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TICOO, a cluster of small islands near the west coast of 
Sumatra. They are small and woody; about 1§ mile distant 
from each other, and the innermost If from the main. 
TICOPORO, a river of New Granada, in the province of 
Maracaibo, which enters the Apure.—There is a settlement 
of the same name on its banks. 
TICOS, a small island in the Pacific ocean, near the east 
coast of the island of Luqon. Lat. 14. 10. N. long. 124. E. 
TICUNAS, Poison of, is an active poison prepared by 
the native Indians, on the borders of the river of the Ama¬ 
zons, in three or four degrees of south latitude, which 
together with that of Lamas, Pevas, and Yameos, is ex¬ 
tracted by fire from plants, called by the French lianes, 
and used in poisoning their arrows. See an account of the 
nature and effects of these poisons by M. Herrissant, in Phil. 
Trans, vol. xlvii. art. 12., and by M. Fontana, in Phil. Trans, 
vol. lxx. part 1., Append, art. 2.; and also Fontana sur les 
Poisons, &c. Florence, 4to. 
TID, adj. [cybbep, Sax.] Tender; soft; nice. 
T1D, St. Mary, a parish of England, in Lincolnshire; 8 
miles south-east of Holbeach. Population 629. 
TID, St. Giles, a parish in the same county; 1 \ mile 
from the foregoing. Population 534. 
TI'DBIT, s. A dainty. 
TIDCOMBE, a parish of England in Wiltshire; 5| miles 
north-north-east of Ludgershall. 
To TI'DDER, or to Ti'ddle, c. a. To usetenderly; to 
fondle. 
TIDE, s. [cib, eyb, Saxon ; tijd, Dutch and Icelandic.] 
Time; season; while. 
What hath this day deserv’d. 
That it in golden letter should be set 
Among the high tides in the kalendar. Shakspeare. 
Alternate ebb and flow of the sea.—That motion of the 
water called tides is a rising and falling of the sea : the cause 
of this is the attraction of the moon, whereby the part of the 
■water in the great ocean which is nearest the moon, being 
most strongly attracted, is raised higher than the rest; and 
the part opposite to it being least attracted, is also higher than 
the rest; and these two opposite rises of the surface of the 
water in the great ocean following the motion of the moon 
from east to west, and striking against the large coasts of 
the continents, from thence rebound back again, and so make 
floods and ebbs in narrow seas and rivers. Lockc. —Com¬ 
motion ; violent confluence.—As in the tides of people once 
up there want not stirring winds to make them more rough, 
so this people did light upon two ringleaders. Bacon .— 
Stream; course. 
Thou art the ruins of the noblest man. 
That ever lived in the tide of times. Shakspeare. 
When the motion of the water is against the wind, it is 
called a w’indward-tide; when wind and tide go in the 
•same direction, leeward-tide; when it runs very strong, it is 
called a tide-gate. 
When the moon is in the first and third quarter, i. e. 
when she is new and full, the tides are high and swift, 
and are called spring-tides; when she is in the second and 
last quarter, the tides are lower and slower, and called neap- 
tides. For the rationale of the tides, see Astronomy. 
To TIDE, v. a. To drive with the stream. 
Their images, the relics of the wreck, 
Torn from the naked poop, are tided back 
By the wild waves, and rudely thrown ashore. Dri/den. 
To TIDE, v. n. To pour a flood; to be agitated by the 
tide. 
When, from his dint, the foe still backward shrunk. 
Wading within the Ouse, he dealt his blows, 
And sent them, rolling, to the tiding Humber. Philips. 
TI'DEGATE, s. A gate through which the tide passes 
into a bason. Bailey. 
TIDENHAM, a parish of England, in Gloucestershire; 2 
miles north-east-by-north of Chepstow. Population 918. 
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TI'DESMAN, s. A tidewaiter or custom-house officer, 
who watches on board of merchant-ships till the duty of 
goods be paid and the ships unloaded. Bailey. 
TIDESWELL, a market town of England, in the county 
of Derby, situated on a small clear stream which runs through 
the town. Tideswell contains 1219 inhabitants; 22 miles 
north-west of Derby, and 158 north-north-west of London. 
TI’DEWAITER, s. An officer who watches the land¬ 
ing of goods at the custom-house.—Employments will be 
in the hands of Englishmen; nothing left for Irishmen but 
vicarages and tide-waiters' places. Swift. 
TIDI, a river of England, in the county of Cornwall, which 
rises near Leskeard, and passing St. Germains, joins the 
Lynker, and falls along with it into the Tamar. 
TI'DILY, ado. Neatly; readily. • 
TI'DINESS, s. Neatness; readiness. 
TI'DINGS, s. [ciban, Saxon, to happen, to betide; 
tidende, Icelandic.] News; an account of something that 
has happened; incidents related.—I shall make my master 
glad with these tidings. Shakspeare. 
TIDINGTON, a parish of England, in Oxfordshire; 2 
miles north-north-west of Tetsworth. 
TIDMARCH, a parish of England, in Berkshire; 6 miles 
west-north-west of Reading. 
TIDMINGTON, a parish of England, in Worcestershire; 
2£ miles south-by-east of Shipton-upon-Stour. 
TIDONE, a small river of the north of Italy, in the Sar¬ 
dinian states, which falls into the Po, not far from Piacenza. 
TIDORE, one of the Molucca islands, in the Eastern 
seas; about21 miles in circumference. It is situated on the 
west coast of Gilolo, and is three leagues south from Ternate, 
from which it is separated by a safe channel, with good an¬ 
chorage near the town, on the east side of the island. It is 
remarkably well watered by streams from the mountains, 
which are high, and generally covered with clouds. It is 
very populous. Lat. 0. 45. N. long. 127. 25. E. 
TIDWEL, a hamlet of England, in Devonshire, noted 
for a warm spring of water, which continues bubbling when 
all the neighbouring ones are frozen. 
TIDWORTH, North, a parish of England, in Wilt¬ 
shire, on the borders of Southamptonshire; 2j miles south¬ 
west-by-west of Ludgershall. 
TIDWORTH, South, a parish of England, in South¬ 
amptonshire, adjoining to the foregoing. 
TI'DY, adj. [tidt, Icelandic, frequens. The primary- 
sense is from the Sax. Ctb, tide, season. Wicliffe uses tideful 
in this sense: “ tideful fruit.” James. —So tydigli , Teut. 
temjDestivus, maturus.] Seasonable; timely. 
What a hap had I, 
And what a tidi e fortune, when my fate 
Flung me upon this bear-whelp! Beaum. and FI. 
Neat; ready, [tidig, Su. Goth, decorus, decens.] 
Whenever by yon barley-mow I pass. 
Before my eyes will trip the tidy lass. Gay. 
It seems to be here put by mistake or irony for untidy. 
Dr. Johnson. —Rather perhaps by mistake for tiny. The 
word is applied to Falstaff. Tidy is used in the north, ac¬ 
cording to Grose, for small. —Thou whoreson tidy Bartho¬ 
lomew boar-pig, when wilt thou leave fighting? Shakspeare. 
To TIE, v. a. [cian, tijan. Sax.] To bind; to fasten 
with a knot.—Thousands of men and women, tied together 
in chains, were, by the cruel Turks, enforced to run as fast 
as their horses. Knolles. —To knit; to complicate.—We do 
not tie this knot with an intention to puzzle the argument; 
but the harder it is tied, we shall feel the pleasure more sen¬ 
sibly when we come to loose it. Burnet. —To hold; to 
fasten; to j oin so as not easily to be parted. 
In bond of virtuous love together tied. 
Together serv’d they, and together died. Fairfax. 
To hinder; to obstruct: with up, intensive. 
Peath, that hath ta’en her hence to make me wail. 
Ties up my tongue, and will not let me speak. Shakspeare. 
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