tibiale 
tarsus, the inner one of the proximal row of 
tarsal bones on the tibial side of the tarsus, in 
especial relation with the tibia, as is the astray 
alus, which is by some supposed to lie tlic tilii- 
ale, while others consider that the astragalus. 
besides representing the tihialc. includes also 
the bone calli'd inlri'nii-iliiiin. Sec cuts under 
li'lilln/ii.iiiiiriii, /Vc.s-ii/.s-.ii/i-iix. and turxi/x. 
tihialis (tib-i-a'lis), .; pi. tiiiiulrs (-lez). [XL. 
(sc. IIIII.S-CH/HX) : see lihinl. ] One of several mus- 
cles ..I the cms. or lower lee, and foot, in rela- 
tion with the tibia. TlbialiB anticus, a fusiform 
muscle arising chiefly from the external surface of the 
slmfl of the tibia, and Inserted mostly into the internal 
cuneiform. Also called anterior tiliial mitucle and hippi- 
eut. s.e. HI mi. Icrmtuefei. Tibialis posticus, a muscle 
arising chiefly from the posterior surface of the tibia and 
the inner surface of the tilxila. anil inserted chiefly Into 
the inleinal I'nneif'.nn anil -eaphoid. Also called nauti- 
rtw and ptmtenor tibial inu*cle. See cut under mtuwfel. 
Tibialis secundus, an occasional muscle of man, passing 
from the back of the tibia to the ligament of the ankle- 
joint. 
tibicen (ti-bi'sen), n. [L., < tibia, a flute, + 
ciinrrr. sing: see tibia and chant.] In nr. 
in iixic, a flute-player. 
tibicinate (ti-bis'i-nat), v. .; pret. and pp. ti- 
liii-iiiiilnl, ppr. tibicinating. [< LL. tibicinatus, 
pp. of tibicinare, play on the flute, < L. tibiceti 
(tibicin-), a flute-player: see tibicen.] To play 
on a flute. [Rare.] 
tibiofascialis (tib*i-6-fas-i-a'lis), n.; pi. tibio- 
fasciatrs (-lez). [NL., < Ulna, + fascia, fascia.] 
A small occasional muscle of man, upon the 
lower part of the tibia. 
tibiofemoral (tib'i-6-fem'o-ral), . [< tibia + 
femur (femor-) + -al.] Common to the tibia and 
the femur; femorotibial Tibiofemoral index, 
the ratio of the length of the tibia to that of the ft n. 
tibioflblllar (tib'i-6-fib'u-lar), a. [< tibia + 
fibula + -ar.] Of or pertaining to the tibia 
and the fibula : as, the tibiofibular articulations. 
Also tibioperoneal. 
tibiometatarsal (tib'i-6-met-a-tar'sal), a. [< 
tibia + metatarsus + -al.] In ornith., of or per- 
taining to the tibia and the metatarsus : as, the 
ankle-joint of a bird is apparently tibiometatar- 
sal, but in reality mediotarsal. 
tibioperoneal (tib'i-6-per-o-ne'al), n. [< tibia 
+ peroneum + -al.] Same as iibiofibtilar. 
tibiotarsal (tib*i-6-tar'sal), a. [< tibia + tar- 
sus + -al.] 1. In zool. and iifl<., of or pertain- 
ing to the tibia and the tarsus: as, tibiotarsal 
ligaments. 2. In entom., pertaining or com- 
mon to the tibia and the tarsus of an insect's 
leg: as, a tibiotarsal brush of hairs. 
Also tarsotibial. 
Tibiotarsal articulation, the ankle-joint of any mam- 
mal : opposed to medwtarsal or tarsotarml articulation. 
Tibiotarsal ligaments, ligament* running from the tibia 
to the astragalus : an anterior and a posterior are distin- 
guished in man. 
tibiotarsus (tib'i-o-tiir'sus), .; pi. tibiottirni 
(-si). [Nli., < tibia + tarsus.] In ornith., the 
tibia, which in a bird 
consists of a tibia prop- 
er with an epiphysis at 
its distal end, constitut- 
ed by the proximal por- 
tion of the tarsus, in 
adult life forming the 
so-called condyles of 
the tibia. 
An upper tarsal bone, or 
series of tarsal bones, fuses 
with the lower end of the 
tibia, making this leg-bone 
really a twio-targu*; and 
similarly, a lower bone or 
set of tarsal bones fuses with 
the upper end of the meta- 
tarsus, making this bone a 
tarso-meta tarsus. 
COUM, Key N. A. Birds, p. 121). 
Tiboucblna (tSb-Jj-ki'- 
nji), H. [NL. (Aublet, lil>ia ; cxtcrna , latera| vicw . D 
1 1 1 5), from the name lit end of left tibia, front view. 
Guiana.] A genus of 
polypetalous plants, type of the tribe Tibouchi- 
iit-.T in the order Mi-liixti>niti<'i,T. It is characteriied 
by flowers with a hirsute or chaffy calyx ; flve obovate pet- 
als, usually unequal andretuse; ten stamens, equal or near- 
ly so, and with slender equal arcuate anthers opening by 
a small pore ; and a live-celled ovary, wholly or mostly su- 
perior, with the summit hairy or bristly. There are 174 
species, natives of tropical America, especially of Krazil. 
They are shrubs, or rarely herbs, sometimes climbers, and 
commonly rough-hairy. They usually bear larjje, runn 
eeous, entire, and three- to seven-nerved leaves, and c.m 
spicuous violet or purple flowers lx>rne in mueh-braiichcil. 
repeatedly three-forked panicles. Many species known 
as gpider-jUwfr (which see) are cultivated for their hand- 
some flowers, often under the former generic names J'le- 
roma and Lnsiatidra. T. ganncHtjtxa is the !vm\im 
glory-bush. 
Tiboucbineae (tin i.-kin'r-c). . /,i. [XL. (Co- 
Kiiiitux, isss), < Tiliniii-ln'ini + -i;r.\ A tribe of 
plants, of the order Mi l,isti,iii<n; ,/ , in. -hiding 
L'n "vncra, of which THmm-limn is the type. 
tic 1 (tik), w. [r'onnci-ly // (tO li,-IJ>)\ < V.I,,- 
(<>F. also //;(/. tii-i/Hi't), a twitching, a disease 
of horses; esp. in the phrase tic aiiulovreiu , 
painful twitching,' facial neiirulgia; cf. tic, a 
vicious habit, = It. ticchio, a ridiculous habit, 
whim, caprice; origin uncertain.] A habitual 
spasmodic contraction of certain muscles, es- 
pecially of the face; twitching; vellication: 
especially applied to tic-douloureux, or facial 
neuralgia. See tic-d&uloureux. 
tic 2 , tic-bird (tik, tik'berd), n. [Appar. imita- 
tive. Cf. T<MTIU, t'H'k, ink.] An African beef- 
eater or ox-pecker; an ox-bird. See cuts under 
liiijiliaga and Text/or. 
tical (tik'al or ti'kal), . [Also teecal, teeul; < 
British Burmese ti'l.-nl. a word of obscure origin, 
the true Burmese word being I; nut, and the Sia- 
mese word bat.] A weight now used in Burma 
and Siani. and formerly in many other places 
in the Indies, equal to about 230 grains troy ; 
also, a current silver coin of Sia in. worth 2*. Irf. 
(about 50 United States cents). 
tic-dquloureux (tik'd8-16-re'), n. [F.: tic, 
a twitching; douloureux, painful: see tie 1 and 
dolorous.] A severe form of facial neuralgia ; 
prosopalgia. It Is characterized by a sudden attack of 
very acute pain, attended with convulsive twitvhings of 
the muscles of the face, and continuing from a few minutes 
to several hours. Often called simply tic. 
ticet (tis), f. t. [< ME. tijien,tyseii,< OF. tiger, 
entice: see entice, of which E. tice is in part an 
aphetic form.] To entice; seduce. 
Fro thens-forth she '//''/ eucr Merlin to come speke 
with hlr. Merlin (E. E. T, 8.), III. 418. 
What strong enchantments tiff my yielding soul ! 
Marloire, Tamlmrlaine, 1., L 11. 
ticementt (tis'ment), . [< tice + -nient; or by 
apheresis from enticement.] Allurement; en- 
ticement; seduction. Imp. Diet. 
Tichborne case. See cei. 
Tichodroma (ti-kod'ro-mil), n. [NL. (Illiger, 
1811), < Gr. rclxof, a wall)' + -dyxy/or, < Afia/triv, 
run.] That genus which contains the wall- 
tr.ii;.du*, a bone of the tarsus: 
CM. cneini.il process of tibia : T. 
tibia: F, fibula. . /. right til>l.i. 
external lateral view : K, right 
I of left 
Wall-creeper < Tithodroma muraria). 
creepers, T. muraria and others, and gives name 
to the Tichodrominse. See tcall-crecper. 
tichodrome (ti'ko-drom), n. A bird of the ge- 
nus Tieliodroma. 
Tichodrominae (ti'ko-dro-mi'ne), w. pi. [NL., < 
Tichodroma + -ilia?.] A subfamily of Certlii- 
idfe, or creepers, represented by the genus Ti- 
chodroma; the wall-creepers. 
ticborbine (ti'ko-rin), a. and H. [< Gr. rti^oc, 
wall, + fair, (pii'-), nose.] I. a. Having an os- 
sified nasal septum: specifying a rhinoceros. 
See II. Oicfii, Palaeontology, p. 366. 
H. H. A fossil rhinoceros (Rhinoceros ticho- 
rhin us), so called from the median vertical bony 
septum or wall which supports the nose. Oin-ii . 
tick 1 (tik). i: [Also dial, tiff; < ME. *fir*rii. 
tikken = D. HHMi = LG. MMM, > G. tirkm. 
touch lightly, pat; prob. a secondary form of 
MD. tuckfii. !</,< , etc., touch (whence ult. E. 
touch : see touch), or else ult. a secondary form 
of take, or of the fonn represented bv Goth. 
If kaii. touch: see take, and cf. tag*. The word 
has a diminutive effect, and with ref. to sound is 
regarded as imitative (cf. Mcfc-ttMtl, tirk-tnfl,-). 
Hence ficA-i, M. Of. tickle.] I. iiitrnns. 1. To 
touch or tap something lightly, or with a small 
sharp sound ; tap slightly, as a bird when pick- 
ing up its food: peck. 2. To emit a slight re- 
curring click, like that of a watch or clock. 
On one wall ticlvd a eloek without a case, its weights 
dangling to the floor. S. JudJ, Margaret, ii- -- 
tick 
At night when the doors are shut. 
And the wood-worm picks, 
And the death-watch licki. 
Browning, Mesmerism. 
To tick and toyt, t> indulge In playful love pats, or the 
like : dally. 
stand not MMng and laying at the branches, ... but 
strike at the root. Latimtr, Sermon l f. l..lw. VI.. 1660. 
I'ntn her repairs. 
Where her flocks are feeding. 
Sit and tick and toy, 
Till set lie the snnne. 
England'* Helicon (\nt). (Xaret.) 
II. froji*. 1. To touch lightly, as in the game 
of tag or tig; tag. [Obsolete or dialectal.] 
2. To place a dot on, over, or against; mark 
with or as with a tick or dot: as, to tick one's i's 
in writing; to set a dot against, aa in checking 
off the items in a list or catalogue; check by 
writing down a small mark : generally with nff. 
When I had got all my responsibilities down upon my 
list, I compared each with the bill and ticktd It off. 
Diekenl. 
3. To note or mark by or as by the regular 
clicking of a watch or clock. 
I do not suppose that the ancient clocks ticked or no- 
ticed the seconds. 
Toilet, Note on Hhakspear's Winter's Tale. (Latham.) 
tick 1 (tik), n. [Also dial, tig; < ME. fe = MD. 
tick, D. tik = LG. tikk, a touch, pat, tick (cf. It. 
tecca, a small spot, < Teut.); from the verb.] 
1. A slight touch or tap; a pat. [Obsolete or 
dialectal.] 
Play out your play lustily ; for Indeed tick* and dalliances 
are nothing in earnest 
Sir f. Sidney (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 300). 
1 . ii .1, If the peevish infant fights, and fifes 
With unpared weapons at his mother's eyes, 
Her frowns (half-mixed with smiles) may chance to show 
Ait angry* love-tick on his arm or so. 
Quartet, Emblems, III. vi. 42. 
2. A slight sharp sound, as that made by a light 
tap upoq some hard object ; also, a recurring 
click or beat, as of a watch or clock. 3t. The 
game known in the United Kingdom as ';;/. 
and in the United States as tag. See tag*. 
At Bood-wlnke, Uarley-breake. at Tick, or Prison-hose. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, xxx. 34. 
4. A dot or slight mark : as, the tirk over the 
letter i ; the tick used in checking off the items 
in a list or catalogue. 5. A small spot or color- 
mark on the coat of an animal. 6. A speck ; a 
particle; a very small quantity. [Colloq.] 
Faith will confidently . . . assure thee . . . that the least 
if el. befalls thee not without the overruling eye and hand, 
not only of a wise God, but of u tender Father. 
Rec. S. Ward, Sermons, p. 34. 
Magnetic tick. See magnetic. 
tick- (tik), ii. [< ME. tike, tyke, tfke. < AS. *fij 
or *tica (found once as tieia, appar. an error for 
'tiica, i. e. "tica, or for "ticca) = MD. teke, tcecke, 
D. tee kt = MLG. LG. tekc = MHG. zeche, G. zecke 
(cf. F. tique = It. ;ecca, < Teut.), a tick. Cf. 
Armenian fir, tick.] 1. One of many different 
kinds of mites or acnrines which are external 
parasites of various animals, including man. 
(a) A mite of the family Ixodida, and especially of the ge- 
nus Ixodeg; a wood-tick ; a dog-tick : a cattle-tick. There 
ore many species, found in the woods and field?, capable 
of independent existence, but liable to fasten upon dogs, 
cattle, etc., forming temporary parasites. They bury the 
head in the skin of the host, and hang there sucking the 
t.li .1 nl until they swell up enormously, lose their hold, and 
drop off. They ore annoying, but not poisonous or espe- 
cially dangerous. The cattle-tick Is Imdei bovit; the 
seed-tick is the young form of the same species ; the dog- 
tick is /. ricinut. See Ixodet, and cut under Acarida. (4) 
A mite of the spurious family Leptidtr ; a harvest-tick, 
-mite, or -bug. See harcest tick (with cut). 
Hence 2. With a qualifying term, a member 
of the dipterous family Hippoboscidy. Those of 
the genus Ornithomyia ore bird-tick* ; the heep-tick is 
Mflophai/us orintu (see cut under theep-tick) : the honte- 
tick Is llippobotca eatuna. The bat-tickt belong to the re- 
lated dipterous family SitctrribiiiijF. 
3. The tick-bean Persian tick. See Pmian and 
Argot. 
tick 11 (tik), n. [Early mod. E. also trkr, tike ; 
< ME. teke = 'M.T>. tijcke, 1). lijk = OHG. -iVr/m. 
MHG. G. zieche = IT. tiacli. a case, tick. = Olt. 
'> en, a case, pod, = OF. taie, taue (> ME. ttye, E. 
dial, tie, tye: see tie*), a case, DOX, coffer, tick, 
F. taie, pillow-case, < L. theea, ML. also teca. 
teclia, Gr. Or/mi, a case, box, chest, cover, sheath, 
< TiBrvat (/ fle), put, place, = E. do : see rfo 1 , and 
cf. theca, the L. word in technical use.] 1. The 
cover or case of a bed, which contains the fea- 
thers, hair, corn-shucks, moss, or other mate- 
rials conferring softness and elasticity. 
Hogsheads, Chests, Tikrt, and sacks stuffed full of moist 
earth. Uaktuiifi Vwjayet, II. 124. 
2. Ticking. 
Cotton ticknarr plain and twilled In imitation of lines 
tifkf. Ill Catalaytie .. Krhihitimi, 1851, London. 
