louder and louder, till his body quakes, and his chant runs into a
shriek, ringing in my ear with a peculiar sharpness. This lay may be
represented thus: “Teacher! _teacher!_ Teacher! TEACHER! TEACHER!” the
accent on the first syllable, and each word uttered with increasing
force and shrillness.--John Burroughs, _Wake Robin_ (1871).
=Thu´le= (2 _syl._), the most remote northern portion of the world
known to the ancient Greeks and Romans; but whether an island or part
of a continent nobody knows. It is first mentioned by Pythĕas, the
Greek navigator, who says it is “six days’ sail from Britain,” and
that its climate is a “mixture of earth, air and sea.” Ptolemy, with
more exactitude, tells us that the 63° of north latitude runs through
the middle of Thulê, and adds that “the days there are at the
equinoxes [_sic_] twenty-four hours long.” This, of course, is a
blunder, but the latitude would do roughly for Iceland.
(No place has a day of twenty-four hours long at either equinox; but
anywhere beyond either polar circle the day is twenty-four hours long
at one of the solstices.)
_Thule_ (2 _syl._). Antonius Diogenês, a Greek, wrote a romance on
“The Incredible Things beyond Thulê” (_Ta huper Thoulen Apista_),
which has furnished the basis of many subsequent tales. The work is
not extant, but Photius gives an outline of its contents in his
_Bibliotheca_.
=Thumb= (_Tom_), a dwarf no bigger than a man’s thumb. He lived in the
reign of King Arthur, by whom he was knighted. He was the son of a
common ploughman, and was killed by the poisonous breath of a spider
in the reign of Thunstone, the successor of King Arthur.
Amongst his adventures may be mentioned the following:--He was lying
one day asleep in a meadow, when a cow swallowed him as she cropped
the grass. At another time he rode in the ear of a horse. He crept up
the sleeve of a giant, and so tickled him that he shook his sleeve,
and Tom, falling into the sea, was swallowed by a fish. The fish being
caught and carried to the palace gave the little man his introduction
to the king.
⁂ The oldest version extant of this nursery tale is in rhyme, and
bears the following title:--_Tom Thumb, His Life and Death; wherein is
declared many marvailous acts of manhood, full of wonder and strange
merriments. Which little knight lived in King Arthur’s time, and was
famous in the court of Great Brittaine. London: printed for John
Wright, 1630_ (Bodleian Library). It begins thus:
In Arthur’s court Tom Thumbe did liue--
A man of mickle might,
The best of all the Table Round,
And eke a doughty knight.
His stature but an inch in height,
Or quarter of a span;
Then thinke you not this little knight
Was prov’d a valiant man?
N.B.--“Great Britain” was not a recognized term till 1701 (Queen
Anne), when the two parliaments of Scotland and England were united.
Before that time, England was called “South Britain,” Scotland “North
Britain,” and Brittany “Little Britain.” The date, 1630, would carry
us back to the reign of Charles I.
Fielding, in 1730, wrote a burlesque opera called _Tom Thumb_, which
was altered in 1778, by Kane O’Hara. Dr. Arne wrote the music to it,
and his “daughter (afterwards Mrs. Cibber), then only 14, acted the
part of ‘Tom Thumb’ at the Haymarket Theatre.”--T. Davies, _Life of
Garrick_.
⁂ Here again the dates do not correctly fit in. Mrs. Cibber was born
in 1710, and must have been 20 when Fielding produced his opera of
_Tom Thumb_.
_Thumb_ (_General Tom_), a dwarf exhibited in London in 1846. His real
name was Charles S. Stratton. At the age of 25, his height was 25
inches, and his weight 25 lbs. He was born at Bridgeport, Connecticut,
in 1832, and died in January, 1879.
They rush by thousands to see Tom Thumb. They push, they fight, they
scream, they faint, they cry, “Help!” and “Murder!” They see my bills
and caravan, but do not read them. Their eyes are on them, but their
sense is gone.... In one week 12,000 persons paid to see Tom Thumb,
while only 133½ paid to see my “Aristidês.”--Haydon, the artist, _MS.
Diary_.
=Thunder= (_The Giant_), a giant who fell into a river and was killed,
because Jack cut the ropes which suspended a bridge which the giant
was about to cross.--_Jack the Giant Killer_.
_Thunder_ (_The Sons of_). James and John, the sons of Zebedee, were
called “Boaner´gês.”--_Luke_ ix. 54; _Mark_ iii. 17.
=Thunder and Lightning=, Stephen II. of Hungary, was surnamed
_Tonnant_ (1100, 1114-1131).
=Thunderbolt= (_The_). Ptolemy, king of Macedon, eldest son of Ptolemy
Sotêr I., was so called from his great impetuosity (B.C. *, 285-279).
Handel was called by Mozart “The Thunderbolt” (1684-1759).
=Thunderbolt of Italy= (_The_), Gaston de Foix, nephew of Louis XII.
(1489-1512).
=Thunderbolt of War= (_The_). Roland is so called in Spanish ballads.
Tisaphernês is so called in Tasso’s _Jerusalem Delivered_, xx. (1575).
=Thunderer= (_The_), the _Times_ newspaper. This popular name was
first given to the journal in allusion to a paragraph in one of the
articles contributed by Captain Edward Sterling, while Thomas Barnes
was editor.
We thundered forth the other day an article on the subject of social
and political reform.
Some of the contemporaries caught up the expression, and called the
_Times_ “The Thunderer.” Captain Sterling used to sign himself “Vetus”
before he was placed on the staff of the paper.
=Thundering Legion= (_The_), the twelfth legion of the Roman army
under Marcus Aurēlius acting against the Quadi, A.D. 174. It was shut
up in a defile, and reduced to great straits for want of water, when a
body of Christians, enrolled in the legion, prayed for relief. Not
only was rain sent, but the thunder and lightning so terrified the foe
that a complete victory was obtained, and the legion was ever after
called “The Thundering Legion.”--Dion Cassius, _Roman History_, lxxi.
8; Eusebius, _Ecclesiastical History_, v. 5.
The Theban legion, _i.e._, the legion raised in the Thebaïs of Egypt,
and composed of Christian soldiers led by St. Maurice, was likewise
called “The Thundering Legion.”
The term “Thundering Legion” existed before either of these two was so
called.
=Thunstone= (2 _syl._), the successor of King Arthur, in whose reign
Tom Thumb was killed by a spider.--_Tom Thumb._
=Thu´rio=, a foolish rival of Valentine for the love of Silvia,
daughter of the duke of Milan.--Shakespeare, _The Two Gentlemen of
Verona_ (1595).
=Thwacker= (_Quartermaster_), in the dragoons.--Sir W. Scott,
_Redgauntlet_ (time, George III.).
=Thwackum=, in Fielding’s novel, _The History of Tom Jones, a
Foundling_ (1749).
=Thyamis=, an Egyptian thief, native of Memphis. Theagĕnês and
Chariclēa being taken by him prisoners, he fell in love with the lady,
and shut her up in a cave for fear of losing her. Being closely beset
by another gang stronger than his own, he ran his sword into the heart
of Chariclea, that she might go with him into the land of shadows, and
be his companion in the future life.--Heliodorus, _Æthiopica_.
Like to the Egyptian thief, at point of death,
Kill what I love.
Shakespeare, _Twelfth Night_, act v. sc. 1 (1614).
=Thyeste´an Banquet= (in Latin _cæna Thyestæ_), a cannibal feast.
Thyestês was given his own two sons to eat in a banquet served up to
him by his brother, Atreus [_At.truce_].
Procnê and Philomēla served up to Tereus (2 _syl._) his own son Itys.
⁂ Milton accents the word on the second syllable in _Paradise Lost_,
x. 688, but then he calls Chalybe´an (_Samson Agonistes_, 133)
“Chalyb´ean,” Æge´an (_Paradise Lost_, i. 745) “Æ´gean,” and
Cambuscan´ he calls “Cambus´can.”
=Thyeste´an Revenge=, blood for blood, tit for tat of bloody
vengeance.
1. Thyestês seduced the wife of his brother, Atreus (2 _syl._), for
which he was banished. In his banishment he carried off his brother’s
son, Plisthĕnês, whom he brought up as his own child. When the boy was
grown to manhood, he sent him to assassinate Atreus, but Atreus slew
Plisthenês, not knowing him to be his son. The corresponding vengeance
was this: Thyestês had a son named. Ægisthos, who was brought up by
King Atreus as his own child. When Ægisthos was grown to manhood, the
king sent him to assassinate Thyestês, but the young man slew Atreus
instead.
2. Atreus slew his own son, Plisthenês, thinking him to be his
brother’s child. When he found out his mistake, he pretended to be
reconciled to his brother, and asked him to a banquet. Thyestês went
to the feast, and ate part of his own two sons, which had been cooked,
and were set before him by his brother.
3. Thyestês defiled the wife of his brother, Atreus, and Atreus
married Pelopia, the unwedded wife of his brother, Thyestês. It was
the son of this woman by Thyestês who murdered Atreus (his uncle and
father-in-law).
⁂ The tale of Atreus and that of Œdĭpus are the two most lamentable
stories of historic fiction, and in some points resemble each other:
Thus Œdipus married his mother, not knowing who she was; Thyestês
seduced his daughter, not knowing who she was. Œdipus slew his
father, not knowing who he was; Atreus slew his son, not knowing who
he was. Œdipus was driven from his throne by the sons born to him
by his own mother; Atreus [_At´.ruce_] was killed by the natural son
of his own wife.
=Thymbræ´an God= (_The_), Apollo; so called from a celebrated temple
raised to his honor on a hill near the river Thymbrĭus.
The Thymbræan god
With Mars I saw and Pallas.
Dantê, _Purgatory_, xii. (1308).
=Thymert=, priest and guardian of Guenn. Beloved by the fisherfolk,
and secretly in love with his beautiful ward. He finds her drowned on
the shore of his island home.--Blanche Willis Howard, _Guenn_ (1883).
=Thyrsis=, a herdsman introduced in the _Idylls_ of Theocrĭtos, and in
Virgil’s _Eclogue_, vii. Any shepherd or rustic is so called.
Hard by, a cottage chimney smokes
From betwixt two agêd oaks,
Where Corydon and Thyrsis met,
Are at their savory dinner set.
Milton, _L’Allegro_ (1638).
=Thyrsus=, a long pole with an ornamental head of ivy, vine leaves, or
a fir cone, carried by Bacchus and by his votaries at the celebration
of his rites. It was emblematic of revelry and drunkenness.
[_I will_] abash the frantic thyrsus with my song.
Akenside, _Hymn to the Naiads_ (1767).
=Tibbs= (_Beau_), a poor, clever, dashing young spark, who had the
happy art of fancying he knew all the _haut monde_, and that all the
_monde_ knew him; that his garret was the choicest spot in London, for
its commanding view of the Thames; that his wife was a lady of
distinguished airs; and that his infant daughter would marry a peer.
He took off his hat to every man and woman of fashion, and made out
that dukes, lords, duchesses, and ladies addressed him simply as Ned.
His hat was pinched up with peculiar smartness; his looks were pale,
thin, and sharp, round his neck he wore a broad black ribbon, and in
his bosom a glass pin; his coat was trimmed with tarnished lace; and
his stockings were silk. Beau Tibbs interlarded his rapid talk with
fashionable oaths, such as, “Upon my soul! egad!”
“I was asked to dine yesterday,” he says, “at the Duchess of
Piccadilly’s. My Lord Mudler was there. ‘Ned,’ said he, ‘I’ll hold
gold to silver I can tell you where you were poaching last night ... I
hope Ned, it will improve your fortune,’ ‘Fortune, my lord? five
hundred a year at least--great secret--let it go no further.’ My lord
took me down in his chariot to his country seat yesterday, and we had
a _tête-à-tête_ dinner in the country.” “I fancy you told us just now
you dined yesterday at the duchess’s, in town.” “Did I so?” replied
he, coolly. “To be sure, egad! now I do remember--yes, I had two
dinners yesterday.”--Letter liv.
_Mrs. Tibbs_, wife of the beau, a slattern and a coquette, much
emaciated, but with the remains of a good-looking woman. She made
twenty apologies for being in _dishabille_; but had been out all night
with the countess. Then, turning to her husband, she added, “And his
lordship, my dear, drank your health in a bumper.” Ned then asked his
wife if she had given orders for dinner. “You need make no great
preparation--only we three. My lord cannot join us to-day--something
small and elegant will do, such as a turbot, an ortolan, a----”
“Or,” said Mrs. Tibbs, “what do you think, my dear, of a nice bit of
ox-cheek, dressed with a little of my own sauce?” “The very thing,” he
replies; “it will eat well with a little beer. His grace was very fond
of it, and I hate the vulgarity of a great load of dishes.” The
citizen of the world now thought it time to decamp, and took his
leave, Mrs. Tibbs assuring him that dinner would certainly be quite
ready in two or three hours.--Letter lv.
_Mrs. Tibbs’s lady’s-maid_, a vulgar, brawny Scotchwoman. “Where’s my
lady?” said Tibbs, when he brought to his garret his excellency the
ambassador of China. “She’s a-washing your twa shirts at the next
door, because they won’t lend us the tub any longer.”--Goldsmith, _A
Citizen of the World_ (1759).
=Tibert= (_Sir_), the name of the cat in the beast-epic of _Reynard
the Fox_ (1498).
=Tibet Talkapace=, a prating hand-maid of Custance, the gay and rich
widow, vainly sought by Ralph Roister Doister.--Nicholas Udall, _Ralph
Roister Doister_ (first English comedy, 1534).
The metre runs thus:
I hearde our nourse speake of an husbande to-day
Ready for our mistresse, a rich man and gay;
And we shall go in our French hoodes every day ...
Then shall ye see Tibet, sires, treade the mosse so trig ...
Not lumperdee, clumperdee, like our Spaniel Rig.
=Tibs= (_Mr._), a most “useful hand.” He will write you a receipt for
the bite of a mad dog, tell you an Eastern tale to perfection, and
understands the business part of an author so well that no publisher
can humbug him. You may know him by his peculiar clumsiness of figure,
and the coarseness of his coat; but he never forgets to inform you
that his clothes are all paid for. (See TIBBS.)--Goldsmith, _A Citizen
of The World_, xxix. (1759).
=Tibullus= (_The French_), the chevalier Evariste de Parny
(1742-1814).
=Tiburce= (2 or 3 _syl._), brother of Valerian, converted by St.
Cecile, his sister-in-law, and baptized by Pope Urban. Being brought
before the Prefect Almachius, and commanded to worship the image of
Jupiter, he refused to do so, and was decapitated.--Chaucer,
_Canterbury Tales_ (“Second Nun’s Tale,” 1388).
⁂ When Tiburce is followed by a vowel it is made 2 _syl._, when by a
consonant it is 3 _syl._, as:
And after this, Tiburce in good entente (2 _syl._),
With Valerīan to Pope Urban went,
And this thing sche unto Tiburce tolde (3 _syl._).
Chaucer.
=Tibur´zio=, commander of the Pisans, in their attack upon Florence,
in the fifteenth century. The Pisans were thoroughly beaten by the
Florentines, led by Lu´ria, a Moor, and Tiburzio was taken captive.
Tiburzio tells Luria that the men of Florence will cast him off after
peace is established, and advises him to join Pisa. This Luria is far
too noble to do, but he grants Tiburzio his liberty. Tiburzio, being
examined by the council of Florence, under the hope of finding some
cause of censure against the Moor, to lessen or cancel their
obligations to him, “testifies to his unflinching probity,” and the
council could find no cause of blame, but Luria, by poison, relieves
the ungrateful state of its obligation to him.--Robert Browning,
_Luria_.
=Tichborne Dole= (_The_). When Lady Mabella was dying, she requested
her husband to grant her the means of leaving a charitable bequest. It
was to be a dole of bread, to be distributed annually on the Feast of
the Annunciation, to any who chose to apply for it. Sir Roger, her
husband, said he would give her as much land as she could walk over
while a billet of wood remained burning. The old lady was taken into
the park, and managed to crawl over twenty-three acres of land, which
was accordingly set apart, and is called “The Crawls” to this hour.
When the Lady Mabella was taken back to her chamber, she said, “So
long as this dole is continued, the family of Tichborne shall prosper;
but immediately it is discontinued, the house shall fall, from the
failure of an heir male. This,” she added, “will be when a family of
seven sons is succeeded by one of seven daughters.” The custom began
in the reign of Henry II., and continued till 1796, when, singularly
enough, the baron had seven sons and his successor seven daughters,
and Mr. Edward Tichborne, who inherited the Doughty estates, dropping
the original name, called himself Sir Edward Doughty.
=Tickell= (_Mark_), a useful friend, especially to Elsie
Lovell.--Wybert Reeve, _Parted_.
=Tickler= (_Timothy_), an ideal portrait of Robert Sym, a lawyer of
Edinburgh (1750-1844).--Wilson, _Noctes Ambrosianæ_ (1822-36).
=Tiddler.= (See TOM TIDDLER’S GROUND.)
=Tiddy-Doll=, a nickname given to Richard Grenville, Lord Temple
(1711-1770).
=Tide-Waiters= (_Ecclesiastical_). So the Rev. Lord Osborne (S. G. O.)
calls the clergy in convocation whose votes do not correspond with
their real opinions.
=Tider= (_Robin_), one of the servants of the earl of Leicester.--Sir
W. Scott, _Kenilworth_ (time, Elizabeth).
=Tiffany=, Miss Alscrip’s lady’s-maid; pert, silly, bold, and a
coquette.--General Burgoyne, _The Heiress_ (1781).
=Tigg= (_Montague_), a clever impostor, who lives by his wits. He
starts a bubble insurance office--“the Anglo-Bengalee Company”--and
makes considerable gain thereby. Having discovered the attempt of
Jonas Chuzzlewit to murder his father, he compels him to put his money
in the “new company,” but Jonas finds means to murder him.--C.
Dickens, _Martin Chuzzlewit_ (1844).
=Tiglath-Pile´ser=, son of Pul, second of the sixth dynasty of the new
Assyrian empire. The word is _Tiglath Pul Assur_: “the great tiger of
Assyria.”
=Tigra´nes= (3 _syl._), one of the heroes slain by the impetuous Dudon
soon after the arrival of the Christian army before Jerusalem.--Tasso,
_Jerusalem Delivered_, iii. (1575).
_Tigranes_ (3 _syl._), king of Arme´nia.--Beaumont and Fletcher, _A
King or No King_ (1619).
=Tigress Nurse= (_A_). Tasso says that Clorinda was suckled by a
tigress.--_Jerusalem Delivered_, xii.
Roman story says Romulus and Remus were suckled by a she-wolf.
Orson, the brother of Valentine, was suckled by a she-bear, and was
brought up by an eagle.--_Valentine and Orson._
=Tilburi´na=, the daughter of the governor of Tilbury Fort; in love
with Whiskerandos. Her love-ravings are the crest unto the crest of
burlesque tragedy (see act ii. 1).--Sheridan, _The Critic_ (1779).
“An oyster may be crossed in love,” says the gentle Tilburina.--Sir W.
Scott.
=Tilbury Fort= (_The governor of_), father of Tilburīna; a plain,
matter-of-fact man, with a gushing, romantic and love-struck daughter.
In Mr. Puff’s tragedy, _The Spanish Armada_.--Sheridan, _The Critic_
(1779).
=Tim Syllabub=, a droll creature, equally good at a rebus, a riddle, a
bawdy song or a tabernacle hymn. You may easily recognize him by his
shabby finery, his frizzled hair, his dirty shirt and his
half-genteel, but more than half-shabby dress.--Goldsmith, _A Citizen
of the World_, xxix. (1759).
=Times= (_The_), a newspaper founded by John Walter in 1785. It was
first called _The London Daily Universal Register_; in 1788 the words
_The Times or ..._ were added. This long title was never tolerated by
the public, which always spoke of the journal as _The Register_, till
the original title was suppressed, and the present title, _The Times_,
remained. In 1803, John Walter, son of the founder, became manager,
and greatly improved the character of the paper, and in 1814
introduced a steam press. He died in 1847, and was succeeded by his
son, John Walter III. In the editorial department, John (afterwards
“Sir John”) Stoddart (nicknamed “Dr. Slop”), who began to write
political articles in _The Times_ in 1810, was appointed editor in
1812, but, in 1816, was dismissed for his rabid hatred of Napoleon. He
tried to establish an opposition journal, _The New Times_, which
proved an utter failure. Sir John Stoddart was succeeded by John
Stebbing; then followed Thomas Barnes (“Mr. T. Bounce”), who remained
editor till his death, in 1841. W. F. A. Delane came next, and
continued till 1858, when his son, John Thaddeus Delane, succeeded
him. The following gentlemen were connected with this paper between
1870 and 1880:--
AN EAST END INCUMBENT, Mr. Rowsell, a volunteer correspondent.
ANGLICANUS, Arthur P. Stanley, dean of Westminster, a volunteer
correspondent.
C., Dr. Cumming, who often dates from Dunrobin.
C. E. T., Sir Charles E. Trevelyan, a volunteer correspondent.
CHURCH MATTERS, the Rev. Henry Wace, preacher at Lincoln’s Inn.
CITY ARTICLE, M. B. Sampson.
COLLEAGUES TO CORRESPONDENTS, Dr. Charles Austin, with Messrs. Dallas,
Broome, and Kelly.
CORRESPONDENTS in every chief town of the United Kingdom, and in all
the most important foreign countries.
CRITIC. _Fine Arts_, Tom Taylor; _Dramatic_, John Oxenford (died
1876); _Musical_, T. J. Davidson.
EDITOR, John Thaddeus Delane, who succeeded his father; Assistant, Mr.
Stebbings, who succeeded G. W. Dasent (“The Hardy Norseman”).
H., Vernon Harcourt, M. P., a volunteer correspondent.
HERTFORDSHIRE INCUMBENT, Canon Blakesley, dean of Lincoln.
HISTORICUS, Vernon Harcourt, M. P., who also wrote slashing articles
in the _Saturday Review_.
IRISH CORRESPONDENT, Dr. G. V. Patten, editor and proprietor of the
_Dublin Daily Express_.
IRISH MATTERS, O’Conor Morris.
J. C., Dr. Cumming (see C.), a volunteer correspondent.
LEADERS, Leonard H. Courteney, Dr. Gallenga, Mr. Knox, Robert Lowe,
Canon Moseley, Lawrence Oliphant.
MANAGER OF OFFICE, Mowbray Morris.
MANAGER OF PRINTING AND MACHINERY, Mr. Macdonald.
MERCATOR, Lord Overstone, a volunteer correspondent.
MILITARY AFFAIRS, Captain Hozier.
RELIGIOUS MATTERS, the Rev. Henry Wace, preacher at Lincoln’s Inn.
REPORTERS, about sixteen.
RUNNYMEDE, Benjamin Disraeli, afterwards earl of Beaconsfield, a
volunteer correspondent.
SENEX, Grote (died in 1871), a volunteer correspondent.
S. G. O., the Rev. Lord Sidney Godolphin Osborne, a volunteer
correspondent.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, Dr. W. Howard Russell, famous for his letters
from the Crimēa, in 1854; from India, in 1857; from America, in 1861;
from Bohemia, in 1866; from France, on the Franco-Prussian war, in
1870-71; etc. Occasionally, Captain Hozier has acted as “Our Own
Correspondent.”
VETUS, Capt. Edw. Sterling, a volunteer correspondent.
VIATOR, John Alexander Kinglake, a volunteer correspondent.
⁂ Paper is supplied from the Taverham Mills; _ink_ by Messrs. Fleming
and Co., Leith, and by Messrs. Blackwell and Co., London; _Daily
Issue_, between 70,000 and 80,000, which can be thrown from the press
in two hours; _Working Staff_, 350 hands.
Called “The Thunderer” from an article contributed by Captain E.
Sterling, beginning: “We thundered forth the other day an article on
the subject of social and political reform;” and “The Turnabout,”
because its politics jump with the times, and are not fossilized whig
or tory.
=Tim´ias=, King Arthur’s squire. He went after the “wicked foster,”
from whom Florimel fled, and the “foster,” with his two brothers,
falling on him, were all slain. Timias, overcome by fatigue, now fell
from his horse in a swoon, and Belphœbê, the huntress, happening to
see him fall, ran to his succor, applied an ointment to his wounds,
and bound them with her scarf. The squire, opening his eyes,
exclaimed, “Angel or goddess; do I call thee right?” “Neither,”
replied the maid, “but only a wood-nymph.” Then was he set upon his
horse and taken to Belphœbê’s pavilion, where he soon “recovered
from his wounds, but lost his heart” (bk. iii. 6). In bk. iv. 7
Belphœbê subsequently found Timias in dalliance with Amoret, and
said to him, “Is this thy faith?” She said no more, “but turned her
face and fled.” This is an allusion to Sir Walter Raleigh’s amour with
Elizabeth Throgmorton (_Amoret_), one of the queen’s maids of honor,
which drew upon Sir Walter (_Timias_) the passionate displeasure of
his royal mistress, Queen Elizabeth, (_Belphœbê_).--Spenser, _Faëry
Queen_, iii. (1590).
=Timms= (_Corporal_), a non-commissioned officer in Waverley’s
regiment.--Sir W. Scott, _Waverley_ (time, George II.).