TIMBALE, tang-bal', _n._ a dish of fowl or fish pounded and mixed with
white of egg, sweet cream, &c., poured into a mould. [Fr.]
TIMBER, tim'b[.e]r, _n._ wood for building purposes: the trunk of a tree:
material for any structure: one of the larger pieces of the framework of a
house, ship, &c.: one of the planks forming the sides and roof of a gallery
in a mine.--_v.t._ to furnish with timber or beams.--_p.adj._ TIM'BERED,
furnished with timber: (_Shak._) built, formed, contrived: (_Spens._) made
like timber, massive.--_ns._ TIM'BERING, timber materials; TIM'BER-MAN, one
responsible for the timbers in a mine; TIM'BER-TOES, a person with a wooden
leg; TIM'BER-TREE, a tree suitable for timber; TIM'BER-YARD, a yard or
place where timber is stored. [A.S. _timber_, building, wood; Ger.
_zimmer_, an apartment.]
TIMBRE, tim'b[.e]r, _n._ tone, character, or quality of a musical sound.
[O. Fr.,--L. _tympanum_, a drum.]
TIMBREL, tim'brel, _n._ an ancient musical instrument, carried in the hand,
apparently like a tambourine.--_adj._ TIM'BRELLED (_Milt._), sung to the
sound of the timbrel. [O. Fr. _timbre_--L. _tympanum_, a drum.]
TIMBROLOGY, tim-brol'[=o]-ji, _n._ the study of postage-stamps.--_n._
TIMBROPH'ILY, love for this harmless pursuit. [Fr. _timbre_, postage-stamp,
_-ology_.]
TIME, t[=i]m, _n._ a point at which, or period during which, things happen:
a season or proper time: an opportunity: absolute duration: an interval:
past time: the duration of one's life: allotted period: repetition of
anything or mention with reference to repetition: musical measure, or rate
of movement: a measured interval in verse: (_gram._) the relation of a verb
with regard to tense: the umpire's call in prize-fights, &c.: hour of
travail: the state of things at any period, usually in _pl._: the history
of the world, as opposed to eternity: addition of a thing to
itself.--_v.t._ to do at the proper season: to regulate as to time:
(_mus._) to measure.--_v.i._ to keep or beat time.--_ns._ TIME'-BALL, a
ball arranged to drop from the summit of a pole at a particular time;
TIME'-BARGAIN, a contract to buy or sell merchandise or stock at a certain
time in the future.--_adjs._ TIME'-BEGUIL'ING, making the time pass
quickly; TIME'-BETT'ERING, improving the state of things as time goes on;
TIME'-BEWAST'ED (_Shak._), wasted or worn by time.--_ns._ TIME'-BILL, a
time-table; TIME'-BOOK, a book for keeping an account of the time men have
worked; TIME'-CARD, a card bearing a time-table: a card with blank spaces
for workmen's hours, &c., being filled in; TIME'-FUSE, a fuse calculated to
burn a definite length of time; TIME'-GUN, a gun which is fired by means of
a mechanical contrivance and a current of electricity at a particular
time.--_adj._ TIME'-HON'OURED, honoured for a long time: venerable on
account of antiquity.--_ns._ TIME'IST, TIM'IST, a musical performer in
relation to his sense for time; TIME'-KEEP'ER, a clock, watch, or other
instrument for keeping or marking time: one who keeps the time of
workmen.--_adj._ TIME'LESS, done at an improper time, unseasonable:
(_Shak._) done before the proper time.--_adv._ TIME'LESSLY, before the
proper time: unseasonably.--_n._ TIME'LINESS.--_adj._ TIME'LY, in good
time: sufficiently early: (_obs._) keeping time.--_adv._ early,
soon.--_adjs._ TIME'LY-PART'ED (_Shak._), having died in time--i.e. at a
natural time; TIME'OUS, in Scot. legal phraseology, in good time:
seasonable.--_adv._ TIME'OUSLY, in good time.--_ns._ TIME'PIECE, a piece of
machinery for keeping time, esp. a clock for a mantel-piece; TIME'-PLEAS'ER
(_Shak._), one who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they be;
TIME'-SERV'ER, one who serves or meanly suits his opinions to the
times.--_adj._ TIME'-SERVING, complying with the spirit of the times or
with present power.--_n._ mean compliance with the spirit of the times or
with present power.--_ns._ TIME'-T[=A]'BLE, a table or list showing the
times of certain things, as trains, steamers, &c.; TIME'-THRUST, a thrust
made in fencing at the moment the opponent draws breath for his thrust;
TIME'-WORK, labour paid for by the hour or the day--opp. to
_Piece-work_.--_adjs._ TIME'-WORN, worn or decayed by time; TIM'OUS
(_Bacon_), timely.--TIME OUT OF MIND, from time immemorial.--APPARENT TIME,
true solar time as shown by a carefully adjusted sun-dial; ASTRONOMICAL
TIME, the time past mean noon of that day, and reckoned on to twenty-four
hours in mean time; AT TIMES, at distinct intervals: occasionally; BE
MASTER OF ONE'S TIME, to be free to do what one likes; CIVIL TIME, common
time, or mean time, in which the day begins at midnight, and is divided
into equal portions of twelve hours each; FILL TIME, to book vacant dates;
IN TIME, TIME ENOUGH, in good season, sufficiently early; KEEP TIME, to
indicate the time correctly: to make any regular rhythmical movements at
the same time with others; LOSE TIME, to let time pass without making use
of it: to run slow--of a watch, &c.; MAKE TIME, to recover lost time: to
perform in a certain time; MEAN TIME, the mean or average of apparent time,
as shown by a good clock; SIDEREAL TIME, the portion of a sidereal day
which has elapsed since the transit of the first point of Aries; SOLAR
TIME, time as shown by the sun or sun-dial; THE TIME BEING, the present
time. [A.S. _tíma_; cf. Ice. _tími_; and _Tide_.]
TIMENOGUY, t[=i]-men'[=o]-g[=i], _n._ (_naut._) a rope stretched so as to
prevent gear from getting fouled.
TIMID, tim'id, _adj._ fearful: wanting courage: faint-hearted.--_n._
TIMID'ITY, quality or state of being timid: want of courage.--_adv._
TIM'IDLY.--_n._ TIM'IDNESS.--_adv._ TIMOR[=O]'SO (_mus._), timid,
hesitating, to be so rendered.--_adj._ TIM'OROUS, timid: indicating
fear.--_adv._ TIM'OROUSLY.--_n._ TIM'OROUSNESS.--_adj._ TIM'ORSOME
(_Scot._), easily frightened. [Fr.,--L. _timidus_--_tim[=e]re_, to fear.]
TIMOCRACY, t[=i]-mok'r[=a]-si, _n._ a form of government in which a certain
amount of property is a necessary qualification for office.--_adj._
TIMOCRAT'IC. [Gr. _timokratia_--_tim[=e]_, honour, _kratein_, to rule.]
TIMON, t[=i]'mon, _n._ (_obs._) a helm.--_n._ TIMONEER', a helmsman. [L.
_temo_, a beam.]
TIMONIST, t[=i]'mon-ist, _n._ a misanthrope--from _Timon_ of Athens, the
hero of Shakespeare's play so named which was based upon the story in
Plutarch's Life of Alcibiades, as in North's translation.--_v.i._
T[=I]'MONISE, to play the misanthrope.
TIMOTHY, tim'[=o]-thi, _n._ timothy-grass, the name commonly given to
_Phleum pratense_, a grass much valued for feeding cattle--called also
_Cat's-tail grass_ or _Meadow cat's-tail_. [So named from _Timothy_ Hanson,
who introduced it to America about 1720.]
TIMPANO, tim'pa-n[=o], _n._ an orchestral kettledrum:--_pl._
TIM'PANI.--Also TYM'PANO. [It.]
TIM-WHISKY, tim'-hwis'ki, _n._ a kind of light one-horse chaise.
TIN, tin, _n._ a silvery-white, non-elastic, easily fusible, and malleable
metal: (_slang_) money: a vessel of tin, a can, &c.--_adj._ made of
tin.--_v.t._ to cover or overlay with tin or tinfoil: to pack in
tins:--_pr.p._ tin'ning; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ tinned.--_ns._ TIN'MAN,
TIN'NER, a tinsmith; TIN'NING, the art of coating with tin, or of repairing
tin-ware: the act of packing in tin cans for preservation.--_adj._ TIN'NY,
like tin.--_n._ a small vessel of tin.--_ns._ TIN'-PLATE, thin sheet-iron
coated with tin; TIN'-SMITH, a manufacturer of tin vessels: a worker in
tin: a dealer in tin-ware; TIN'-TYPE, a ferrotype; TIN'-WARE, articles made
of tin.--_ns.pl._ TIN'WITTS, dressed tin ore containing pyrites, &c.;
TIN'-WORKS, works for working tin. [A.S. _tin_; Ice. _tin_, Ger. _zinn_.]
TINAMOU, tin'a-m[=oo], _n._ a South American genus of birds sometimes
called partridges, but really more akin to bustards, and having affinities
with the rhea and emu. [Fr.,--native name.]