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the representations in ancient painting or sculpture, which 
we have yet seen, does it appear that the tibicen, either at 
sacrifices or in the theatre, plays on a single flute, though 
we as often see double flutes of different lengths in his hands, 
as of the same length; and as harmony, or music in differ¬ 
ent parts, does not appear to have been practised by the an¬ 
cients, the flutes r.f equal length may naturally be supposed 
to imply unisons; and unequal, such as are octaves to each 
other. 
TIBIALIA, among the Romans, a kind of swaths with 
which they used to cover their legs. 
TIBIALIS, in Anatomy, a name applied to various or¬ 
gans situated in the neighbourhood of the tibia. There is an 
anterior and: a posterior tibial artery, an anterior and pos¬ 
terior tibial nerve. 
TIBIGI, a river of Brazil, in South America, which flows 
into the Parana. It is rich in diamonds. 
TIBIQTJARI, a river of Paraguay, in South America, which 
enters the Paraguay. 
TIBIRITA, a settlement of New Granada, in the province 
of Tunja. Population 100 housekeepers, and 60 Indians. 
TIBSHELF, a parish of England, in Derbyshire; 4 miles 
north-east-by-north of Alfreton. Population 705. 
T1BTHORPE, a township of England, East Riding of 
Yorkshire; 5 miles west-south-west of Great Driffield. 
TIBULLUS (Albius), a Roman poet of the Augustan 
age. For an account of his works, see Poetry. 
TIBURON, an island in the Gulf of California, off the 
province of Sonora; about 60 miles in length. 
TIBURON, a point of land on the coast of Brazil, in the 
province of Espiritu Santo.— There is also another of the 
same name in the province of Seari. 
TIBURON, a point of the north coast of the province of 
Darien, forming the semicircle of the bay or great gulf of 
Uraba. 
TIBURON, a small island in the Pacific ocean, discovered 
by Magellan in 1520. Lat. 9. 13.14. 15. and 17. S. 
TIBURON, Cape, a cape on the coast of South America, 
at the entrance of the gulf of Darien. Lat. 9. 25. N. long. 
77. 10. W. 
TIBURON, Cape, a cape on the south-west coast of the 
island of Hispaniola. Lat. 18. 21. N. long. 74. 29. W. 
TIBURONES, or Main Cape Reef, two small islands 
surrounded with rocks, near the coast of Honduras. Lat. 15. 
10. N. long. 82. 8. W. 
TICAO ISLE, one of the Philippine islands, situated due 
south of the large island of Luzon. Lat. 12. 36. N. long. 
123; 40. E. 
To TICE, v. a. [from entice. Dr. Johnson. —This is an 
old English verb, and is also used in Scotland. Mr. Chal¬ 
mers observes, that Dr. Johnson gives no derivation of en¬ 
tice, to which he refers tice ; and that the roots of both are 
probably tihtan, Sax. suadere, solicitare. Dr. Jamieson 
notices this Saxon etymon, as also Fr. attiser, Ital. tizzare, 
accendere, together with the Arm. tis, a train, and Su. Goth. 
tussa, to incite. But it is, no doubt, merely an abbreviation 
of the old French enticer, which is the origin of our entice. 
Todd.] To draw; to allure.—These two have tid'd me 
hither to this place. Titus. 
TICEHURST, a parish of England, in Sussex; 4 miles 
east-south-east of Wadhurst. 
TI'CEMENT, s. [ enticement , old French.] Allurement. 
Obsolete. Huloet-. 
TICHBOURNE, a hamlet of England, in Southampton. 
Tichbourne-house, in the neighbourhood, is supposed to have 
been built in the reign of Henry II.; from which time a gift 
of 2 d. in bread or money has been bestowed on Lady-day, on 
all who come; 2 miles south-west of New Alresford. 
TICHFIELD, a market town of England, in the county 
of Southampton, pleasantly situated near the Tichfield river. 
The town is small, but inhabited by many respectable fami¬ 
lies. The church is a spacious fabric, the work of different 
ages. The north side is reported to have been built by Wil¬ 
liam of Wyckham; the south side is more ancient. At a 
short distance from the town are the ruins of Tichfield-house, 
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the ancient seat of the Wriothesleys. It was erected by Sir 
Thomas, the first earl, on the site, and with the materials, of 
an abbey, founded in the year 1231, and of which the pos¬ 
sessions were granted by Henry VIII. to his favourite secre¬ 
tary Wriothesley. The building is now in a very dilapidated 
state, the entrance gateway being the principal part left stand¬ 
ing. In Tichfield-house Charles I. was concealed, after his 
escape from Hampton Court, in 1647, and previous to his 
again resigning himself to the power of Colonel Hammond, 
who conducted him to the Isle of Wight. Market on Satur¬ 
day, and four annual fairs. Tichfield contains 553 houses, 
and 3227 inhabitants; 3 miles west ofFareham. 
TICHFIELD, a town of Jamaica, on the north coast; 
22 miles north-east of Kingston. Lat. 18. 12. N. long. 76. 
10. W. 
TICHVIN, a small town in the interior of European Rus¬ 
sia, in the government of Novgorod, on the river Tichvinka ; 
107 miles east-by-south of Petersburg, and 104 north-north¬ 
east of Novgorod. 
TICINETTO, a small town in the north of Italy, in Pied¬ 
mont, province of Casale. Population 1000; 9 miles south¬ 
east of Casale. 
TICINO, a considerable river of the north of Italy, which 
has its source in Switzerland, on Mount St. Gothard, and 
after traversing the canton of Ticino, flows into Lago Mag- 
giore. 
TICINO, or Tessin, a considerable district in the south 
of Switzerland, situated between the central cantons and the 
frontier of Lombardy. Population of the whole canton, 
89,000. 
The area of the whole 1130 square miles, is equal to a 
middle sized English county. It lies on the south side of the 
Alpine chain, is watered in all its extent by the Ticino, and 
is extremely mountainous, the ramifications of the Alps divid¬ 
ing it into more than 20 distinct valleys. The soil is fertile, 
and the climate mild. 
TICK, s. [This word seems contracted from ticket, the 
ancient word for trust, or score; which Mr. Malone considers 
to have been the token given by the creditor to the debtor, to 
ascertain the debt. “ You may swim in twentie of their 
boates over the water upon ticket." Dekker, Gull's Horne- 
looke, 1609.] Score; trust. 
If thou hast the heart to try’t, 
I’ll lend thee back thyself awhile, 
And once more for that carcase vile 
Fight upon tick. Hudibras. 
[Tique, Fr., teke, Dutch.] The louse of dogs or sheep.— 
Would the fountain of your mind were clear again, that I 
might wafer an ass at it! I had rather be a tick in a sheep, 
than such a valiant ignorance. Shakspeare. —The case 
which holds the feathers of a bed. 
To TICK, v. n. To run on score.—To trust; to score.— 
The money went to the lawyers ; counsel won’t tick . Ar- 
luthnot. 
To TICK, v. a. [tikken, Dutch.] To note by regular 
vibration, as a watch or clock I do not suppose that the 
ancient clocks ticked or noticed the seconds. Toilet. 
TICK, s. The sound made in ticking.—Its noise is 
more agreeable to the leisurely and constant tick of the 
death watch. Ray. 
TICK, a nasty little animal of a livid colour, with a blunt 
and roundish tail, elevated antennae, a globose-ovate form, 
and full of blood; which infests cows, swine, goats, sheep, 
and dogs. The tick or ricinus is, in the Linnaean system, a 
species of acarus in the aptera order of insects. 
It is stated in a paper in the third volume of the “ Trans¬ 
actions of the Highland Society of Scotland,” that the tick, 
or acarus reduvius, is a distinct species or sort of vermin of 
this kind from that of the kid, or hippobosca ovina, the 
former of which harasses the lambs and sheep in the 
spring season, while the latter molests all sorts and ages, but 
particularly hogs or young sheep, and chiefly such as are in 
a lean state. The former always adheres close to the bare 
spots of the shoulders, thighs, or ears, draining and drawing 
away 
