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- English Word Tiffed Definition of Tiff
- English Word Tiffin Definition A lunch, or slight repast between breakfast and dinner; -- originally, a Provincial English word, but introduced into India, and brought back to England in a special sense.
- English Word Tiffing Definition of Tiff
- English Word Tiffish Definition Inclined to tiffs; peevish; petulant.
- English Word Tift Definition A fit of pettishness, or slight anger; a tiff.
- English Word Tig Definition A game among children. See Tag.
- English Word Tig Definition A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment.
- English Word Tigella Definition That part of an embryo which represents the young stem; the caulicle or radicle.
- English Word Tigelle Definition Same as Tigella.
- English Word Tiger Definition A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also royal tiger, and Bengal tiger.
- English Word Tiger Definition Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person.
- English Word Tiger Definition A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.
- English Word Tiger Definition A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger.
- English Word Tiger Definition A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
- English Word Tiger's-foot Definition A name given to some species of morning-glory (Ipomoea) having the leaves lobed in pedate fashion.
- English Word Tiger-eye Definition A siliceous stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much used for ornament. It is an altered form of the mineral crocidolite. See Crocidolite.
- English Word Tiger-foot Definition Same as Tiger's-foot.
- English Word Tiger-footed Definition Hastening to devour; furious.
- English Word Tigerine Definition Tigerish; tigrine.
- English Word Tigerish Definition Like a tiger; tigrish.
- English Word Tigh Definition A close, or inclosure; a croft.
- English Word Tight Definition of Tie
- English Word Tight Definition p. p. of Tie.
- English Word Tight Definition Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.
- English Word Tight Definition Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight.
- English Word Tight Definition Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.
- English Word Tight Definition Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
- English Word Tight Definition Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings.
- English Word Tight Definition Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.
- English Word Tight Definition Handy; adroit; brisk.