Time"ly, adv. Early; soon; in good season.
Timely advised, the coming evil shun.
Prior.
Thanks to you, That called me timelier than my purpose hither, For I
have gained by it.
Shak.
Ti*men"o*guy (?), n. (Naut.) A rope carried taut between or over
obstacles likely to engage or foul the running rigging in working a
ship.
Time"ous (?), a. Timely; seasonable. [R. or Scot.] — Time"ous*ly, adv.
[R. or Scot.]
Time"piece` (?), n. A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or
show the progress of time; a chronometer.
Time"pleas`er (?), n. One who complies with prevailing opinions,
whatever they may be; a timeserver.
Timepleasers, flatterers, foes to nobleness.
Shak.
Tim"er (?), n. A timekeeper; especially, a watch by which small
intervals of time can be measured; a kind of stop watch. It is used for
timing the speed of horses, machinery, etc.
Time"sav`ing (?), a. Saving time; as, a timesaving expedient.
Time"serv`er (?), n. One who adapts his opinions and manners to the
times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; — now used
only in a bad sense.
Time"serv`ing, a. Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times,
or the humors of those in power.
Time"serv`ing, n. An obsequious compliance with the spirit of the
times, or the humors of those in power, which implies a surrender of
one's independence, and sometimes of one's integrity.
Syn. — Temporizing. — Timeserving, Temporizing. Both these words are
applied to the conduct of one who adapts himself servilely to times and
seasons. A timeserver is rather active, and a temporizer, passive. One
whose policy is timeserving comes forward to act upon principles or
opinions which may promote his advancement; one who is temporizing
yields to the current of public sentiment or prejudice, and shrinks
from a course of action which might injure him with others. The former
is dishonest; the latter is weak; and both are contemptible.
Trimming and timeserving, which are but two words for the same thing, .
. . produce confusion.
South.
[I] pronounce thee . . . a hovering temporizer, that Canst with thine
eyes at once see good and evil, Inclining to them both.
Shak.
Time"-ta`ble (?), n. 1. A tabular statement of the time at which, or
within which, several things are to take place, as the recitations in a
school, the departure and arrival of railroad trains or other public
conveyances, the rise and fall of the tides, etc.
2. (Railroad) A plane surface divided in one direction with lines
representing hours and minutes, and in the other with lines
representing miles, and having diagonals (usually movable strings)
representing the speed and position of various trains.
3. (Mus.) A table showing the notation, length, or duration of the
several notes.
Tim"id (?), a. [L. timidus, fr. timere to fear; cf. Skr. tam to become
breathless, to become stupefief: cf. F. timide.] Wanting courage to
meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.
Poor is the triumph o'er the timid hare.
Thomson.
Syn. — Fearful; timorous; afraid; cowardly; pusillanimous;
faint-hearted; shrinking; retiring.
— Tim"id*ly, adv. — Tim"id*ness, n.
Ti*mid"i*ty (?), n. [L. timiditas: cf. F. timidité.] The quality or
state of being timid; timorousness; timidness.
Tim"id*ous (?), a. Timid. [Obs.] Hudibras.
Tim"ist (?), n. [Written also timeist.] 1. (Mus.) A performer who keeps
good time.