TITLE, t[=i]'tl, _n._ an inscription set over or at the beginning of a
thing by which it is known, a title-page: a name of distinction: that which
gives a just right to possession: ownership: the writing that proves a
right: (_B._) a sign: a fixed sphere of work required as a condition for
ordination, a parish in Rome--of these fifty give titles to
cardinal-priests: in bookbinding, the panel on the back on which the name
of the book is printed.--_adj._ T[=I]'TLED, having a title.--_ns._
T[=I]'TLE-DEED, a deed or document that proves a title or just right to
exclusive possession; T[=I]'TLE-LEAF, the leaf on which is the title of a
book.--_adj._ T[=I]'TLELESS (_Shak._), wanting a title or name.--_ns._
T[=I]'TLE-PAGE, the page of a book containing its title and usually the
author's name; T[=I]'TLE-RÔLE, the part in a play which gives its name to
it, as 'Macbeth;' T[=I]'TLE-SHEET, the first sheet of a book as printed,
containing title, bastard-title, &c.; T[=I]'TLING, the act of impressing
the title on the back of a book; T[=I]'TLONYM, a title taken as a
pseudonym; BAS'TARD-T[=I]'TLE (see BASTARD). [O. Fr. _title_ (Fr.
_titre_)--L. _titulus_.]
TITLING, tit'ling, _n._ the hedge-sparrow.--_ns._ TIT'MAN, a puny man;
TIT'MOUSE, a genus of little birds, which feed on insects, &c.:--_pl._
TITMICE (tit'm[=i]s). [Obs. Eng. _tit_, anything small; A.S. _máse_; Ger.
_meise_, a small bird.]
TITRATE, tit'r[=a]t, _v.t._ to subject to titration.--_n._ TITR[=A]'TION,
volumetric analysis, the process of ascertaining the quantity of any given
constituent present in a compound by observing it under the application of
standard solutions.
TI-TREE, t[=e]'-tr[=e], _n._ a palm-lily, a tea-tree or manuka.
TIT-TAT-TO, tit'-tat-t[=oo] (or -t[=o]), _n._ a child's game, same as
_Criss-cross_ (q.v.).
TITTER, tit'[.e]r, _v.i._ to giggle, snicker, or laugh with the tongue
striking the teeth: to laugh restrainedly.--_n._ a restrained laugh.--_ns._
TITTER[=A]'TION, a fit of giggling; TITT'ERER, one who titters. [M. E.
_titeren_, to tattle. Prob. imit.]
TITTLE, tit'l, _n._ a small particle: an iota.--_n._ TITT'LEBAT, the
stickleback. [O. Fr. _title_--_titulus_, a title.]
TITTLE, tit'l, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to chatter.--_n._ TITT'LE-TATT'LE, idle,
empty talk.--_v.i._ to prate idly.--_ns._ TITT'LE-TATT'LER, a trifling
tattler; TITT'LE-TATT'LING, the act of talking idly.
TITTUP, TITUP, tit'up, _v.i._ to skip about gaily.--_n._ a light springy
step, a canter.--_adjs._ TITT'UPPY, TIT'UPPY, gay, lively: unsteady.
TITTY, tit'i, _n._ a teat, the breast.
TITTY, tit'i, _n._ (_Scot._) sister.
TITUBANT, tit'[=u]-bant, _adj._ staggering, stumbling.--_v.i._
TIT'[=U]BATE, to stagger, stumble.--_n._ TITUB[=A]'TION, reeling,
stumbling; restlessness. [L. _titub[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to stagger.]
TITULAR, tit'[=u]-lar, _adj._ existing in name or title only: nominal:
having the title without the duties of an office.--_n._ one who enjoys the
bare title of an office, without the actual possession of that office: a
person invested with a title in virtue of which he holds a benefice,
whether he performs its duties or not.--_n._ TITULAR'ITY.--_adv._
TIT'ULARLY.--_adj._ TIT'ULARY, consisting in, or pertaining to, a
title.--_n._ one having the title of an office whether he performs its
duties or not.--TITULAR BISHOP, in R.C. usage, a bishop without a diocese,
taking his title from a place where there is no longer a bishop's see, as
in the countries once conquered by Crusaders in the East--before 1882
called 'bishop in partibus infidelium;' TITULAR CHURCH, one of the parish
churches of Rome supplying a title to cardinal-priests; TITULAR OF A
CHURCH, that from which a church takes its special name--distinguished from
a patron, who must be a canonised person or an angel; TITULARS OF THE
TITHES, laymen invested with church lands after the Reformation in
Scotland.
TIVER, tiv'[.e]r, _n._ a kind of ochre for marking sheep.--_v.t._ to mark
with such.
TIVY, tiv'i, _adv._ with speed.
TIZZY, tiz'i, _n._ (_slang_) a sixpence.
TMESIS, tm[=e]'sis, _n._ (_gram._) the separation of the parts of a
compound word by one or more words inserted between them, as 'Saxo
_cere-_comminuit-_brum_;' 'of whom _be_ thou _ware_ also' (2 Tim. iv. 15).
[L.,--Gr. _tm[=e]sis_--_temnein_, to cut.]
TO, t[=oo], _prep._ in the direction of: in order to: as far as; in
accordance with, in the character of: regarding, concerning, in connection
with: expressing the end or purpose of an action, as in many uses of the
gerundial infinitive, the sign of the infinitive mood: (_B._)
sometimes=for.--_adv._ to a place in view, forward: to its place,
together.--TO AND FRO, backwards and forwards. [A.S. _tó_; Ger. _zu_, Goth.
_du_.]
TOAD, t[=o]d, _n._ a genus of amphibians, typical of the family _Bufonidæ_,
represented in Britain by two species--the Common Toad and the
Natterjack.--_ns._ TOAD'-EAT'ER, a fawning sycophant--originally a
mountebank's assistant, whose duty was to swallow, or pretend to swallow,
any kind of garbage; TOAD'-EAT'ING, sycophancy.--_adj._ sycophantic.--_ns._
TOAD'-FISH, the sapo of the United States Atlantic coast; TOAD'-FLAX, a
genus of herbaceous plants, closely allied to the Snapdragon;
TOAD'-IN-A-HOLE, a piece of beef baked in batter; TOAD'-SPIT,
cuckoo-spit.--_adj._ TOAD'-SPOT'TED, thickly stained or spotted like a
toad.--_ns._ TOAD'-STONE, a soft and earthy variety of trap-rock of a
brownish-gray colour, looking like an argillaceous deposit; TOAD'STOOL, a
poisonous kind of mushroom; TOAD'Y, a mean hanger-on and flatterer.--_v.t._
to fawn as a sycophant:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ toad'ied.--_adj._
TOAD'YISH.--_n._ TOAD'YISM, the practice of a toady. [A.S. _tádige_,
_tádie_, a toad.]
TOAST, t[=o]st, _v.t._ to dry and scorch at the fire: to name when a health
is drunk: to drink to the health of.--_v.i._ to drink toasts.--_n._ bread
toasted: a slice of such dipped in liquor: the person or thing named whose
health is to be drunk.--_ns._ TOAST'ER, one who, or that which, toasts;
TOAST'ING-FORK, -[=I]'RON, a long-handled fork for toasting bread: a sword;
TOAST'-MAS'TER, the master and announcer of toasts at public dinners;
TOAST'-RACK, a stand, with partitions for slices of toast, for setting on
the table. [O. Fr. _toster_--L. _tostus_, roasted, pa.p. of _torr[=e]re_.]
TOBACCO, to-bak'[=o], _n._ a plant of genus _Nicotiana_, order _Solanaceæ_,
esp. one of several species, the most generally cultivated being the
stately Nicotiana _Tabacum_, a native of America--the dried leaves used for
the sedative effects for smoking in pipes, &c., and also in the form of
snuff.--_ns._ TOBACCAN[=A]'LIAN, a smoker; TOBACC'O-HEART, a functional
disorder of the heart, due to excessive use of tobacco; TOBACC'ONIST, one
who sells or manufactures tobacco; TOBACC'O-PIPE, a pipe used for smoking
tobacco; TOBACC'O-POUCH, a small pouch for holding tobacco;
TOBACC'O-STOP'PER, an instrument for pressing down the tobacco in a pipe.
[Through Sp. _tabaco_, from the Haytian.]
TOBIT, t[=o]'bit, _n._ an apocryphal Old Testament book, containing the
story of _Tobit_.
TOBOGGAN, t[=o]-bog'gan, _n._ a kind of sled turned up at the front, much
used in Canada for sliding down snow-covered slopes.--_v.i._ to slide down
over snow on such.--Earlier also TOBOG'GIN, TABOG'GAN, TARBOG'GIN.--_ns._
TOBOG'GANER; TOBOG'GANING; TOBOG'GANIST. [A native word.]
TO-BRAKE, t[=oo]-br[=a]k', _v.t._ (Judges ix. 53) broke in pieces. [A.S.
_tóbrecan_--pfx. _tó-_, asunder, and _brecan_, to break.]
TOBY, t[=o]'bi, _n._ a beer-mug shaped like an old man with three-cornered
hat.
TOCCATA, tok-kä'tä, _n._ (_mus._) a work primarily intended to display the
performer's touch.--_ns._ TOCCATEL'LA, TOCCATINA (-t[=e]'na), a short
toccata. [It.,--_toccare_, to touch.]
TOCHER, toh'[.e]r, _n._ (_Scot._) a woman's dowry.--_v.t._ to give a dowry
to.--_adj._ TOCH'ERLESS, without a marriage portion. [Ir. _tochar_, Gael.
_tochradh_.]
TOCO, t[=o]'k[=o], _n._ (_slang_) punishment.--Also T[=O]'KO. [Gr. _tokos_,
interest.]
TOCOLOGY, t[=o]-kol'[=o]-ji, _n._ obstetrics.--Also TOKOL'OGY. [Gr.
_tokos_, birth, _logia_--_legein_, to speak.]
TOCSIN, tok'sin, _n._ an alarm-bell, or the ringing of it. [O. Fr.
_toquesin_ (Fr. _tocsin_)--_toquer_, to strike; O. Fr. _sing_ (Fr.
_signe_), a sign.]
TOD, tod, _n._ (_Scot._), a fox.--_n._ TODLOW'RIE, a fox, a crafty fellow.
TOD, tod, _n._ an ivy-bush--(_Spens._) TODDE: an old weight of about 28
lb.--_v.i._ to weigh a tod.