Ticket
Tick″et (?), n. [F. étiquette a label, ticket, fr. OF. estiquette, or OF. etiquet, estiquet; both of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. stick. See Stick, n. & v., and cf. Etiquette...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Ticket (2)
Tick″et, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Ticketed; p. pr. & vb. n.Ticketing.] 1. To distinguish by a ticket; to put a ticket on; as, to ticket goods.2. To furnish with a tickets; to book; as...
Ticketing
Tick″et‐ing, n. A periodical sale of ore in the English mining districts; — so called from the tickets upon which are written the bids of the buyers.
Ticking
Tick″ing (?), n. [From Tick a bed cover. Cf. Ticken.] A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in strip...
Tickle
Tic″kle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Tickled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tickling (?).] [Perhaps freq. of tick to beat; pat; but cf. also AS. citelian to tickle, D. kittelen, G. kitzlen, OHG...
Tickle (2)
Tic″kle, v. i. 1. To feel titillation.He with secret joy thereforeDid tickle inwardly in every vein. Spenser.2. To excite the sensation of titillation. Shak.
Tickle (3)
Tic″kle, a. 1. Ticklish; easily tickled.2. Liable to change; uncertain; inconstant.The world is now full tickle, sikerly. Chaucer.So tickle is the state of earthy things. Spense...
Tickle-footed
Tic″kle–foot′ed (?), a. Uncertain; inconstant; slippery. Beau. & Fl.
Ticklenburg
Tick″len‐burg (?), n. A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the West Indies.
Tickleness
Tic″kle‐ness (?), n. Unsteadiness.For hoard hath hate, and climbing tickleness. Chaucer.
Tickler
Tic″kler (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, tickles.2. Something puzzling or difficult.3. A book containing a memorandum of notes and debts arranged in the order of their maturi...
Ticklish
Tic″klish (?), a. 1. 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.2. Standing so a...
Tickseed
Tick″seed′ (?), n. [Tick the insect + seed; cf. G. wanzensamen, literally, bug seed.] 1. A seed or fruit resembling in shape an insect, as that of certain plants.2. (Bot.) (a) S...
Ticktack
Tick″tack′ (?), n. [See Tick to beat, to pat, and (for sense 2) cf. Tricktrack.] 1. A noise like that made by a clock or a watch.2. A kind of backgammon played both with men and...
Ticktack (2)
Tick″tack′, adv. With a ticking noise, like that of a watch.
Ticpolonga
Tic′po‐lon″ga (?), n.(Zoöl.) A very venomous viper (Daboia Russellii), native of Ceylon and India; — called also cobra monil.
Tid
Tid (?), a. [Cf. AS. tedre, tydere, weak, tender.] Tender; soft; nice; — now only used in tidbit.
Tidal
Tid″al (?), 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 soul...
Tidbit
Tid″bit′ (?), n. [Tid + bit.] A delicate or tender piece of anything eatable; a delicious morsel. [Written also titbit.]
Tidde
Tid″de (?), obs.imp. of Tide, v. i.Chaucer.
Tidder
{ Tid″der (?), Tid″dle (?), } v. t. [Cf. AS. tyderian to grow tender. See Tid.] To use with tenderness; to fondle.
Tiddledywinks
Tid″dle‐dy‐winks′ (?), n. A game in which the object is to snap small disks of bone, ivory, or the like, from a flat surface, as of a table, into a small cup or basket; — called...
Tiddlywinks
Tid″dly‐winks′ (?), n. Same as Tiddledywinks. Kipling.
Tide
Tide (?), n. [AS. tīd time; akin to OS. & OFries. tīd, D. tijd, G. zeit, OHG. zīt, Icel. tī�, Sw. & Dan. tid, and probably to Skr. aditi unlimited, endless, where a- is a negati...
Tide (2)
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 (3)
Tide, v. i. [AS. tīdan to happen. See Tide, n.] 1. To betide; to happen.What should us tide of this new law? Chaucer.2. To pour a tide or flood.3. (Naut.) To work into or out of...
Tide-rode
Tide″–rode′ (?), a.(Naut.) Swung by the tide when at anchor; — opposed to wind-rode.