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Timist

A performer who keeps good time.

Timocracy

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.

Timocratic

Belonging to, or constituted by, timocracy.

Timorous

Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage.

Timothy grass Timothy

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.

Tin

To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil.

Tinamides

A division of struthious birds, including the tinamous.

Tinamou

Any one of several species of South American birds belonging to Tinamus and allied genera.

Tincal

Crude native borax, formerly imported from Thibet. It was once the chief source of boric compounds. Cf. Borax.

Tinchel

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.

Tinct

To color or stain; to imblue; to tint.

Tinctorial

Of or relating to color or colors; imparting a color; as, tinctorial matter.

Tincture

To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter.

Tindal

A petty officer among lascars, or native East Indian sailors; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain.

Tinder

Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen.

Tine

A tooth, or spike, as of a fork; a prong, as of an antler.

Tinea

A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and Sycosis.

Tinean

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.

Tined

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

Tineman

An officer of the forest who had the care of vert and venison by night.

Tinet

Brushwood and thorns for making and repairing hedges.

Ting

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

Ting Thing

In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly; -- used, esp. in composition, in titles of such bodies. See Legislature, Norway.

Tinge

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.

Tinger

One who, or that which, tinges.

Tingid

Of or pertaining to the genus Tingis.

Tingis

A genus of small hemipterous insects which injure trees by sucking the sap from the leaves. See Illustration in Appendix.

Tingle

To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound.

Tink

A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.

Tinker

To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works.

Tinkle

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

Tinkling

A tinkle, or succession of tinkles.

Tinman

A manufacturer of tin vessels; a dealer in tinware.

Tinned

Covered, or plated, with tin; as, a tinned roof; tinned iron.

Tinnen

Made or consisting of tin.

Tinner

One who works in a tin mine.

Tinning

The act, art, or process of covering or coating anything with melted tin, or with tin foil, as kitchen utensils, locks, and the like.

Tinnitus

A ringing, whistling, or other imaginary noise perceived in the ears; -- called also tinnitus aurium.

Tinny

Pertaining to, abounding with, or resembling, tin.

Tinsel

To adorn with tinsel; to deck out with cheap but showy ornaments; to make gaudy.

Tint

To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.

Tintamar

A hideous or confused noise; an uproar.

Tintinnabulous

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

Tintinnabulum

A bell; also, a set or combination of bells or metal plates used as a musical instrument or as a toy.

Tinto

A red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts, and, when old, resembling tawny port.

Tintometer

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

Tinware

Articles made of tinned iron.

Tiny

Very small; little; puny.

Tip

A light touch or blow; a tap.

Tip-up

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

Tipcart

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

Tipcat

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.

Tipper

A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well; -- so called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper.

Tippet

A cape, or scarflike garment for covering the neck, or the neck and shoulders, -- usually made of fur, cloth, or other warm material.

Tipping

A distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double-tonguing.

Tipple

An apparatus by which loaded cars are emptied by tipping; also, the place where such tipping is done.

Tippled

Intoxicated; inebriated; tipsy; drunk.

Tippler

One who keeps a tippling-house.

Tippling-house

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

Tipsily

In a tipsy manner; like one tipsy.

Tipster

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

The detachable or movable fore part of a gunstock, lying beneath the barrel or barrels, and forming a hold for the left hand.

Tipsy

Being under the influence of strong drink; rendered weak or foolish by liquor, but not absolutely or completely drunk; fuddled; intoxicated.

Tiptoe

To step or walk on tiptoe.

Tiptop

Very excellent; most excellent; perfect.

Tipula

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

Of or pertaining to the tipulas.

Tirade

A declamatory strain or flight of censure or abuse; a rambling invective; an oration or harangue abounding in censorious and bitter language.

Tirailleur

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

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.

Tire iron

a short steel bar with one end flattened so as to form a blade, used to remove rubber tires from the rim of a wheel.

Tired

Weary; fatigued; exhausted.

Tiresome

Fitted or tending to tire; exhausted; wearisome; fatiguing; tedious; as, a tiresome journey; a tiresome discourse.

Tiring-room

The room or place where players dress for the stage.

Tirl

To quiver; to vibrate; to veer about.

Tironian

Of or pertaining to Tiro, or a system of shorthand said to have been introduced by him into ancient Rome.

Tirralirra

A verbal imitation of a musical sound, as of the note of a lark or a horn.

Tirrit

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

Tisar

The fireplace at the side of an annealing oven.

Tisic

Consumption; phthisis. See Phthisis.

Tisri

The seventh month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of September with a part of October.

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