Webster's Dictionary 1913

2782

Tigh

Tigh (?), n. [Perhaps akin to tight.] A close, or inclosure; a croft. Cowell.

2783

Tight

Tight (?), obs.p. p. of Tie. Spenser.

2784

Tight (2)

Tight, a. [Compar.Tighter (?); superl.Tightest.] [OE. tight, thiht; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. �ēttr, Dan. tæt, Sw. tät: akin to D. & G. dicht thick, tight, and perhap...

2785

Tight (3)

Tight, v. t. To tighten.

2786

Tighten

Tight″en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Tightened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tightening.] To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.Just where I please, with tightened re...

2787

Tightener

Tight″en‐er (?), n. That which tightens; specifically (Mach.), a tightening pulley.

2788

Tighter

Tight″er (?), n. A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer.

2789

Tightly

Tight″ly, adv. In a tight manner; closely; nearly.

2790

Tightness

Tight″ness, n. The quality or condition of being tight.

2791

Tights

Tights (?), n. pl. Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs.

2792

Tiglic

Tig″lic (?), a.(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7CO2H (called also methyl crotonic acid), homologous with crotonic acid, and obtained from croton oil (from...

2793

Tigress

Ti″gress (?), n. [From Tiger: cf. F. tigresse.] (Zoöl.) The female of the tiger. Holland.

2794

Tigrine

Ti″grine (?), a. [L. tigrinus, fr. tigris a tiger.] 1. Of or pertaining to a tiger; like a tiger.2. (Zoöl.) Resembling the tiger in color; as, the tigrine cat (Felis tigrina) of...

2795

Tigrish

Ti″grish (?), a. Resembling a tiger; tigerish.

2796

Tike

Tike (?), n.(Zoöl.) A tick. See 2d Tick.

2797

Tike (2)

Tike, n. [Icel. tīk a bitch; akin to Sw. tik.] 1. A dog; a cur. “Bobtail tike or trundle-tail.” Shak.2. A countryman or clown; a boorish person.

2798

Tikor

Tik″or (?), n. [Hind. tikhur.] A starch or arrow-root made from the tubes of an East Indian zinziberaceous plant (Curcuma angustifolia); also, the plant itself.

2799

Tikur

{ Ti‐kur″, Ti‐koor″ } (?), n. [Hind. tik�r.] An East Indian tree (Garcinia pedunculata) having a large yellow fleshy fruit with a pleasant acid flavor.

2800

Tikus

Ti″kus (?), n.(Zoöl.) The bulau.

2801

Til

Til (?), prep. & conj. See Till. Chaucer.

2802

Til seed

Til seed (tĭl; tēl). (a) The seed of sesame. (b) The seed of an African asteraceous plant (Guizotia abyssinica), yielding a bland fixed oil used in medicine.

2803

Til tree

Til″ tree′ (?). (Bot.) See Teil.

2804

Til tree (2)

Til tree (tĭl; tēl). (a) Var. of Teil tree. (b) An ill-smelling lauraceous tree (Ocotea fœtens) of the Canary Islands; — sometimes disting. as Canary Island til tree.

2805

Tilbury

Til″bu‐ry (?), n.; pl.Tilburies (#). [Probably from Tilburyfort, in the Country of Essex, in England.] A kind of gig or two-wheeled carriage, without a top or cover. [Written al...

2806

Tilde

‖Til″de (?), n. [Sp., fr. L. titulus a superscription, title, token, sign. See Title, n.] The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words [thus, ñ, l̃],...

2807

Tile

Tile (?), v. t. [See 2d Tiler.] To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.

2808

Tile (2)

Tile, n. [OE. tile, tigel, AS. tigel, tigol, fr. L. tegula, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, and cf. Tegular.] 1. A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the r...