Tither
Tith″er (?), n. 1. One who collects tithes. Milton.2. One who pays tithes. Chaucer.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Tithing
Tith″ing, n. [AS. teó�ung.] 1. The act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe.To take tithing of their blood and sweat. Motley.2. (O. Eng. Law) A num...
Tithingman
Tith″ing‐man (?), n.; pl.Tithingmen (�). 1. (O. Eng. Law) The chief man of a tithing; a headborough; one elected to preside over the tithing.2. (Law) A peace officer; an under c...
Tithly
Tith″ly (?), a. [From Tith.] Tightly; nimbly. “I have seen him trip it tithly.” Beau. & Fl.
Tithonic
Ti‐thon″ic (?), a. [L. Tithonius belonging to Tithonus, the consort of Aurora, Gr. �.] Of, pertaining to, or denoting, those rays of light which produce chemical effects; actinic.
Tithonicity
Tith′o‐nic″i‐ty (?), n.(Chem. & Physics) The state or property of being tithonic; actinism.
Tithonographic
Ti‐thon′o‐graph″ic (?), a. [Tithonic + -graph + -ic.] Of, relating to, or produced by, the chemical action of rays of light; photographic.
Tithonometer
Tith′o‐nom″e‐ter (?), n. [Tithonic + -meter.] An instrument or apparatus for measuring or detecting tithonicity; an actinometer.
Tithymal
Tith″y‐mal (?), n. [L. tithymalus a plant with a milklike sap, Gr. �: cf. F. tithymale.] (Bot.) Any kind of spurge, esp. Euphorbia Cyparissias.
Titi
Ti″ti (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Teetee.
Titi (2)
Ti″ti (?), n. 1. A tree of the southern United States (Cliftonia monophylla) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes; — called ...
Titillate
Tit″il‐late (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Titillated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Titillating.] [L. titillatus, p. p. of titillare.] To tickle; as, to titillate the nose with a feather.Th...
Titillation
Tit′il‐la″tion (?), n. [L. titillatio: cf. F. titillation.] 1. The act of tickling, or the state of being tickled; a tickling sensation. A. Tucker.2. Any pleasurable sensation.T...
Titillative
Tit″il‐la‐tive (?), a. Tending or serving to titillate, or tickle; tickling.
Titivate
{ Tit″i‐vate, Tit″ti‐vate } (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Titivated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Titivating (?).] [Formed from an uncertain source, in imitation of words in -ate fr. L.] T...
Titlark
Tit″lark′ (?), n. [Tit a small bird + lark.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous small spring birds belonging to Anthus, Corydalla, and allied genera, which resemble the true larks in c...
Title
Ti″tle (?), n. [OF. title, F. titre, L. titulus an inscription, label, title, sign, token. Cf. Tilde, Titrate, Titular.] 1. An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by...
Title (2)
Ti″tle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Titled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Titling (?).] [Cf. L. titulare, F. titrer. See Title, n.] To call by a title; to name; to entitle.Hadrian, having quiet...
Title-page
Ti″tle–page′ (?), n. The page of a book which contains it title.The world's all title-page; there's no contents. Young.
Titled
Ti″tled (?), a. Having or bearing a title.
Titleless
Ti″tle‐less (?), a. Not having a title or name; without legitimate title. “A titleless tyrant.” Chaucer.
Titler
Tit″ler (?), n. A large truncated cone of refined sugar.
Titling
Tit″ling (?), n. [Icel. titlingr a tit sparrow. See Tit a small bird.] 1. (Zoöl.) (a) The hedge sparrow; — called also titlene. Its nest often chosen by the cuckoo as a place fo...
Titmal
Tit″mal (?), n. The blue titmouse.
Titmouse
Tit″mouse′ (?), n.; pl.Titmice (#). [OE. titemose, titmase; tit small, or a small bird + AS. māse a kind of small bird; akin to D. mees a titmouse, G. meise, OHG. meisa, Icel. m...
Titrate
Ti″trate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Titrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Titrating.] [F. titrer, from titre standard, title. See Title, n.] (Chem.) To analyse, or determine the strength of...
Titrated
Ti″tra‐ted (?), a.(Chem.) Standardized; determined or analyzed by titration; as, titrated solutions.