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A DICTIONARY OF 
Timothy G-rass. PhJeum iiratense^ L. — See Grass, Timothy. W. 
Ellis, writing in 1750, calls it St. Timothy Grass and St. Timothy 
Seed. It is sometimes simply Timothy (5om.). 
Tine. Wild vetch or tare.’ Hal. (1) F^c^V^ /wVswto, Koch. 
‘ Erom wheat go and rake out the titters or tine.^ 
Tusser (Five Hundred Points, E. D. S. ed., p. 113). 
(2) Vida Cracca, L. Ellis, Modern Husbandman (Tyne). 
Tine-gp:ass. (1) Vicia Cracca, L. 
(2) V. hirsuta, Koch. Ellis, Modem Husbandman. (Tyne-grass.) 
Tine-tare. (1) Vicia liirsuta, Koch. Annals of Agriculture, i. 315 
(1784). 
(2) Latliyrus tuberosus, L. — Ess. (Ongar) Journ. Linn. Soc. (Botany), 
V. 188. 
Tine-weed. Vicia Jiirsuta, 'Koch. Ellis, Modern Husbandman (Tyne- 
weed). 
Tinker-tailor Grass. (1) Plantago lanceolata, L. — Som. ‘ So called 
from a game played by girls.’ Mr. Elworthy. 
(2) Lolium yerenne, L. — Dev. (Tinker Tailor), ‘from the game played 
by means of it.’ Friend. 
Tipsen-leaves. Hypericum Androscemum, L. — A corruption of 
Tutsan, which see ; Bucks. ; N. Dev. (Titsy-leaf, or Tipsy-leaf) ; 
Corniu. (Titzen). 
Tisty-tosty. Cfr. Paddock-pipe. Friend. 
(1) Kerria japonica, L. — Dev. Friend. 
(2) Viburnum Opulus, L. (garden form) Dev. Friend. The flowers 
of each form a ball, thus recalling the cowslip balls used by children, 
which are called a tosty or a tisty-tosty. See Hal. 
Tithymall. Euphorbia. Prior, p. 235. Hal. has Titimall. 
Titson. See Tutsan. 
Titsy-leaf. See Tipsen-leaves. 
Titters. ‘A kind of weed.’ Hal. Wr. In Tusser (Five Hundred 
Points, E. D. S. ed.) it is synonymous with Tine (which see), and 
probably refers to Vicia hirsuta, Koch. 
Tittle my Fancy. Viola tricolor, L. — Norf. Holl. 
Tivers. Galium Aparine, L. — S. Bucks. A corruption of Clivers. 
Toad Flax. A common book-name for (1) Linar ia vulgaris. Mill. 
Lyte. Prior, p. 235. Coles (A. in E. 313) hazards the conjecture that 
it was given ‘ because toads will sometimes shelter themselves amongst 
the branches of it.’ (!) 
(2) Spergula arvensis, L. — dies. See Flax, Toad. 
Toad-flax, Bastard. Thesium linophyllum, L. — Prior, p. 235. 
Toad-flax, Yellow. Linaria vulgaris. Mill. — N. and E. Yks. 
Toad-flower. Stachys sylvatica, L. — Yks. 
