tiresol 
tiresolt (ter'nol), >i. | >!'. /i;VMi/.< lin-r, draw, 
4- tot, sun : si-c lirf- iiml W. ] A sun-umbrella; 
a smiMKl'l'-. 
v-xt to wliinii i eth the Kins with a Tiretol ouer 
hfK head, to ket-pe lilt the Sunn. . 
I' nrfliiu, rilgriinugi:, p. 638. 
tiresome (tii-'simi), n. [< /;/<' + -.] 1. 
Tending to tin-; exhausting the strength ; fa- 
tiu'iiini;: as, ;i tirixiiiiiK journey. 
Being of ;i wuak constitution, in :in employment preca- 
rious and tirtmiitf, . . . this new weight of party malice 
had s! lurk yoil tli'M II. 
Sw\fl, To Dr. Sheridan, Sept. 11, 1728. 
2. Exhausting the patience or attention; wea- 
risome; tedious: prosy. 
It would be tiresome to detail all the troubles of the 
Copts under the tyranny of the Moos'lims. 
K. W. Lane, Modern I'.KJ jitiaiiB, II. 337. 
The bees keep their liretnnut' whine round the resinous fin 
on the lull. Browning, Up at a Villa. 
Ills generosity to his troops of tirtmmr cousins has been, 
at all events, without gracfouaness. 
The Academy, May 11, 1889, p. 330. 
= Syn. 1 and 2. Tedious, Irkmme, etc. See irearuome. 
2. IMill, humdrum. 
tiresomely (tir'sum-li), adv. In a tiresome 
manner; wearisomely. 
tiresomeness (tir'sum-nes), w. The state or 
quality of being tiresome ; wearisomeness ; te- 
uiousness. 
I should grow old with the Tiresomeness of living so 
long in the same Place, tho' it were Rome Itself. 
X. Bailey, tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, I. 346. 
tire-valiantt (th-'val'yant), n. A head-dress for 
women. 
Thou hast the right arched bent of the brow, that be- 
comes the ship-tire, the tire-valiant, or any tire of Vene- 
tian admittance. Shak., M. W. of W., 111. S. 80. 
tirewomant (tir'wum'an), n. ; pi. tirewomen 
(-wim'en). [< tire* + woman.] A woman em- 
ployed to dress, or to attend to the dressing or 
dresses of, others; a lady's-maid; a female 
dresser in a theater; a tiring-woman. 
The bride next morning came out of her chamber, 
dressed with all the art and care that Mrs. Toilet, the 
tin-woman, could bestow on her. Steele, Tatler, No. 79. 
tiriakt, it. An obsolete variant of theriac. 
tiriba, . [Bra/..] A small Brazilian wedge- 
tailed parrakeet, Coniirim leucotin, about 9 inch- 
es long, of a green color, with red on the head, 
wings, and tail, and white ear-coverts. 
tiring (tir'ing), n. [Verbal u. of tire*, r.] The 
act of dressing. 
tiring-houset (tir'ing-hous), . The room or 
place where players dress for the stage. 
This green plot shall be our stage, this hawthorn-brake 
our tiring-house. Ska*., M. N. D., 111. 1. 4. 
I was in the tinny-house awhile to see the actors drest. 
B. Joiumn, Staple of News, Ind. 
tiring-room (tir'ing-rom), . A dressing-rooin. 
Come to my tiring-room, girl ; we must be brave ; my 
lord comes hither to-night. Scott, Kenilworth, v. 
In the tiring-room close by 
The great outer gallery, 
With his holy vestments (light, 
Stood the new Pope, Theocrite. 
Browning, Boy and Angel. 
tiring-womant ( tir'ing -wuin'au), n. A tire- 
woman ; a female dresser, as in a theater. 
Elizabeth ll'epys] was particular In the choice of a tir- 
ing-woman. The Atlantic, LXVI. 760. 
tirite (ti'rit), w. A reed-like West Indian plant, 
Ixi-lniiisiphon Aroiima, of the Zingibcracex. 
tirl 1 (terl), r. [A dial. var. of twirl or of thirl*. 
Cf. tirtf.] I. intrans. 1. To quiver; vibrate; 
tin-ill; hence, to change or veer about, as the 
wind. JninifHon. 2. To produce a rattling 
or whirring; make a clatter, as by shaking or 
twirling something. To tirl at or on the pin, to 
shake the latch of a door by means of a projecting pin of 
the thumb-piece, nnd thus make a rattling noise as a sig- 
nal to those inside that one wishes to enter. Also to tirl 
the pin. 
Lang stood she at her true love's door, 
And lung tirl'd at the pin. 
Fair Annie of Loehroyan (Child's Ballads, II. 100). 
Whan they cam to her father's yett (gate), 
She tiii'-'f on the vin. 
Karl llichard (Child's Ballads, III. 401). 
II. tnin.f. 1. To twirl; whirl or twist. 
O how they bend their backs and lingers tirle (in playing 
an instrument). Muses Threnmiie, p. 133. (Jamuton.) 
2. To strip or pluck off quickly. 
And off his coatthay tirlii ! tho mum, 
Ami on him kcst ane syde clarklygoun. 
Pries''." 1'i-Hit, *. I'. 11. . i. :>. (Jamieton.) 
When tho wind iilnu- Mull ;t!nl tn-1* our strae. 
Silhtdab Song, p. 38. 
3. To strip of souu-thing; vim-over: unroot: 
divest, as of covering or raiment. 
399 
MM 
Suppose then they should tirte ye bre, 
And gar ye (Ike. 
Ramsay, Poems, I. .ton. (Jamitton.) 
[Scotch in all uses.] 
To tirl the pin. See to tirl at the pin, under I. 
tirl 1 (terl). . [< lii-n, c.J 1. A twirl or 
whirl; a vibration, or something vibrating or 
whirling. 
The young swankles on the green 
Took round a inerrie tirle. 
Knmsay, 1'oems, I. aw. (Jamieson.) 
2. A turn ; a try. 
She would far rather had a tirrlr 
From an Aquavitae barrel. 
detatia, Poems, p. 23. (Jaminon.) 
[Scotch in both uses.] 
tin- (terl), M. [< tirfl, r., as a var. of ttirM, r. ] 
A substitute for a trundle-wheel or lantern- 
wheel in a mill. It has 12 arms consisting of boards 
set in an upright wooden shaft about 4 feet long, with an 
iron spindle which passes up through the nether millstone, 
and Is fastened to and turns the upper one. See tirl mill. 
(Shetland.) 
tirlie-whirlie (ter'li-hwer'li), . and n. [< fiV/i 
+ ir/nY/ 1 , with dim. termination.] I. n. 1. A 
whirligig, teetotum, or similar toy. 2. An or- 
namental combination of irregular or twisting 
lines. 
II. a. Intricate; irregular; twisting. 
The air 's free enough ; . . . the monks took care o' that ; 
. . . they hae contrived queer (trhV-irirfi* holes.that ging 
out to the open air, and keep the stair as caller as a Kail- 
blade, flcott, Antiquary, xxi. 
[Scotch in all uses.] 
tirl-mill (teri'mil), n. A mill in which a tirl is 
used. [Shetland.] 
One of the primitive grinding mills called the "tirl" 
mill* of Shetland. Set. Atner., N. S., LI V. 292. 
tirma (ter'mft), n. The oyster-catcherg Hs- 
matopus OftnKpU. C. Sicainxon. [Hebrides.] 
tirnet, . '. A Middle English form of turn. 
tirot, . The more correct spelling of tyro. 
tirocinium (ti-ro-sin'i-um), n. [L., < tiro, a raw 
recruit: see tyro.] The first service of a sol- 
dier ; hence, the first rudiments of any art ; a 
novitiate. The word is used by Cowper as a 
title for a poem on schools. 
tiroire (F. pron. te-rwor'), . [F.] A tail-like 
appendage to a hawk's hood. See hood. 
tirolite, . See tyrolite. 
tiront (ti'roii), ii. [Also tyrone; < F. "tiron = Sp. 
tirtm = It. tirone, < L. tiro(n-), recruit, novice: 
see tyro.] A tyro. 
T-iron (te'i'ern), n. An angle-iron having a 
flat flange and a web, and in section resembling 
the letter T. Also written tee-iron. 
Tironian (ti-ro'ni-an), . [< L. Tironianus, of 
or pertaining to Tiro, < Tiro(n-), Tiro (see def .).] 
Of or pertaining to Tiro, the learned freed- 
man, pupil, and amanuensis of Cicero. Tlro- 
nian notes, the stenographic signs or system of signs 
used by the ancient Romans. This system, though older 
than Tiro, and probably Greek In origin, was named after 
him, apparently as the first extensive practitioner of the 
art of stenography in Rome. In it parts of the ordinary let- 
ters, or modifications of these parts, represent the letters. 
Several of these modifications answered to one consonant, 
each of them representing the consonant with a different 
vowel. In addition to this, words were much abbreviated, 
and in course of time the total outline of a syllable or word 
so written often became more or lew conventionalized. 
The number of such signs amounted to five thousand or up- 
ward. Although Involving long training and a consider- 
able strain on the memory, this system seems to have prac- 
tically answered all the purposes of modern stenography. 
It was still In familiar use as late as the ninth century. 
From these Tironian notes (nntir Tironiaiue) the short- 
hand-writers were called notaries (notarii). 
tironismt, . See tyronixm. 
tirr (tir), r. t. [A dial. var. of tfrei, < ME. 
firm, etc.: see fire 2 , tear 1 .] To tear; un- 
cover; unroof; strip; pare off with a spade, 
as sward, or soil from the top of a quarry. 
[Scotch.] 
tirra-lirra (tir'ii-lir'a), . [An imitative var. 
of "tirelire (= LG. MnfaV), < OF. tiretirr, tire- 
li/rt, the warbling of a lark, < tirelirer ( > LG. tier- 
liren ) (= Olt. tirelirare), warble as a lark ; a rim- 
ing word appar. of imitative intent.] The note 
of "a lark, a horn, or the like. 
The lark that (irrnWyra chants. Shot., W. T., iv. 8. 9. 
" TirraJirra " by the river 
Sang Sir Lancelot. 
Trnnyfon, Lady of Shalott, III. 
tirret (tir'et), H. [Also tiret ; < OF. tiret, draft, 
pull, tug, line, etc., dim. of tire, draft, pull: see 
tii-i-'*.] If. A leather strap for hawks, hounds, 
etc. Utilliiri-ll. 2. In her., a bearing repre- 
senting the swivel part of a fetter or prisoner' > 
chain : it is sometimes said to represent a pair 
of handcuffs, and there is confusion between 
this bearing and turrrl. 
tissue 
tinit (tir'it), . [Appiir. intended BH blunder 
tortermi: for the terininiiliiin. i-f. irnrril.] Ter- 
ror; affright : a fanciful word put by Klnikspcrc 
into the mouth of Mrs. (^uiekly. 
Here's a goodly tumult ! I'll forswear keeping house, 
afore I'll he In these tirrit* and fright*. 
Hhnlt., 2 Hen. IV., II. 4. :<!. 
tirrivee, tirrivie itir'i-ve, -vi). . [.\pp;n-. >. 
capricious word, vaguely imitative. <T. /<>->. 
f'H-'l.] A fit of passion, cspi-oially when >-\ 
travagantly disphiyed. s by prancing, stamp- 
ing, etc. ; a tantrum. JiiiiiiriiiHi. [Scotch.] 
A very weel-meanlng good-natured man, . . . and In- 
deed so was the Laird o' Glennaquolch too ... when he 
wasna In ane o' his tirrivia. Scott, Waverley, Ulx. 
tirwhitt, " Same its tiririt. 
tirwit(ter'wit), . [Formerly also tinrlnt; im- 
itative.] The common European lapwing or 
pewit, KOM0M cristatus. See cut under \n\i- 
irinij. 
tiry (tir'i), a. [< firei + -y 1 .] In a tired con- 
dition; liable to become tired, or to give out 
from fatigue. [Colloq.] 
My horse began to be so tiry that he would not slim- 
on.- foote. Coryat, Crudities, I. 33, sig. I). 
'tis (tiz). A contraction of it in, very common 
in prose speech and writing in the seventeen tli 
and eighteenth centuries, but now chiefly used 
in poetry. The colloquial contraction of it is is 
it '. [In recent times often printed with an in- 
termediate space, 't is.] 
tisant, " An obsolete spelling otptinan. 
tisane (te-zan') ( n. [F.: see ptigan.] A de- 
coction with medicinal properties. Compare 
ptisan. Tisane de Champagne, a quality of cham- 
pagne wine, lighter and less heady than ordinary cham- 
pagnes, iaroiix*-. Tisane de Feltz, a decoction of 
sarsaparilla, isinglass, and sulphuret of antimony, officinal 
In the French Codex. It was formerly reputed to be an 
excellent antisyphllltic remedy. 
tisar, a. In (ilnxx-manuf., the fireplace or fur- 
nace used to heat the annealing-arch for plate- 
glass. 
Tischeria (ti-she'ri-a), n. [NL. (Zeller, 1839). 
named after Von fischer (1777-1849), a Ger- 
man naturalist.] An important genus of tine- 
id moths, of the family Lithocolletidee, of minute 
size and wide distribution. Their larva: make large 
fiat mines on the upper side of the leaves of various plants. 
About 20 species occur in the I'nited States. T. mal\foli- 
etta is a well-known apple-leaf feeder. 
tishewt, " An old spelling of timtue. 
Tishri, Tisri (tish'ri, tiz'ri), . [Heb. tishri, < 
Chald. xlitrd, open, begin.] The first month of 
the Hebrew civil year, and the seventh of the 
ecclesiastical, answering to a part of our Sep- 
tember and a part of October. 
tisict.tisicalt.etc. Obsolete spellings of phthisic. 
etc. 
Tisiphone (ti-sif'o-ne), w. [L., < Gr. "riot+6vr/, 
Tisiphone, lit. 'avenger of murder,' < rivtiv, re- 
pay, requite, + $6vos, murder.] 1. In classi- 
cal myth., one of the Furies, the others being 
Alecto and Megra. 2. [NL.] In sool., a 
generic name of certain insects and reptiles. 
ffubner; Fiteintjer. 
Tissa (tis'ft), n. [NL. (Adanson, 1763).] A ge- 
nus of plants, the sand-spurreys. belonging to 
the order Caryophyllacex, and also known as 
Buda (Adanson, 1763), Kpergularia (Persoon, 
1805), and Lejrigoiium (Fries, 1817). The names 
Tissa and Buda were both first assigned to the genus in 
the -anie book and on the same page ; and, as priority Is 
considered to attach to Tissa, the name first printed on the 
page, all the others become synonyms. See Speryularia. 
tissickt, H. An obsolete spelling of phthisic. 
tisso (tis'o), n. Same as teego. 
tissue (tish'6), n. and a. [< ME. tixsue, tishev, 
tifiseic, tyssew, tyttseu, < OF. tissn, a ribbon, fillet, 
head-band, or belt of woven stuff, < tissn, m. . tin- 
tut, t., woven, plaited, interlaced, pp. of 'tistre 
= Pr. teisser = Sp. tejer = Pg. tecer = It. tessere, 
< L. tejrere, weave : see text.] I. w. 1. A woven 
or textile fabric; specifically, in former times, 
a fine stuff, richly colored or ornamented, and 
often shot with gold or silver threads, a variety 
of cloth of gold ; now, any light gauzy texture, 
such as is used for veils, or, more indefinitely, 
any woven fabric of fine quality: a generic 
word, the specific sense of which in any use is 
determinable only by its connection or quali- 
fication. 
The flrstc thousand, that Is of Dukes, of Erles. of Mar- 
qnyses and of Amyralles, alle clothed In Clothes of Gold, 
with Tysteux of grene Silk. MandrriUt, Travels, p. 'its 
The rpper garment of the stately Queen 
Is rich gold Tissue, on a ground of green. 
Sylvester, tr. of I)u Bartas's Weeks, II., The Decay. 
His skill In the Judgment of rich lismiei ... is exceed- 
ing. J. r O.;>rr. Water-Witch, XXrti. 
