Ti*moc"ra*cy (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; honor, worth (fr. &?; to honor) +
&?; to govern: cf. F. timocratie.] (Gr. Antiq.) (a) A state in which
the love of honor is the ruling motive. (b) A state in which honors are
distributed according to a rating of property.
Ti`mo*crat"ic (?), a. Belonging to, or constituted by, timocracy. Sir
G. C. Lewis.
Tim`o*neer" (?), n. [F. timonier, fr. timon a helm, fr. L. temo, -onis,
a pole.] A helmsman. [R.]
Tim"or*ous (?), a. [LL. timorosus, from L. timor fear; akin to timere
to fear. See Timid.] 1. Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage.
Shak.
2. Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts. "The timorous
apostasy of chuchmen." Milman.
— Tim"or*ous*ly, adv. — Tim"or*ous*ness, n.
Tim"or*some (?), a. Easily frightened; timorous. [Written also
timersome.] [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
{ Tim"o*thy (?), n., or Tim"o*thy grass` (?) }. [From Timothy Hanson,
who carried the seed from New England to Maryland about 1720.] (Bot.) A
kind of grass (Phleum pratense) with long cylindrical spikes; — called
also herd's grass, in England, cat's-tail grass, and meadow cat's-tail
grass. It is much prized for fodder. See Illustration in Appendix.
Tim"ous (?), a. [Cf. Timeous.] Timely; seasonable. [Obs.] Bacon. —
Tim"ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]
||Tim"pa*no (?), n.; pl. Timpani (#). [It.] (Mus.) See Tympano.
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Tim"-whis`key (?), n. A kind of carriage. See Whiskey. Southery.
Tin (?), n. [As. tin; akin to D. tin, G. zinn, OHG. zin, Icel. & Dan.
tin, Sw. tenn; of unknown origin.] 1. (Chem.) An elementary substance
found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft
white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but
brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used
chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin
foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in
solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are
designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). Atomic weight
117.4.