Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 40
Ticklenburg (n.) A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the West Indies.
For hoard hath hate, and climbing tickleness. -- Chaucer.
Tickler (n.) One who, or that which, tickles.
Tickler (n.) Something puzzling or difficult.
Tickler (n.) A book containing a memorandum of notes and debts arranged in the order of their maturity. [Com. Cant, U. S.] -- Bartlett.
Tickler (n.) A prong used by coopers to extract bungs from casks. [Eng.]
Tickler (n.) A file of memoranda or notices that remind of things to be done [syn: tickler, tickler file].
Ticklish (a.) Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish. -- Bacon.
Ticklish (a.) Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable.
Can any man with comfort lodge in a condition so dismally ticklish? -- Barrow.
Ticklish (a.) Difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business.
Surely princes had need, in tender matters and ticklish times, to beware what they say. -- Bacon. -- Tic"klish*ly, adv. -- Tic"klish*ness, n.
Ticklish (a.) Difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers"; "hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject" [syn: delicate, ticklish, touchy].
Tickseed (n.) A seed or fruit resembling in shape an insect, as that of certain plants.
Tickseed (n.) (Bot.) Same as Coreopsis.
Tickseed (n.) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Corispermum, plants of the Goosefoot family.
Tickseed (n.) Any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America [syn: coreopsis, tickseed, tickweed, tick-weed].
Ticktack (n.) A noise like that made by a clock or a watch.
Ticktack (n.) A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack.
A game at ticktack with words. -- Milton.
Ticktack (adv.) With a ticking noise, like that of a watch.
Ticktack (n.) System of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks.
Ticktack (v.) Make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" [syn: tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat].
Ticpolonga (n.) (Zool.) A very venomous viper ({Daboia Russellii), native of Ceylon and India; -- called also cobra monil.
Tid (a.) Tender; soft; nice; -- now only used in tidbit.
TID, () Technical Information Document (Novell).
TID, () Touch Interactive Display.
Tidal (a.) Of or pertaining to tides; caused by tides; having tides; periodically rising and falling, or following and ebbing; as, tidal waters.
The tidal wave of deeper souls Into our inmost being rolls, And lifts us unawares Out of all meaner cares. -- Longfellow.
Tidal air (Physiol.), The air which passes in and out of the lungs in ordinary breathing. It varies from twenty to thirty cubic inches.
Tidal basin, A dock that is filled at the rising of the tide.
Tidal wave. (a.) See Tide wave, under Tide. Cf. 4th Bore.
Tidal wave. (b) A vast, swift wave caused by an earthquake or some extraordinary combination of natural causes. It rises far above high-water mark and is often very destructive upon low-lying coasts.
Tidal (a.) Of or relating to or caused by tides; "tidal wave."
Tidal, () (in the LXX. called "Thorgal"), styled the "king of nations" (Gen.14:1-9). Mentioned as Tudkhula on Arioch's brick (see facing page 139). _Goyyim_, translated "nations," is the country called Gutium, east of Tigris and north of Elam.
Tidal, () that breaks the yoke; knowledge of elevation
Tidbit (n.) A delicate or tender piece of anything eatable; a delicious morsel.
Tidbit (n.) A choice morsel, as of gossip or food. [syn: choice morsel, titbit].
Tidde (obs.) imp. of Tide, v. i.
Tidder (v. t.) Alt. of Tiddle.
Tiddle (v. t.) To use with tenderness; to fondle.
Tide (n.) Time; period; season. [Obsoles.] "This lusty summer's tide." -- Chaucer.
And rest their weary limbs a tide. -- Spenser.
Which, at the appointed tide, Each one did make his bride. -- Spenser.
At the tide of Christ his birth. -- Fuller.
Tide (n.) The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day, or the space of a little more than twenty-four hours. It is occasioned by the attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of the latter being three times that of the former), acting unequally on the waters in different parts of the earth, thus disturbing their equilibrium. A high tide upon one side of the earth is accompanied by a high tide upon the opposite side. Hence, when the sun and moon are in conjunction or opposition, as at new moon and full moon, their action is such as to produce a greater than the usual tide, called the spring tide, as represented in the cut. When the moon is in the first or third quarter, the sun's attraction in part counteracts the effect of the moon's attraction, thus producing under the moon a smaller tide than usual, called the neap tide.
Note: The flow or rising of the water is called flood tide, and the reflux, ebb tide.
Tide (n.) A stream; current; flood; as, a tide of blood. "Let in the tide of knaves once more; my cook and I'll provide." -- Shak.
Tide (n.) 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.
Tide (n.) Violent confluence. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Tide (n.) (Mining) 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.
Tide gate. (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.
Tide mill. (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. See also tidal wave in the vocabulary. -- Whewell.
Tide wheel, A water wheel so constructed as to be moved by the ebb or flow of the tide.
Tide (v. t.) To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.
They are tided down the stream. -- Feltham.
Tide (v. i.) To betide; to happen. [Obs.]
What should us tide of this new law? -- Chaucer.
Tide (v. i.) To pour a tide or flood.
Tide (v. i.) (Naut.) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.
Tide (n.) The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon.
Tide (n.) Something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea); "a rising tide of popular interest."
Tide (n.) There are usually two high and two low tides each day [syn: tide, lunar time period].
Tide (v.) Rise or move forward; "surging waves" [syn: tide, surge] [ant: ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out].
Tide (v.) Cause to float with the tide.
Tide (v.) Be carried with the tide.
Tide. () The ebb and flow of the sea.
Tide. () Arms of the sea, bays, creeks, coves, or rivers, where the tide ebbs and flows, are public, and all persons may use the same for the purposes of navigation and for fishing, unless restrained by law. To give these rights at common law, the tide must ebb and flow: the flowing of the waters of a lake into a river, and their reflowing, being not the flux and reflux of the tides, but mere occasional and rare instances of a swell in the lake, and a setting up of the waters into the river, and the subsiding of such swells, is not to be considered an ebb and flow of the tide, so as to constitute a river technically navigable. 20 John. R. 98. See 17 John. R. 195; 2 Conn. R. 481.
Tide. () In Pennsylvania, the common law principle, that the flux and reflux of the tide ascertain the character of the river, has been rejected. 2 Binn. R. 475. Vide Arm of the sea; Navigable river; Sea shore.
Tided (a.) Affected by the tide; having a tide.
Tideless (a.) Having no tide.
Tide-rode (a.) Swung by the tide when at anchor; -- opposed to wind-rode.
Tidesmen (n. pl. ) of Tidesman.
Tidesman (n.) A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.
Tidewaiter (n.) A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties.
Tideway (n.) Channel in which the tide sets.
Tidife (n.) The blue titmouse.
Tidily (adv.) In a tidy manner.
Tidiness (n.) The quality or state of being tidy.
Tiding (n.) Tidings.
Tidings (n.) Account of what has taken place, and was not before known; news.
Tidley (n.) The wren.
Tidley (n.) The goldcrest.
Tidology (n.) A discourse or treatise upon the tides; that part of science which treats of tides.
Tidy (n.) (Zool.) 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 (a.) Being in proper time; timely; seasonable; favorable; as, tidy weather. [Obs.]
If weather be fair and tidy. -- Tusser.
Tidy (a.) 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.
Tidies (n. pl. ) of Tidy.
Tidy (n.) 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.
Tidy (n.) A child's pinafore. [Prov. Eng.] -- Wright.
Tidied (imp. & p. p.) of Tidy.
Tidying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tidy.
Tidy (v. t.) To put in proper order; to make neat; as, to tidy a room; to tidy one's dress.
Tidy (v. i.) To make things tidy. [Colloq.]
I have tidied and tidied over and over again. -- Dickens.
Tidy (a.) Marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind" [ant: untidy].
Tidy (a.) (Of hair) neat and tidy; "a nicely kempt beard" [syn: kempt, tidy].
Tidy (a.) Large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune" [syn: goodly, goodish, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy].
Tidy (n.) Receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials).
Tidy (v.) Put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" [syn: tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away].
Tidytips (n.) A California composite plant (Layia platyglossa), the flower of which has yellow rays tipped with white.
Ties (n. pl. ) of Tie.
Tie (n.) A knot; a fastening.
Tie (n.) 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.
Tie (n.) A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. -- Young.
Tie (n.) An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race.
Tie (n.) (Arch. & Engin.) 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.
Tie (n.) (Mus.) 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.
Tie (n.) pl. Low shoes fastened with lacings.
Bale tie, a fastening for the ends of a hoop for a bale.
Tied (imp. & p. p.) of Tie.
Tight () of Tie.
Tying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tie.
Tie (v. t.) 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.
Tie (v. t.) 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.
Tie (v. t.) To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.
In bond of virtuous love together tied. -- Fairfax.
Tie (v. t.) 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.
Tie (v. t.) (Mus.) To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them.
Tie (v. t.) 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.
To tie down. (b) To restrain; to confine; to hinder from action.
To tie up, To confine; to restrain; to hinder from motion or action.
Tie (v. i.) To make a tie; to make an equal score.
Tie (n.) Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front; "he stood in front of the mirror tightening his necktie"; "he wore a vest and tie" [syn: necktie, tie].
Tie (n.) A social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England" [syn: affiliation, association, tie, tie-up].
Tie (n.) Equality of score in a contest.
Tie (n.) A horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating; "he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam" [syn: tie, tie beam].
Tie (n.) A fastener that serves to join or connect; "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction" [syn: link, linkup, tie, tie-in].
Tie (n.) The finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided; "the game ended in a draw"; "their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie" [syn: draw, standoff, tie].
Tie (n.) (Music) A slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value.
Tie (n.) One of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" [syn: tie, railroad tie, crosstie, sleeper].
Tie (n.) A cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied; "he needed a tie for the packages."
Tie (v.) Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair" [syn: tie, bind] [ant: unbrace, unlace, untie].
Tie (v.) Finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.; "The teams drew a tie" [syn: tie, draw].
Tie (v.) Limit or restrict to; "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets are tied to large airports."
Tie (v.) Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" [syn: connect, link, tie, link up] [ant: disconnect].
Tie (v.) Form a knot or bow in; "tie a necktie."
Tie (v.) Create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child" [syn: bind, tie, attach, bond].
Tie (v.) Perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii" [syn: marry, wed, tie, splice].
Tie (v.) Make by tying pieces together; "The fishermen tied their flies."
Tie (v.) Unite musical notes by a tie.
TIE, () Terminal Interface Equipment
TIE. () When two persons receive an equal number of votes at an election, there is said to be a tie.
TIE. () In that case neither is elected. When the votes are given on any question to be decided by a deliberative assembly, and there is a tie, the question is lost. Vide Majority.
Tiebar (n.) A flat bar used as a tie.
Tiebeam (n.) 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.
Tier (n.) One who, or that which, ties.
Tier (n.) A chold's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore.
Tier (v. t.) 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.
Tierce (n.) 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.
Tierce (n.) A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment.
Tierce (n.) The third tone of the scale. See Mediant.
Tierce (n.) A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major.
Tierce (n.) A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.
Tierce (n.) The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour.
Tierce (a.) Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; -- said of an escutcheon.
Tiercel (n.) Alt. of Tiercelet.
Tiercelet (n.) The male of various falcons, esp. of the peregrine; also, the male of the goshawk.
Tierce-major (n.) See Tierce, 4.
Tiercet (n.) A triplet; three lines, or three lines rhyming together.
Tie-rod (n.) A rod used as a tie. See Tie.
Tiers etat () 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.
Tietick (n.) The meadow pipit.
Tiewig (n.) A wig having a tie or ties, or one having some of the curls tied up; also, a wig tied upon the head.
Tiff (n.) Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor. "Sipping his tiff of brandy punch." -- Sir W. Scott.
Tiff (n.) A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift. -- Thackeray.
Tiffed (imp. & p. p.) of Tiff.
Tiffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tiff.