Ti"ger*ish, a. Like a tiger; tigrish.
Ti"ger's-foot` (?), n. (Bot.) A name given to some species of
morning-glory (Ipomœa) having the leaves lobed in pedate fashion.
Tigh (?), n. [Perhaps akin to tight.] A close, or inclosure; a croft.
[Obs.] Cowell.
Tight (?), obs. p. p. of Tie. Spenser.
Tight, a. [Compar. Tighter (?); superl. Tightest.] [OE. tight, thiht;
probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. &?;ttr, Dan. tæt, Sw. tät: akin to
D. & G. dicht thick, tight, and perhaps to E. thee to thrive, or to
thick. Cf. Taut.] 1. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open;
as, tight cloth; a tight knot.
2. Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid;
not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; — often used
in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight;
air-tight.
3. Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other
garment.