Same as Tiger's-foot.
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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.
To light on a tree.
Furnished with timber; -- often compounded; as, a well-timbered house; a low-timbered house.
The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.; -- called also kevel head.
The act of furnishing with timber; also, timbers, collectively; timberwork; timber.
A small tree.
A man employed in placing supports of timber in a mine.
Work made of timbers.
The crest on a coat of arms.
A kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highest antiquity.
Sung to the sound of the timbrel.
A city on the southern edge of the Sahara, in central Africa, some nine miles from the Niger. It is about three miles around, and was formerly surrounded by a clay wall. Timbuctoo has a large caravan trade, gold dust being the most important export. The people are negroes, Tuariks, Mandingoes, Arabs, Foolahs, etc. The city was founded in the 12th century, but was first seen by a white man in 1826. Timbuctoo now belongs to France, and a railroad is proposed to connect Algiers, Timbuctoo and Senegambia. Population, 13,000 (1893), greatly increased during the trading season from November to January.
A tambourine.
To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
Honored for a long time; venerable, and worthy of honor, by reason of antiquity, or long continuance.
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.
Seasonable; timely; sufficiently early.
A clock, watch, or other chronometer; a timepiece.
Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely.
In a timeless manner; unseasonably.
The quality or state of being timely; seasonableness; opportuneness.
A timeserver.
Early; soon; in good season.
A rope carried taut between or over obstacles likely to engage or foul the running rigging in working a ship.
Timely; seasonable.
A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer.
One who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they may be; a timeserver.
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.
Saving time; as, a timesaving expedient.
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.
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.
Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.
The quality or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness.
Timid.
A performer who keeps good time.
Same as 1st Timber.
A state in which the love of honor is the ruling motive. A state in which honors are distributed according to a rating of property.
Belonging to, or constituted by, timocracy.
A helmsman.
Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage.
Easily frightened; timorous.
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.
See Tamerlane.
Timely; seasonable.
See Tympano.
See Tamerlane.
To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil.
A division of struthious birds, including the tinamous.
Any one of several species of South American birds belonging to Tinamus and allied genera.
Crude native borax, formerly imported from Thibet. It was once the chief source of boric compounds. Cf. Borax.
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.
To color or stain; to imblue; to tint.
Of or relating to color or colors; imparting a color; as, tinctorial matter.
To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter.
To kindle.
A petty officer among lascars, or native East Indian sailors; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain.
Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen.
A tooth, or spike, as of a fork; a prong, as of an antler.
A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and Sycosis.
Any species of Tinea, or of the family Tineidae, which includes numerous small moths, many of which are injurious to woolen and fur goods and to cultivated plants. Also used adjectively.
Furnished with tines; as, a three-tined fork.
Same as Tinean.
An officer of the forest who had the care of vert and venison by night.
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