tintamar 
Nor Is there any Motion or the leant tintamar of Trou- 
hie In any 1'art of the Country, which IB rare In France. 
HOUV/I, l..-ttl>|-S, I. L 10. 
tint-block (tint 'l>!ok), . In printinij, a sin-fan- 
of wood or metal prepared for printing typo- 
graphically the background or ground-tint of a 
page or an illustration in two or niori lore. A 
ruled tint has faint niiil clout- parallel white line* on its sur- 
face. A crtiggfd tint IWH lines crowing one another. Afmt 
with A/.;/, li'ilii* has bits or patches of white cut out In the 
places where glints of while are needed to Rive effect to 
the engraving. Tinted pi intiiiK-surfauesareoftenest made 
by t'ntii ;n iim h\ hand or by a ruling-machine. The appear- 
ance of Hut surfaces of cloth, smooth wood, marble, or 
grained leather Is often produced by pressing the mate- 
rial selected upon a heated plate of soft metal. 
tint-drawing (tint'dra'ing), n. The drawing 
of objects or surfaces in water-color or a wash 
of uniform tint, or of varying shades of the game 
tint, as the subject may require. 
tinter (tin'ter), H. [< tintl + -!.] 1. A per- 
son who tints, or an instrument for tinting. 
2. A slide of plain colored glass, as pink or 
blue, used with the magic lantern to give moon- 
light or sunrise effects, or the like, to pictures 
from plain or uncolored slides. 
tinternellt, n. [Cf. OF. tinton, a kind of dance, 
the burden of a song, the ting of a bell, < tinter, 
ring: see ting.'] A certain old dance. HaUiwcll. 
tintiness (tin'ti-nes), n. The state or condition 
of being ttnty. 
What painters call tiuttiuwiwhen they observe that the 
brilliancy of local tints severally affects their harmony and 
the tertlaxies are weak. Athenteum, No. 8073, p. 377. 
tinting (tin'ting), n. [Verbal n. of tinfl, .] 
In line-engraving, the method or act of produ- 
cing an even and uniform shading by cutting a 
series of parallel lines on the plate or block. 
tintinnabula, n. Plural of tintinnabulum. 
tintinnabulant (tin-ti-nab'u-lant), a. [< L. ttn- 
tinnabulum, a bell (see tintinniibulum), + -ant.} 
Same as tintinnabular. [Rare.] 
Frappant and tiiitiiiimbulant appendages [knockers and 
bells]. //. .S'mifA, Rejected Addresses, x. 
tintinnabular (tin-ti-nab'u-lar), a. [< L. tin- 
tinnabulum, a bell, + -ar 3 .] Of or relating to 
bells or their sound. 
tintinnabulary (tin-ti-nab'u-la-ri), a. Same as 
tintinnabular. Siilwer, Pelham, xxv. [Rare.] 
tintinnabulation (tin-ti-nab-u-la'shon), n. [< 
L. tiittinnabulum, a bell, + -ation.} The ring- 
ing of a bell or of bells ; a sound like that of 
ringing bells. 
The tintinnabulation that so musically wells 
From the bells, . . . 
From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells. 
Poo, The Bells. 
tintinnabulous (tin-ti-nab'u-lus), a. [< L. tin- 
tinnabulum, a bell, + -ous.~\ Given to or char- 
acterized bv the ringing of a bell, or the mak- 
ing of bell-like sounds. 
I, and many others who suffered much from his [the 
college porter's] tintinnabulmt* propensities, . . . have 
forgiven him. De Quincey, Opium Eater, p. 84. 
tintinnabulum (tin-ti-nab'u-lum), n. ; pi. tin- 
tinnabula i -lip. [< L. tintinnabulum, a bell (cf. 
ML. tintinnum, OF. tantan, a cow-bell), < tin- 
tinnare, ring, clink, jangle, redupl. of tinnire, 
tinire, ring, tinkle: see tinnient, tingl.} 1. A 
bell ; specifically, a grelot : especially applied 
to such an object of antique Roman origin. 
2. A rattle formed of small bells or small 
plates of metal. 
Tintinnidffl (tin-tin'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Tin- 
tinnus + -idee.} A family of heterotrichous 
(formerly supposed to be peritriehous) ciliate 
mfusorians, typified by tne genus Kntinnus. 
These animalcules are free-swimming or sedentary, and 
mostly inhabit a lorica, or Indurated sheath, to the bottom 
oroide of which the ovate or pyrlform body is attached by 
a retractile pedicle or filament from the posterior end of 
the body. The mouth is eccentric, terminal or nearly so, 
with circular peristome fringed with large curate cilia. 
The general cuticular surface is more or less completely 
clothed with flue vlbratllu cilia. Genera besides the type 
are Tintinnidium, Vasicola, and Stroinbidiwtpsis. Usually 
written Tintinnodie. 
TintinnU8(tin-tm'us),. [NL. (Schrank, 1803), 
< L. tintinnarc, ring: see tintinnabulum.} The 
typical genus of Tintinnidit, containing free 
loricate forms adherent by a retractile pedicle. 
These animalcules are all marine, and under the micro- 
scope display great agility. There are many species, such 
as T. inquilintti. 
tintless (tint'les), a. [< f/M + -/<*..] Having 
no tint ; colorless. Charlotte .Bronte, Villette, xii. 
tintometer (tin-tom'e-ter), n. [< tint 1 + Gr. 
/icrpov, measure.] An instrument or apparatus 
for determining tints or shades of color by com- 
parison with standard tints or shades. Lovi- 
bond's, one of the more recent and Improved instruments, 
consist* of a combination of standard colored glasses so 
6349 
arranged that all side light Is cat off. The tint to be de- 
termined is compared with (In- dlnVn -nt tints obtained 
by these combinations until one Is found which It match**. 
tint-tool (tint'tiil), n. In irniiil-i mini niuj, an im- 
plement used to cut parallel lines on a block, 
so as to produce a tint. It ha* a handle like that of 
the burin, but the blade Is thinner at the back, and deep- 
er, and the point-angle Is much more acute. See cut un- 
der graver. 
tinty (tin'ti), a. [< tintl + -yl.] Exhibiting 
discordant diversity or contrast of tints: in- 
harmoniously tinted or colored, as a painting. 
Atheneeuntj Feb. 4, 1888, p. 153. 
tintype (tin'tjp), n.. A photographic positive 
taken on a thin plate of japanned iron ; a fer- 
rotype. 
tinware (tin'war), . Wares of tin; articles, 
especially vessels for holding liquids, made of 
tin-plate. 
tin- Witts (tin' wits), . pi. Dressed tin ore con- 
taining so much pyrites, arsenic, or other dele- 
terious ingredients that it must be roasted or 
calcined in a reverberatory furnace, or in a spe- 
cially contrived calciner, before being passed 
through the processes of jigging, tossing, dillu- 
ing, etc. [Cornwall, Eng.] 
tin-works (tin'werks), n. sing, and pi. Works 
or an establishment for the mining or manu- 
facture of tin, or for the making of tin- 
ware. 
tin-wormt (tin'werm), n. A small red worm, 
round, and having many legs, much like a hog- 
louse. Bailey, 1731. 
tiny (ti'ni or tm'i), a. [Also teeny (common in 
childish use); formerly also tinny, tyny; early 
mod. E. and late ME. also tine, tyne; origin un- 
certain ; if the early forms tine, tyne are intend- 
ed for tiny, with which, at any rate, they have 
merged, the formation is prob. < tine'', var. teen 1 , 
trouble, sorrow, + -yi, the orig. sense of tiny 
being then 'fretful, peevish'; cf. peevish, teat- 
<..//. iiithli. a., ; m. I /../'. n., also applied esp. to 
children, and so coming, like tiny, to imply 
smallness of size, an implication derived also 
in the case of tiny from the adj. little usually 
preceding.] Very diminutive; minute; wee. 
It is frequently used with little as an Intensification of 
its force : as, a little tiny boy ; a tiny little piece of some- 
thing. 
Sec. Pa*. Haylle, lytylle tyne mop ! rewarder of mede ! . . . 
Ilaylle, lytylle m j Ik sop ! haylle, David sede ! 
Towneley Mysteries, p. 96. 
When that I was and a little tine boy, 
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain. 
Shot., T. N., v. 1. 898 (fol. 1628). 
All that heard a little tinny page. 
By his ladyes coach as he ran. 
Little Mtayrave and lady Barnard (Child's Ballads, 11.17). 
But Annie from her baby's forehead dipt 
A tiny curl, and gave it Tennyton, Enoch Arden. 
Tiny perches, the elassomes. 
-tipn. [ME. -lion, -don, -eioun, -dun, < OF. 
-tion, -don, -dun, also -yon, -son, -sun, F. -tion, 
-yon = Sp. -don = Pg. -cRo = It. -zione = D. 
-tie = G. -tion, < L. -tio(n-), a suffix of ab- 
stract nouns (many used as concrete), as in 
dic-tio(n-), saying, < dic-ere, say, acciua-tio(n-), 
accusation, < accusa-re, accuse, moni-tio(n-), 
warning, < mone-re, warn, audi-tio(n-), hearing, 
< audi-re, hear (see the corresponding E. 
words).] A suffix occurring in many abstract 
(and concrete) nouns of Latin origin. It appears, 
according to the Latin original, either without a preceding 
vowel, as in diction, action, reception, etc., or with a pre- 
ceding vowel, as In accusation, monition, audition, etc.. 
the vowel being often, however, radical, as in utation, 
completion, ambition, motion, ablution, revolution, etc. 
Preceded by -a-, the suffix has become a common English 
formative (see -atom). The suffix -ti<m after a radical - in 
the Latin stem appears as -non, as In misrion, patrion, 
etc. In words derived through the Old French It also 
appears as -non, as in beniion, malison, mention, veniton, 
etc. 
-tious. [ME. -tious, -dous, etc., < OF. -civs, 
-nous, -deux, -tieux, F. -tieux = Sp. Pg. -cioso = 
It. -~ioso, < L. -tiosus, being the suffix -osut (> E. 
-otis. -ose) added to stems in -f : see -out. The 
termination also represents in E. the L. adj. 
termination -ci, -tius, in -i-dus, -i-fiiw, prop. 
ic-iiiK, as in adrentidus, adventitius, adventi- 
tious.] A termination of many adjectives of 
Latin origin, some associated with nouns in 
-tion, as ambitious, expeditious, disputatious, 
etc., associated with ambition, expedition, dis- 
putation, etc. (see -atious, -itious). In some cases 
{he termination Is of other origin, as In aderntitiovt, fac- 
titious, fictitunu, etc. See the etymology, and the words 
mentioned. 
tip 1 (tip), w. [< MK. tii>, 'W- <i'/'p<' (not found 
in AS.) = MD. D. tip = LG. tipp = MHG. _-(>/ 
= Sw. tipp = Dan. tip, tip. end, point; also, in 
dim. form, MD. tijipel, tejtel, D. tepel. nipple, = 
MI hi. (J. -;>''<'. tip. point: MD. tiplcen, tip. 
tip 
nipple, D. tipje = LG. fi/</<-. tip. nipple; appar. 
a derived form, ami generally rciriirdcd as a 
dim., nf /"//' (<!. H/ito/i); hut tlic phonetic rela- 
tions present a difficulty. Cf. led. t<n>l>i, a tip, < 
toppr, top: see top 1 . Prob. two forms, one re- 
luted to toy* 1 , and the other related to lap 1 , are 
confused. So the verb tip'* is appar. related 
to tap 2 .] 1. The upper extremity or top part of 
any-tiling that is long and slender, tapering, or 
thin, especially if more or less pointed or round- 
i-<l: as the tip of a spire or of a spear; any 
pointed, tapering, or rounded end or extrem- 
ity ; the outer or exposed termination of any- 
thing running to or approximating a point: as, 
the tip of the tongue ; the tips of the lingers : the 
tip of an arrow (the apex of the arrow-head), of 
a cigar, or of a pen. 
In love, T faith, to the very Kp of the note. 
Shale., T. and C., ill. 1. 188. 
His earcs were not quite cutt off, only the upper part, 
his tippet were visible. 
.1 '!. ./, Lives (William l'i him-), note. 
Clomb above the eastern bar 
The horned Moon, with one bright star 
Within the nether tip. 
Couridge, Ancient Mariner, III 
The HIM cat off the fingers of her gloves. 
Thackeray, Pendennls, xxv. 
2. A small piece or part attached to or forming 
the extremity of something; an end-piece, an 
attached point, a ferrule, or the like: as, the 
iron or copper tips of some shoes ; the tip of a 
scabbard ; the tip of a gas-burner ; the tip of a 
stamen (the anther). 3. (a) The upper part 
of the crown of a hat. (h) The upper part of 
the lining of a hat. 4. A tool made of paste- 
board and long fine hair, used by gilders, as to 
lay the gold upon the edges of a book ; also, a 
piece of wood covered with Canton flannel, used 
by book-stampers. 
The gliding tip Is a thin layer of flexible hair held to- 
gether between two pieces of cardboard, and made of 
various widths, and the length of hair varies also. 
Gil.lrr'i Manual, p. S7. 
5. The separate piece or section of a jointed 
fishing-rod from the point of which the line 
runs off the rod through an eye, loop, or ring; 
a top. A tip made of split bamboo Is called a ipiartrr- 
ncctum tip, and by English makers a rent and glued tip. 
The soft Inner part of the bamlwo is removed, and only 
the hard, elastic exterior is used. 
6. Same us foothold, 2. From tip to tip, from the 
tip of one wing to the tip of the other wnen the wings are 
expanded : as, the eagle measured 6 feet from tip to tip. 
On the tip of one's tongue, Just on the point of being 
spoken. [Colloq. 1 
It was cm the tip of the boy's tongue to relate what had 
followed ; but ... he checked himself. 
Diclctns, Martin Chuzzlewit, xxix. 
tip 1 (tip), r. f. ; pret. and pp. tipped, ppr. tipjring. 
[<. ME. tippen; < tip 1 , n. Perhaps in part re- 
lated to tip 2 , .] To form, constitute, or cover 
the tip of ; make or put a tip to ; cause to ap- 
pear as a tip, top, or extremity. 
His felawe hadde a staf tipped with horn. 
Chaucer, Snmmoner's Tale, 1. Si 
That light, the breaking day, which fip> 
The golden-spired Apocalypse ! 
H'nittirr, Chapel of the Hennlti. 
tap, tip, = LG. tippen = Q. tup/en, tupfen, touch 
lightly, tap ; appar. a secondary form, felt as a 
dim., of tap 2 ; b u t the relation with tnp2 j g un- 
certain.] I. trans. 1. To strike or hit lightly; 
tap. 
A third rogue tipt me by the elbow. 
Swift, Bickerstaff Papers. 
2. To turn from a perpendicular position, as 
a solid object; cause to lean or slant; tilt; 
cant : usually implying but slight effort : as, to 
tip a bottle or a cart to discharge its contents ; 
to tip a table or a chair. 
The red moon tipped 
Her horns athwart the tide. 
U. P. Spo/ord, Poems, p. 98. 
3t. To overthrow; overturn. 
Type doan yonder toun. 
Alliterative Pocmi (ed. MorrisX Hi. 500. 
4. To throw lightly to another ; direct toward ; 
give ; communicate : as, to tip one a copper. 
[Slang.] 
Tip the Captain one of yonr broadsides. 
tioctet Ambrofianr, Sept., 1832. 
"Egad," said Mr. Coverley, "the baronet has a mind to 
tip us a touch of the heroics this morning ! " 
Him Barney, Evelina, Ixxvlll. 
5. To give private information to in regard to 
chances, as in betting or speculation. [Slang.] 
