TIGER, t[=i]'g[.e]r, _n._ a fierce and rapacious feline quadruped, nearly
as large as a lion: the jaguar: a servant in livery who rides with his
master: a swaggering bully, a low ruffian: (_U.S._) one more cheer after a
round of cheers: a tiger-beetle:--_fem._ T[=I]'GRESS.--_ns._
TI'GER-BEE'TLE, a cicindela; T[=I]'GER-CAT, a wild-cat: the margay, ocelot,
and serval; T[=I]'GER-FLOW'ER, a Mexican plant cultivated in flower-gardens
for its streaked flowers.--_adjs._ T[=I]'GER-FOOT'ED (_Shak._), hastening
to devour, fierce and rapacious; T[=I]'GERISH, like a tiger in
disposition.--_ns._ T[=I]'GERISM; T[=I]'GER-LIL'Y, a species of lily with
spotted flowers; T[=I]'GER-MOTH, any one of the _Arctiidæ_, whose larvæ are
called woolly bears; T[=I]'GER-WOLF, a name given to the spotted hyena and
to the Thylacine.--_adj._ T[=I]'GRINE, like a tiger. [Fr. _tigre_--L.
_tigris_--Gr. _tigris_--Zend. _tighri_, an arrow, whence the river Tigris.]
TIGHT, t[=i]t, _adj._ close: compact: rigid: hampered from want of money:
snug, trim: not leaky: fitting closely, also too closely: scarce, not
easily obtainable: (_coll._) unwilling to part with money: tipsy: not loose
or free in treatment.--_v.t._ TIGHT'EN, to make tight or tighter: to
straiten.--_v.i._ to grow tight or tighter.--_n._ TIGHT'ENER, one who, or
that which, tightens: (_anat._) a tensor: (_slang_) a heavy meal.--_adv._
TIGHT'LY.--_ns._ TIGHT'NESS; TIGHT'ROPE, a tightly-stretched rope on which
rope-dancers perform.--_n.pl._ TIGHTS, a garment often of silk, closely
fitting the body, or at least the legs, worn by acrobats, dancers, &c.
[Scand., Ice. _þéitr_; cf. Dan. _tæt_, Dut. _digt_, Ger. _dicht_.]
TIGHT, t[=i]t (_Spens._), _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of _tie_.
TIKE, t[=i]k, _n._ (_Shak._) a dog, a cur, a boor: an uncouth fellow: a
Yorkshireman. [Ice. _tík_, a bitch.]
TILBURY, til'ber-i, _n._ a kind of gig for two. [Said to be so named from
its first maker.]
TILDE, til'd[=e], _n._ the diacritical sign over _n_ in Spanish--thus _ñ_.
[Sp.,--L. _titulus_, a title.]
TILE, t[=i]l, _n._ a piece of baked clay used for covering roofs, floors,
&c.: a tube or pipe of baked clay used in drains: (_slang_) a tall
cylindrical silk hat.--_v.t._ to cover with tiles: to drain by means of
tiles: to secure against the intrusion of unauthorised persons by placing a
person at the door of a lodge or close meeting.--_ns._ T[=I]'LER, one who
makes or who lays tiles: the keeper of the door in a Freemasons'
lodge--also TY'LER; TILE'-RED, a brownish-red, the colour of baked tiles;
T[=I]'LERY, a place where tiles are made; TILE'-STONE, a tile: (_pl._,
_geol._) the uppermost group of the Silurian period, consisting of a
reddish, thin-bedded, slightly micaceous sandstone; T[=I]'LING, a roof of
tiles: tiles in general.--DUTCH TILES, enamelled earthenware tiles, usually
blue, with scriptural subjects, for chimney pieces, &c. [A.S. _tigele_--L.
_tegula_--_teg[)e]re_, to cover.]
TILIACEÆ, til-i-[=a]'se-[=e], _n.pl._ a natural order of exogenous trees
and shrubs, mostly native to the tropics--the linden family. [L. _tilia_, a
lime-tree.]