One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc.
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To distinguish by a ticket; to put a ticket on; as, to ticket goods.
A periodical sale of ore in the English mining districts; -- so called from the tickets upon which are written the bids of the buyers.
A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; -- called also ticken.
Ticklish; easily tickled.
Uncertain; inconstant; slippery.
A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the West Indies.
Unsteadiness.
One who, or that which, tickles.
Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish.
A seed or fruit resembling in shape an insect, as that of certain plants.
With a ticking noise, like that of a watch.
A very venomous viper (Daboia Russellii), native of Ceylon and India; -- called also cobra monil.
Tender; soft; nice; -- now only used in tidbit.
Of or pertaining to tides; caused by tides; having tides; periodically rising and falling, or following and ebbing; as, tidal waters.
an unusually high wave from the sea, sometimes reaching far inland and causing great destruction, and usually caused by some event, such as an earthquake, far from the shore. In Japan, such a wave is called a tsunami.
A delicate or tender piece of anything eatable; a delicious morsel.
imp. of Tide, v. i.
To use with tenderness; to fondle.
A game in which the object is to snap small disks of plastic, bone, ivory, or the like, from a flat surface, as of a table, into a small cup or basket; -- called also tiddlywinks.
Same as Tiddledywinks.
To betide; to happen.
Swung by the tide when at anchor; -- opposed to wind-rode.
Affected by the tide; having a tide.
Land that is overflowed by tide water; hence, land near the sea.
Having no tide.
a mark on a shore line indicating the normal level of the water at high tide, caused by the action of the flowing water; sometimes also used for the mark left at the point of the normal low tide; -- called also high water mark.
A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.
A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties.
Channel in which the tide sets.
The blue titmouse.
In a tidy manner.
The quality or state of being tidy.
Tidings.
Account of what has taken place, and was not before known; news.
The wren. The goldcrest.
A discourse or treatise upon the tides; that part of science which treats of tides.
To make things tidy.
A California composite plant (Layia platyglossa), the flower of which has yellow rays tipped with white.
To make a tie; to make an equal score.
A rod used as a tie. See Tie.
A flat bar used as a tie.
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.
a large plaza in Beijing, China.
In Cuba, Mexico, etc., a booth, stall, or shop where merchandise is sold.
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.
Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; -- said of an escutcheon.
See Tierce, 4.
The male of various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the male of the goshawk.
A triplet; three lines, or three lines rhyming together.
The meadow pipit.
A wig having a tie or ties, or one having some of the curls tied up; also, a wig tied upon the head.
To deck out; to dress.
made of stained glass by, or in the style of objects made by, Louis C. Tiffany; as, a Tiffany lamp.
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.
Inclined to tiffs; peevish; petulant.
A fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff.
A game among children. See Tag.
That part of an embryo which represents the young stem; the caulicle or radicle.
Same as Tigella.
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.
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.
Same as Tiger's-foot.
Hastening to devour; furious.
A name given to some species of morning-glory (Ipomoea) having the leaves lobed in pedate fashion.
Tigerish; tigrine.
Like a tiger; tigrish.
A close, or inclosure; a croft.
To tighten.
To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.
That which tightens; specifically (Mach.), a tightening pulley.
A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer.
In a tight manner; closely; nearly.
The quality or condition of being tight.
Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs.
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.
The female of the tiger.
Of or pertaining to a tiger; like a tiger.
Resembling a tiger; tigerish.
A dog; a cur.
An East Indian tree (Garcinia pedunculata) having a large yellow fleshy fruit with a pleasant acid flavor.
A starch or arrow-root made from the tubes of an East Indian zinziberaceous plant (Curcuma angustifolia); also, the plant itself.
The bulau.
See Till.
A kind of gig or two-wheeled carriage, without a top or cover.
The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words [thus, /, /], indicating that, in pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y.
To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.
To drain by means of tiles; to furnish with a tile drain.
A large, edible, deep-water food fish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) more or less thickly covered with large, round, yellow spots.
A doorkeeper or attendant at a lodge of Freemasons.
A place where tiles are made or burned; a tile kiln.
Any plant of the genus Geissois, having seeds overlapping like tiles on a roof.
A kind of laminated shale or sandstone belonging to some of the layers of the Upper Silurian.
A genus of trees, the lindens, the type of the family Tiliaceae, 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.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural family of plants (Tiliaceae) of which the linden (Tilia) is the type. The family includes many plants which furnish a valuable fiber, as the jute.
A surface covered with tiles, or composed of tiles.
To cultivate land.
Capable of being tilled; fit for the plow; arable.
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.
An immense genus of epiphytic bromeliaceous plants confined to tropical and subtropical America. They usually bear a rosette of narrow overlapping basal leaves, which often hold a considerable quantity of water. The spicate or paniculate flowers have free perianth segments, and are often subtended by colored bracts. Also, a plant of this genus.
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.
The seeds of a small tree (Croton Pavana) common in the Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those of Croton Tiglium.
A man who tills the earth; a husbandman.
One of the Tillodontia.
An extinct group of Mammalia found fossil in the Eocene formation. The species are related to the carnivores, ungulates, and rodents. Called also Tillodonta.
A bag made of thin glazed muslin, used as a wrapper for dress goods.
See 3d Tiller.
A word of unknown origin and signification, formerly used as expressive of contempt, or when anything said was rejected as trifling or impertinent.
Floccillation.
A thrust, as with a lance.
A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on.
Same as Tip-up.
A yard or place for tilting.
One who tilts, or jousts; hence, one who fights.
The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture; as, land is good tilth.
The act of one who tilts; a tilt.
A kind of carriage. See Whiskey.
The blue titmouse.
Of or pertaining to the genus Timalus or family Timalidae, which includes the babblers thrushes, and bulbuls.
A kettledrum. See Tymbal.
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.
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