t. (continued 8)

Note: The flow or rising of the water is called flood tide, and the reflux, ebb tide.

3. A stream; current; flood; as, a tide of blood. "Let in the tide of knaves once more; my cook and I'll provide." Shak.

4. Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current. There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Shak.

5. Violent confluence. [Obs.] Bacon.

6. (Mining)

Defn: The period of twelve hours. Atmospheric tides, tidal movements of the atmosphere similar to those of the ocean, and produced in the same manner by the attractive forces of the sun and moon. — Inferior tide. See under Inferior, a. — To work double tides. See under Work, v. t. — Tide day, the interval between the occurrences of two consecutive maxima of the resultant wave at the same place. Its length varies as the components of sun and moon waves approach to, or recede from, one another. A retardation from this cause is called the lagging of the tide, while the acceleration of the recurrence of high water is termed the priming of the tide. See Lag of the tide, under 2d Lag. — Tide dial, a dial to exhibit the state of the tides at any time. — Tide gate. (a) An opening through which water may flow freely when the tide sets in one direction, but which closes automatically and prevents the water from flowing in the other direction. (b) (Naut.) A place where the tide runs with great velocity, as through a gate. — Tide gauge, a gauge for showing the height of the tide; especially, a contrivance for registering the state of the tide continuously at every instant of time. Brande & C. — Tide lock, a lock situated between an inclosed basin, or a canal, and the tide water of a harbor or river, when they are on different levels, so that craft can pass either way at all times of the tide; - - called also guard lock. — Tide mill. (a) A mill operated by the tidal currents. (b) A mill for clearing lands from tide water. — Tide rip, a body of water made rough by the conflict of opposing tides or currents. — Tide table, a table giving the time of the rise and fall of the tide at any place. — Tide water, water affected by the flow of the tide; hence, broadly, the seaboard. — Tide wave, or Tidal wave, the swell of water as the tide moves. That of the ocean is called primitive; that of bays or channels derivative. Whewell. — Tide wheel, a water wheel so constructed as to be moved by the ebb or flow of the tide.

TIDE Tide, v. t.

Defn: To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream. They are tided down the stream. Feltham.

TIDE Tide, v. i. Etym: [AS. tidan to happen. See Tide, n.]

1. To betide; to happen. [Obs.] What should us tide of this new law Chaucer.

2. To pour a tide or flood.

3. (Naut.)

Defn: To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.

TIDED Tid"ed, a.

Defn: Affected by the tide; having a tide. "The tided Thames." Bp. Hall.

TIDELAND Tide"land, n.

Defn: Land that is overflowed by tide water; hence, land near the sea.

TIDELESS Tide"less, a.

Defn: Having no tide.

TIDE-RODE Tide"-rode`, a. (Naut.)

Defn: Swung by the tide when at anchor; — opposed to wind-rode.

TIDESMAN Tides"man, n.; pl. Tidesmen (.

Defn: A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.

TIDEWAITER Tide"wait`er, n.

Defn: A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties. Swift.

TIDEWAY Tide"way`, n.

Defn: Channel in which the tide sets.

TIDIFE Tid"ife, n.

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

Note: The "tidif" mentioned in Chaucer is by some supposed to be the titmouse, by others the wren.

TIDILY Ti"di*ly, adv.

Defn: In a tidy manner.

TIDINESS Ti"di*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being tidy.

TIDING Ti"ding, n.

Defn: Tidings. [Obs.] Chaucer.

TIDINGS Ti"dings, n. pl. Etym: [OE. tidinge, ti, tidinde, from or influenced by Icel. ti; akin to Dan. tidende, Sw. tidning, G. zeung, AS. tidan to happen, E. betide, tide. See Tide, v. i. & n.]

Defn: Account of what has taken place, and was not before known; news. I shall make my master glad with these tidings. Shak. Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned. Goldsmith.

Note: Although tidings is plural in form, it has been used also as a singular. By Shakespeare it was used indiscriminately as a singular or plural. Now near the tidings of our comfort is. Shak. Tidings to the contrary Are brought your eyes. Shak.

Syn. — News; advice; information; intelligence. — Tidings, News. The term news denotes recent intelligence from any quarter; the term tidings denotes intelligence expected from a particular quarter, showing what has there betided. We may be indifferent as to news, but are always more or less interested in tidings. We read the news daily; we wait for tidings respecting an absent friend or an impending battle. We may be curious to hear the news; we are always anxious for tidings. Evil news rides post, while good news baits. Milton. What tidings dost thou bring Addison.

TIDLEY Tid"ley, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The wren. (b) The goldcrest. [Prov. Eng.]

TIDOLOGY Tid*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Tide + -logy.]

Defn: A discourse or treatise upon the tides; that part of science which treats of tides. J. S. Mill.

TIDY Ti"dy, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The wren; — called also tiddy. [Prov. Eng.] The tidy for her notes as delicate as they. Drayton.

Note: This name is probably applied also to other small singing birds, as the goldcrest.

TIDY Ti"dy, a. [Compar. Tidier; superl. Tidiest.] Etym: [From Tide time, season; cf. D. tijdig timely, G. zeitig, Dan. & Sw. tidig.]

1. Being in proper time; timely; seasonable; favorable; as, tidy weather. [Obs.] If weather be fair and tidy. Tusser.

2. Arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper and becoming neatness, or habitually keeping things so; as, a tidy lass; their dress is tidy; the apartments are well furnished and tidy. A tidy man, that tened [injured] me never. Piers Plowman.

TIDY Ti"dy, n.; pl. Tidies (.

1. A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, or the like.

2. A child's pinafore. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

TIDY Ti"dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tidied; p. pr. & vb. n. Tidying.]

Defn: To put in proper order; to make neat; as, to tidy a room; to tidy one's dress.

TIDY Ti"dy, v. i.

Defn: To make things tidy. [Colloq.] I have tidied and tidied over and over again. Dickens.

TIDYTIPS Ti"dy*tips`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A California composite plant (Layia platyglossa), the flower of which has yellow rays tipped with white.

TIE Tie, n.; pl. Ties. Etym: [AS. tege, t, tige. *64. See Tie, v. t.]

1. A knot; a fastening.

2. A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance. No distance breaks the tie of blood. Young.

3. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. Young.

4. An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race.

5. (Arch. & Engin.)

Defn: A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place.

6. (Mus.)

Defn: A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature.

7. pl.

Defn: Low shoes fastened with lacings. Bale tie, a fastening for the ends of a hoop for a bale.

TIE Tie, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tied (Obs. Tight (); p. pr. & vb. n. Tying.] Etym: [OE. ti, teyen, AS. tigan, tiégan, fr. teág, teáh, a rope; akin to Icel. taug, and AS. teón to draw, to pull. See Tug, v. t., and cf. Tow to drag.]

1. To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind. "Tie the kine to the cart." 1 Sam. vi. 7. My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. Prov. vi. 20,21.

2. To form, as a knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord; also, to interlace, or form a knot in; as, to tie a cord to a tree; to knit; to knot. "We do not tie this knot with an intention to puzzle the argument." Bp. Burnet.

3. To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold. In bond of virtuous love together tied. Fairfax.

4. To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine. Not tied to rules of policy, you find Revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind. Dryden.

5. (Mus.)

Defn: To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them.

6. To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with. To ride and tie. See under Ride. — To tie down. (a) To fasten so as to prevent from rising. (b) To restrain; to confine; to hinder from action. — To tie up, to confine; to restrain; to hinder from motion or action.

TIE Tie, v. i.

Defn: To make a tie; to make an equal score.

TIEBAR Tie"bar`, n.

Defn: A flat bar used as a tie.

TIEBEAM Tie"beam`, n. (Arch.)

Defn: A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof. Gwilt.

TIENDA Ti*en"da, n. [Sp., prop., tent, awning.]

Defn: In Cuba, Mexico, etc., a booth, stall, or shop where merchandise is sold.

TIER Ti"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, ties.

TIER Ti"er, n. Etym: [See Tire a headdress.]

Defn: A chold's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. [Written also tire.]

TIER Tier, n. Etym: [Perhaps fr. OF. tire, F. tire; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. ziari ornament, G. zier, AS. tir glory, tiér row, rank. But cf. also F. tirer to draw, pull; of Teutonic origin. Cf. Attire, v. t., Tire a headdress, but also Tirade.]

Defn: A row or rank, especially one of two or more rows placed one above, or higher than, another; as, a tier of seats in a theater. Tiers of a cable, the ranges of fakes, or windings, of a cable, laid one within another when coiled.

TIERCE Tierce, n. Etym: [F. tierce a third, from tiers, tierce, third, fr. L. tertius the third; akin to tres three. See Third, Three, and cf. Terce, Tercet, Tertiary.]

1. A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of forty-two wine, or thirty- five imperial, gallons.

2. A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment.

3. (Mus.)

Defn: The third tone of the scale. See Mediant.

4. A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major.

5. (Fencing)

Defn: A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.

6. (R. C. Ch.)

Defn: The third hour of the day, or nine a.m.; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour.

TIERCE Tier*cé", a. Etym: [F.] (Her.)

Defn: Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; — said of an escutcheon.

TIERCEL; TIERCELET Tier"cel, Tierce"let, n. Etym: [OE. tercel, tercelet, F. tiercelet, a dim. of (assumed) tiercel, or LL. tertiolus, dim. fr. L. tertius the third; — so called, according to some, because every third bird in the nest is a male, or, according to others, because the male is the third part less than female. Cf. Tercel.] (Falconry)

Defn: The male of various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the male of the goshawk. Encyc. Brit.

TIERCE-MAJOR Tierce"-ma`jor, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tierce majeure.] (Card Playing)

Defn: See Tierce, 4.

TIERCET Tier"cet, n. Etym: [F. tercet. See Tercet.] (Pros.)

Defn: A triplet; three lines, or three lines rhyming together.

TIE-ROD Tie"-rod, n.

Defn: A rod used as a tie. See Tie.

TIERS ETAT Tiers` é`tat". Etym: [F.]

Defn: The third estate, or commonalty, in France, answering to the commons in Great Britain; — so called in distinction from, and as inferior to, the nobles and clergy.

Note: The refusal of the clergy and nobility to give the tiers état a representation in the States-general proportioned to their actual numbers had an important influence in bringing on the French Revolution of 1789. Since that time the term has been purely historical.

TIETICK Tie"tick, n.

Defn: The meadow pipit. [Prov. Eng].

TIEWIG Tie"wig`, n.

Defn: A wig having a tie or ties, or one having some of the curls tied up; also, a wig tied upon the head. Wright. V. Knox.

TIFF Tiff, n. Etym: [Originally, a sniff, sniffing; cf. Icel. a smell, to sniff, Norw. tev a drawing in of the breath, teva to sniff, smell, dial. Sw. tüv smell, scent, taste.]

1. Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor. "Sipping his tiff of brandy punch." Sir W. Scott.

2. A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift. Thackeray.

TIFF Tiff, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tiffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tiffing.]

Defn: To be in a pet. She tiffed with Tim, she ran from Ralph. Landor.

TIFF Tiff, v. t. Etym: [OE. tiffen, OF. tiffer, tifer, to bedizen; cf. D. tippen to clip the points or ends of the hair, E. tip, n.]

Defn: To deck out; to dress. [Obs.] A. Tucker.

TIFFANY Tif"fa*ny, n. Etym: [OE. tiffenay; cf. OF. tiffe ornament, tiffer to adjust, adorn. See Tiff to dress.]

Defn: A species of gause, or very silk. The smoke of sulphur . . . is commonly used by women to whiten tiffanies. Sir T. Browne.

TIFFIN Tif"fin, n. Etym: [Properly, tiffing a quaffing, a drinking. See Tiff, n.]

Defn: A lunch, or slight repast between breakfast and dinner; — originally, a Provincial English word, but introduced into India, and brought back to England in a special sense.

TIFFISH Tiff"ish, a.

Defn: Inclined to tiffs; peevish; petulant.

TIFT Tift, n. Etym: [Cf. Norw. teft a scent. See Tiff, n.]

Defn: A fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff. After all your fatigue you seem as ready for a tift with me as if you had newly come from church. Blackwood's Mag.

TIG Tig, n.

1. A game among children. See Tag.

2. A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment.

TIGELLA Ti*gel"la, n. Etym: [NL., from F. tige stem or stock.] (Bot.)

Defn: That part of an embryo which represents the young stem; the caulicle or radicle.

TIGELLE Ti*gelle", n. Etym: [F.] (Bot.)

Defn: Same as Tigella.

TIGER Ti"ger, n. Etym: [OE. tigre, F. tigre, L. tigris, Gr. ti`gris; probably of Persian origin; cf. Zend tighra pointed, tighri an arrow, Per. tir; perhaps akin to E. stick, v.t.; — probably so named from its quickness.]

1. A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also royal tiger, and Bengal tiger.

2. Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person. As for heinous tiger, Tamora. Shak.

3. A servant in livery, who rids with his master or mistress. Dickens.

4. A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger. [Colloq. U.S.]

5. A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar. American tiger. (Zoöl.) (a) The puma. (b) The jaguar. — Clouded tiger (Zoöl.), a handsome striped and spotted carnivore (Felis macrocelis or F. marmorata) native of the East Indies and Southern Asia. Its body is about three and a half feet long, and its tail about three feet long. Its ground color is brownish gray, and the dark markings are irregular stripes, spots, and rings, but there are always two dark bands on the face, one extending back from the eye, and one from the angle of the mouth. Called also tortoise-shell tiger. — Mexican tiger (Zoöl.), the jaguar. — Tiger beetle (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of active carnivorous beetles of the family Cicindelidæ. They usually inhabit dry or sandy places, and fly rapidly. — Tiger bittern. (Zoöl.) See Sun bittern, under Sun. — Tiger cat (Zoöl.), any one of several species of wild cats of moderate size with dark transverse bars or stripes somewhat resembling those of the tiger. — Tiger flower (Bot.), an iridaceous plant of the genus Tigridia (as T. conchiflora, T. grandiflora, etc.) having showy flowers, spotted or streaked somewhat like the skin of a tiger. — Tiger grass (Bot.), a low East Indian fan palm (Chamærops Ritchieana). It is used in many ways by the natives. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). — Tiger lily. (Bot.) See under Lily. — Tiger moth (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of moths of the family Arctiadæ which are striped or barred with black and white or with other conspicuous colors. The larvæ are called woolly bears. — Tiger shark (Zoöl.), a voracious shark (Galeocerdo maculatus or tigrinus) more or less barred or spotted with yellow. It is found in both the Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Called also zebra shark. — Tiger shell (Zoöl.), a large and conspicuously spotted cowrie (Cypræa tigris); — so called from its fancied resemblance to a tiger in color and markings. Called also tiger cowrie. — Tiger wolf (Zoöl.), the spotted hyena (Hyæna crocuta). — Tiger wood, the variegated heartwood of a tree (Machærium Schomburgkii) found in Guiana.

TIGER-EYE Ti"ger-eye`, n. (Min.)

Defn: A siliceous stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much used for ornament. It is an altered form of the mineral crocidolite. See Crocidolite.

TIGER-FOOT Ti"ger-foot`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: Same as Tiger's-foot.

TIGER-FOOTED Ti"ger-foot`ed, a.

Defn: Hastening to devour; furious.

TIGERINE Ti"ger*ine, a.

Defn: Tigerish; tigrine. [R.]

TIGERISH Ti"ger*ish, a.

Defn: Like a tiger; tigrish.

TIGER'S-FOOT Ti"ger's-foot`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A name given to some species of morning-glory (Ipomoea) having the leaves lobed in pedate fashion.

TIGH Tigh, n. Etym: [Perhaps akin to tight.]

Defn: A close, or inclosure; a croft. [Obs.] Cowell.

TIGHT Tight, obs.

Defn: p. p. of Tie. Spenser.

TIGHT Tight, a. [Compar. Tighter; superl. Tightest.] Etym: [OE. tight, thiht; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. , Dan. tæt, Sw. tät: akin to D. & G. dicht thick, tight, and perhaps to E. thee to thrive, or to thick. Cf. Taut.]

1. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.

2. Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; — often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water- tight; air-tight.

3. Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.

4. Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy. Clad very plain, but clean and tight. Evelyn. I'll spin and card, and keep our children tight. Gay.

5. Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings. [Colloq.]

6. Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; — applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.

7. Handy; adroit; brisk. [Obs.] Shak.

8. Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. [Slang]

9. (Com.)

Defn: Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; — said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.

TIGHT Tight, v. t.

Defn: To tighten. [Obs.]

TIGHTEN Tight"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tightened; p. pr. & vb. n. Tightening.]

Defn: To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner. Just where I please, with tightened rein I'll urge thee round the dusty plain. Fawkes. Tightening pulley (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.

TIGHTENER Tight"en*er, n.

Defn: That which tightens; specifically (Mach.), a tightening pulley.

TIGHTER Tight"er, n.

Defn: A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer. [Obs.]

TIGHTLY Tight"ly, adv.

Defn: In a tight manner; closely; nearly.

TIGHTNESS Tight"ness, n.

Defn: The quality or condition of being tight.

TIGHTS Tights, n. pl.

Defn: Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs.

TIGLIC Tig"lic, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7CO2H (called also methyl crotonic acid), homologous with crotonic acid, and obtained from croton oil (from Croton Tiglium) as a white crystalline substance.

TIGRESS Ti"gress, n. Etym: [From Tiger: cf. F. tigresse.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The female of the tiger. Holland.

TIGRINE Ti"grine, a. Etym: [L. tigrinus, fr. tigris a tiger.]

1. Of or pertaining to a tiger; like a tiger.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Resembling the tiger in color; as, the tigrine cat (Felis tigrina) of South America.

TIGRISH Ti"grish, a.

Defn: Resembling a tiger; tigerish.

TIKE Tike, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A tick. See 2d Tick. [Obs.]

TIKE Tike, n. Etym: [Icel. tik a bitch; akin to Sw. tik.]

1. A dog; a cur. "Bobtail tike or trundle-tail." Shak.

2. A countryman or clown; a boorish person.

TIKOR Tik"or, n. [Hind. tikhur.]

Defn: A starch or arrow-root made from the tubes of an East Indian zinziberaceous plant (Curcuma angustifolia); also, the plant itself.

TIKUR; TIKOOR Ti*kur", Ti*koor", n. [Hind. tikr.]

Defn: An East Indian tree (Garcinia pedunculata) having a large yellow fleshy fruit with a pleasant acid flavor.

TIKUS Ti"kus, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The bulau.

TIL Til, prep. & conj.

Defn: See Till. [Obs.] Chaucer.

TILBURY Til"bu*ry, n.; pl. Tilburies. Etym: [Probably from Tilburyfort, in the Country of Essex, in England.]

Defn: A kind of gig or two-wheeled carriage, without a top or cover. [Written also tilburgh.]

TILDE Til"de, n. Etym: [Sp., fr. L. titulus a superscription, title, token, sign. See Title, n.]

Defn: The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words [thus, ñ, l], indicating that, in pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y.

TILE Tile, v. t. Etym: [See 2d Tiler.]

Defn: To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.

TILE Tile, n. Etym: [OE. tile, tigel, AS. tigel, tigol, fr. L. tegula, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, and cf. Tegular.]

1. A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mantel works.

2. (Arch.) (a) A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring. (b) A plate of metal used for roofing.

3. (Metal.)

Defn: A small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.

4. A draintile.

5. A stiff hat. [Colloq.] Dickens. Tile drain, a drain made of tiles. — Tile earth, a species of strong, clayey earth; stiff and stubborn land. [Prov. Eng.] — Tile kiln, a kiln in which tiles are burnt; a tilery. — Tile ore (Min.), an earthy variety of cuprite. — Tile red, light red like the color of tiles or bricks. — Tile tea, a kind of hard, flat brick tea. See Brick tea, under Brick.

TILE Tile, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tiling.]

1. To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.

2. Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles. The muscle, sinew, and vein, Which tile this house, will come again. Donne.

TILE-DRAIN Tile"-drain`, v. t.

Defn: To drain by means of tiles; to furnish with a tile drain.

TILEFISH Tile"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large, edible, deep-water food fish (Lopholatilus chamæleonticeps) more or less thickly covered with large, round, yellow spots.

Note: It was discovered off the Eastern coast of the United States in 1880, and was abundant in 1881, but is believed to have become extinct in 1882.

TILER Til"er, n.

Defn: A man whose occupation is to cover buildings with tiles. Bancroft.

TILER Til"er, n. Etym: [Of uncertain origin, but probably from E. tile, n.]

Defn: A doorkeeper or attendant at a lodge of Freemasons. [Written also tyler.]

TILERY Til"er*y, n.; pl. Tileries. Etym: [From Tile; cf. F. tuilerie, fr. tuile a tile, L. tegula.]

Defn: A place where tiles are made or burned; a tile kiln.

TILESEED Tile"seed`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: Any plant of the genus Geissois, having seeds overlapping like tiles on a roof.

TILESTONE Tile"stone`, n.

1. (Geol.)

Defn: A kind of laminated shale or sandstone belonging to some of the layers of the Upper Silurian.

2. A tile of stone.

TILIA Til"i*a, n. [L., linden. Cf. Teil.] (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of trees, the lindens, the type of the family Tiliaceæ, distinguished by the winglike bract coalescent with the peduncle, and by the indehiscent fruit having one or two seeds. There are about twenty species, natives of temperate regions. Many species are planted as ornamental shade trees, and the tough fibrous inner bark is a valuable article of commerce. Also, a plant of this genus.

TILIACEOUS Til`i*a"ceous, a. Etym: [OE. tilia the linden tree.] (Bot.)

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Tiliaceæ) of which the linden (Tilia) is the type. The order includes many plants which furnish a valuable fiber, as the jute.

TILING Til"ing, n.

1. A surface covered with tiles, or composed of tiles. They . . . let him down through the tiling. Luke v. 19.

2. Tiles, collectively.

TILL Till, n. Etym: [Abbrev. from lentil.]

Defn: A vetch; a tare. [Prov. Eng.]

TILL Till, n. Etym: [Properly, a drawer, from OE. tillen to draw. See Tiller the lever of a rudder.]

Defn: A drawer. Specifically: (a) A tray or drawer in a chest. (b) A money drawer in a shop or store. Till alarm, a device for sounding an alarm when a money drawer is opened or tampered with.

TILL Till, n.

1. (Geol.)

Defn: A deposit of clay, sand, and gravel, without lamination, formed in a glacier valley by means of the waters derived from the melting glaciers; — sometimes applied to alluvium of an upper river terrace, when not laminated, and appearing as if formed in the same manner.

2. A kind of coarse, obdurate land. Loudon.

TILL Till, prep. Etym: [OE. til, Icel. til; akin to Dan. til, Sw. till, OFries. til, also to AS. til good, excellent, G. ziel end, limit, object, OHG. zil, Goth. tils, gatils, fit, convenient, and E. till to cultivate. See Till, v. t.]

Defn: To; unto; up to; as far as; until; — now used only in respect to time, but formerly, also, of place, degree, etc., and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England and Ireland; as, I worked till four o'clock; I will wait till next week. He . . . came till an house. Chaucer. Women, up till this Cramped under worse than South-sea-isle taboo. Tennyson. Similar sentiments will recur to every one familiar with his writings — all through them till the very end. Prof. Wilson. Till now, to the present time. — Till then, to that time.

TILL Till, conj.

Defn: As far as; up to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; that is, to the time specified in the sentence or clause following; until. And said unto them, Occupy till I come. Luke xix. 13. Mediate so long till you make some act of prayer to God. Jer. Taylor. There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived. Macaulay.

Note: This use may be explained by supposing an ellipsis of when, or the time when, the proper conjunction or conjunctive adverb begin when.

TILL Till, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tilling.] Etym: [OE. tilen, tilien, AS. tilian, teolian, to aim, strive for, till; akin to OS. tilian to get, D. telen to propagate, G. zielen to aim, ziel an end, object, and perhaps also to E. tide, time, from the idea of something fixed or definite. Cf. Teal, Till, prep..]

1. To plow and prepare for seed, and to sow, dress, raise crops from, etc., to cultivate; as, to till the earth, a field, a farm. No field nolde [would not] tilye. P. Plowman. the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. Gen. iii. 23.

2. To prepare; to get. [Obs.] W. Browne.

TILL Till, v. i.

Defn: To cultivate land. Piers Plowman.

TILLABLE Till"a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being tilled; fit for the plow; arable.

TILLAGE Till"age, n.

1. The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground in a proper state for the growth of crops.

2. A place tilled or cultivated; cultivated land.

Syn. — Cultivation; culture; husbandry; farming; agriculture.

TILLANDSIA Til*land"si*a, n. Etym: [NL. So named after Prof. Tillands, of Abo, in Finland.] (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses.

TILLER Till"er, n. Etym: [From Till, v. t.]

Defn: One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.

TILLER Till"er, n. Etym: [AS. telgor a small branch. Cf. Till to cultivate.]

1. (Bot.) (a) A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker. (b) A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump.

2. A young timber tree. [Prov. Eng.] Evelyn.

TILLER Till"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tillered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tillering.]

Defn: To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by tillering. [Sometimes written tillow.]

TILLER Till"er, n. Etym: [From OE. tillen, tullen, to draw, pull; probably fr. AS. tyllan in fortyllan to lead astray; or cf. D. tillen to lift up. Cf. Till a drawer.]

1. (Naut.)

Defn: A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of Rudder. Cf. 2d Helm, 1.

2. The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself. [Obs.] You can shoot in a tiller. Beau. & Fl.

3. The handle of anything. [Prov. Eng.]

4. A small drawer; a till. Dryden. Tiller rope (Naut.), a rope for turning a tiller. In a large vessel it forms the connection between the fore end of the tiller and the steering wheel.

TILLEY; TILLEY SEED Til"ley, n., or Til"ley seed`. (Bot.)

Defn: The seeds of a small tree (Croton Pavana) common in the Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those of Croton Tiglium. [Written also tilly.]

TILLMAN Till"man, n.; pl. Tillmen (.

Defn: A man who tills the earth; a husbandman. [Obs.] Tusser.

TILLODONT Til"lo*dont, n.

Defn: One of the Tillodontia.

TILLODONTIA Til`lo*don"ti*a, n. pl. (Paleon.)

Defn: An extinct group of Mammalia found fossil in the Eocene formation. The species are related to the carnivores, ungulates, and rodents. Called also Tillodonta.

TILLOT Til"lot, n.

Defn: A bag made of thin glazed muslin, used as a wrapper for dress goods. McElrath.

TILLOW Til"low, v. i.

Defn: See 3d Tiller.

TILLY-VALLY Til"ly-val`ly, interj., adv., or a.

Defn: A word of unknown origin and signification, formerly used as expressive of contempt, or when anything said was reject as trifling or impertinent. [Written also tille-vally, tilly-fally, tille-fally, and otherwise.] Shak.

TILMUS Til"mus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)

Defn: Floccillation.

TIL SEED Til seed (til; tel). (a) The seed of sesame. (b) The seed of an African asteraceous plant (Guizotia abyssinica), yielding a bland fixed oil used in medicine.

TILT Tilt, n. Etym: [OE. telt (perhaps from the Danish), teld, AS. teld, geteld; akin to OD. telde, G. zelt, Icel. tjald, Sw. tält, tjäll, Dan. telt, and ASThe beteldan to cover.]

1. A covering overhead; especially, a tent. Denham.

2. The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.

3. (Naut.)

Defn: A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat. Tilt boat (Naut.), a boat covered with canvas or other cloth. — Tilt roof (Arch.), a round-headed roof, like the canopy of a wagon.

TILT Tilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tilting.]

Defn: To cover with a tilt, or awning.

TILT Tilt, v. t. Etym: [OE. tilten, tulten, to totter, fall, AS. tealt unstable, precarious; akin to tealtrian to totter, to vacillate, D. tel amble, ambling pace, G. zelt, Icel. tölt an ambling pace, tölta to amble. Cf. Totter.]

1. To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.

2. To point or thrust, as a lance. Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance. J. Philips.

3. To point or thrust a weapon at. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

4. To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile.

TILT Tilt, v. i.

1. To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances. He tilts With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast. Shak. Swords out, and tilting one at other's breast. Shak. But in this tournament can no man tilt. Tennyson. The fleet, swift tilting, o'er the Pope.

2. To lean; to fall partly over; to tip. The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward by the muscles of the back. Grew.

TILT Tilt, n.

1. A thrust, as with a lance. Addison.

2. A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament.

3. See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary.

4. Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask. Full tilt, with full force. Dampier.

TILTER Tilt"er, n.

1. One who tilts, or jousts; hence, one who fights. Let me alone to match your tilter. Glanville.

2. One who operates a tilt hammer.

TILTH Tilth, n. Etym: [AS. til, fr. tilian to till. See Till to cultivate.]

1. The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture; as, land is good tilth. The tilth and rank fertility of its golden youth. De Quincey.

2. That which is tilled; tillage ground. [R.] And so by tilth and grange . . . We gained the mother city. Tennyson.

TILT HAMMER Tilt" ham`mer.

Defn: A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in iron works, which is lifted or tilted by projections or wipers on a revolving shaft; a trip hammer.

TILTING Tilt"ing, n.

1. The act of one who tilts; a tilt.

2. The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer. Tilting helmet, a helmet of large size and unusual weight and strength, worn at tilts.

TILT-MILL Tilt"-mill`, n.

Defn: A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on.

TIL TREE Til" tree`. (Bot.)

Defn: See Teil.

TILT-UP Tilt"-up`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Tip-up.

TILT-YARD Tilt"-yard`, n.

Defn: A yard or place for tilting. "The tilt-yard of Templestowe." Sir W. Scott.

TIMAL Ti"mal, n. (Zoöl.)

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

TIMALINE Tim"a*line, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the genus Timalus or family Timalidæ, which includes the babblers thrushes, and bulbuls.

TIMBAL Tim"bal, n.

Defn: A kettledrum. See Tymbal.

TIMBALE Tim`bale", n. [F., prop., a kettledrum; — so named from the form of the mold used. Cf. Timbal.] (Cookery)

Defn: A seasoned preparation, as of chicken, lobster, cheese, or fish, cooked in a drum-shaped mold; also, a pastry case, usually small, filled with a cooked mixture.

TIMBER Tim"ber, n. Etym: [Probably the same word as timber sort of wood; cf. Sw. timber, LG. timmer, MHG. zimber, G. zimmer, F. timbre, LL. timbrium. Cf. Timmer.] (Com.)

Defn: A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; — called also timmer. [Written also timbre.]

TIMBER Tim"ber, n. Etym: [F. timbre. See Timbre.] (Her.)

Defn: The crest on a coat of arms. [Written also timbre.]

TIMBER Tim"ber, v. t.

Defn: To surmount as a timber does. [Obs.]

TIMBER Tim"ber, n. Etym: [AS. timbor, timber, wood, building; akin to OFries. timber, D. timmer a room, G. zimmer, OHG. zimbar timber, a dwelling, room, Icel. timbr timber, Sw. timmer, Dan. tömmer, Goth. timrjan to build, timrja a builder, L. domus a house, Gr. dama a house. *62. Cf. Dome, Domestic.]

1. That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; — usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3. And ta'en my fiddle to the gate, . . . And fiddled in the timber! Tennyson.

2. The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.

3. Fig.: Material for any structure. Such dispositions are the very errors of human nature; and yet they are the fittest timber to make politics of. Bacon.

4. A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding. So they prepared timber . . . to build the house. 1 Kings v. 18. Many of the timbers were decayed. W. Coxe.

5. Woods or forest; wooden land. [Western U.S.]

6. (Shipbuilding)

Defn: A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united. Timber and room. (Shipbuilding) Same as Room and space. See under Room. — Timber beetle (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of beetles the larvæ of which bore in timber; as, the silky timber beetle (Lymexylon sericeum). — Timber doodle (Zoöl.), the American woodcock. [Local, U.S.] — Timber grouse (Zoöl.), any species of grouse that inhabits woods, as the ruffed grouse and spruce partridge; — distinguished from prairie grouse. — Timber hitch (Naut.), a kind of hitch used for temporarily marking fast a rope to a spar. See Illust. under Hitch. — Timber mare, a kind of instrument upon which soldiers were formerly compelled to ride for punishment. Johnson. — Timber scribe, a metal tool or pointed instrument for marking timber. Simmonds. — Timber sow. (Zoöl.) Same as Timber worm, below. Bacon. — Timber tree, a tree suitable for timber. — Timber worm (Zoöl.), any larval insect which burrows in timber. — Timber yard, a yard or place where timber is deposited.

TIMBER Tim"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Timbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Timbering.]

Defn: To furnish with timber; — chiefly used in the past participle. His bark is stoutly timbered. Shak.

TIMBER Tim"ber, v. i.

1. To light on a tree. [Obs.]

2. (Falconry)

Defn: To make a nest.

TIMBERED Tim"bered, a.

1. Furnished with timber; — often compounded; as, a well-timbered house; a low-timbered house. L'Estrange.

2. Built; formed; contrived. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

3. Massive, like timber. [Obs.] His timbered bones all broken, rudely rumbled. Spenser.

4. Covered with growth timber; wooden; as, well-timbered land.

TIMBERHEAD Tim"ber*head`, n. (Naut.)

Defn: The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.; — called also kevel head.

TIMBERING Tim"ber*ing, n.

Defn: The act of furnishing with timber; also, timbers, collectively; timberwork; timber.

TIMBERLING Tim"ber*ling, n. Etym: [Timber + -ling.]

Defn: A small tree. [Eng.]

TIMBERMAN Tim"ber*man, n.; pl. Timbermen (. (Mining)

Defn: A man employed in placing supports of timber in a mine. Weale.

TIMBERWORK Tim"ber*work`, n.

Defn: Work made of timbers.

TIMBRE Tim"bre, n.

Defn: See 1st Timber.

TIMBRE Tim"bre, n. Etym: [F., a bell to be struck with a hammer, sound, tone, stamp, crest, in OF., a timbrel. Cf. Timbrel.]

1. (Her.)

Defn: The crest on a coat of arms.

2. (Mus.)

Defn: The quality or tone distinguishing voices or instruments; tone color; clang tint; as, the timbre of the voice; the timbre of a violin. See Tone, and Partial tones, under Partial.

TIMBREL Tim"brel, n. Etym: [Dim. of OE. timbre, OF. timbre; probably fr. L. typmanum, Gr. tabl a drum; cf. Per. tambal a drum. See Tympanum, and cf. 2d Timbre, Tymbal.] (Mus.)

Defn: A kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highest antiquity. Miriam . . . took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. Ex. xv. 20.

TIMBRELED; TIMBRELLED Tim"breled, Tim"brelled, a.

Defn: Sung to the sound of the timbrel. "In vain with timbreled anthems dark." Milton.

TIMBURINE Tim`bu*rine", n.

Defn: A tambourine. [Obs.]

TIME Time, n.; pl. Times. Etym: [OE. time, AS. tima, akin to tid time, and to Icel. timi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. *58. See Tide, n.]

1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof. The time wasteth [i. e. passes away] night and day. Chaucer. I know of no ideas . . . that have a better claim to be accounted simple and original than those of space and time. Reid.

2. A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as, the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be. God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets. Heb. i. 1.

3. The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived; age; period; era; as, the Spanish Armada was destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; — often in the plural; as, ancient times; modern times.

4. The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal. Believe me, your time is not your own; it belongs to God, to religion, to mankind. Buckminster.

5. A proper time; a season; an opportunity. There is . . . a time to every purpose. Eccl. iii. 1. The time of figs was not yet. Mark xi. 13.

6. Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition. She was within one month of her time. Clarendon.

7. Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition; addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times; four times four, or sixteen. Summers three times eight save one. Milton.

8. The present life; existence in this world as contrasted with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite, duration. Till time and sin together cease. Keble.

9. (Gram.)

Defn: Tense.

10. (Mus.)

Defn: The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time; the musician keeps good time. Some few lines set unto a solemn time. Beau. & Fl.

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.