3. A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or
the like. [Sporting Cant]
Tip"cart` (?), n. A cart so constructed that the body can be easily
tipped, in order to dump the load.
Tip"cat` (?), n. A game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both
ends, called a cat, is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, so as to
fly into the air.
In the middle of a game at tipcat, he paused, and stood staring wildly
upward with his stick in his hand.
Macaulay.
Tip"per (?), n. A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from
a particular well; — so called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas
Tipper. [Eng.]
Tip"pet (?), n. [OE. tipet, tepet, AS. tæppet, probably fr. L. tapete
tapestry, hangings. Cf. Tape, Tapestry, Tapet.] 1. A cape, or scarflike
garment for covering the neck, or the neck and shoulders, — usually
made of fur, cloth, or other warm material. Chaucer. Bacon.