{ Tin`tin*nab"u*lar (?), Tin`tin*nab"u*la*ry (?), } a. [L.
tintinnabulum a little bell, fr. tintinnare to ring, to jingle, tinnire
to jingle.] Having or making the sound of a bell; tinkling.
Tin`tin*nab`u*la"tion (?), n. A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells.
Poe.
Tin`tin*nab"u*lous (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the
tinkling of a bell; having a tinkling sound; tintinnabular. De Quincey.
Tin"to (?), n. [Pg., tinged, fr. L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to tinge.
See Tint, n.] A red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white
sorts, and, when old, resembling tawny port.
Tin"type` (?), n. Same as Ferrotype.
Tin"ware` (?), n. Articles made of tinned iron.
Ti"ny (?), a. [Compar. Tinier (?); superl. Tiniest.] [Probably fr.
tine, teen, trouble, distress, vexation.] Very small; little; puny.
When that I was and a little tiny boy.
Shak.
Tip (?), n. [Akin to D. & Dan. tip, LG. & Sw. tipp, G. zipfel, and
probably to E. tap a plug, a pipe.] 1. The point or extremity of
anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the
tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.
To the very tip of the nose.
Shak.
2. An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point,
applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a
shoe, a gas burner, etc.
3. (Hat Manuf.) A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a
hat crown.
4. A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in
lifting gold leaf.