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Trgellius was not only much in favour with Julius Caesar, 
hut afterwards with Cleopatra and Augustus: he was an 
able musician, an ingenious buffoon, and a subtle courtier. 
TI'GER, s. [tigrisi Lat.] A fierce beast of the feline 
kind. 
When the blast of war blows in your ear. 
Then imitate the action of the tiger : 
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. Shakspeare. 
TIGER or Tigris, in the Linnaen system of Zoology, is 
a species of Felis Tigris ; which see. 
TIGER, an island of Guiana, at the mouth of the river 
Essequebo. It is in a high state of cultivation, and pro¬ 
duces coffee and sugar. 
TIGER, a small island in the Spanish Main, near the 
coast of Darien. Lat. 8. 35. N. long. 77. 30. W. 
TIGER’S CREEK, a small stream of the United States, 
which enters the Ohio, in the territory of Kentucky. 
TIGER’S VALLEY, a post village of the United States, 
in Harrison county, Ohio ; 16 miles from Clarksburg. 
TIGER VALLEY RIVER, the name by which the east 
branch of the Monongahela river, in the United States, is 
sometimes distinguished. 
• TIGHT, adj. [From the Sax. bian, to tie; or bygan, to 
bind.'] Tense; close ; not loose.—Every joint was well 
grooved ; and the door did not move on hinges, but up 
and down like a sash, which kept my closet so tight that 
very little water came in. Swift. —Free from fluttering rags; 
less than neat. 
O Thomas, I’ll make a loving wife; 
I’ll spin and card, and keep our children tight. Gay. 
Handy; adroit. 
My queen’s a squire 
More tight at this than thou. Shakspeare. 
TIGHT, pret. of To tie. Obsolete. 
And thereunto a great long chaine he tight. 
With which he drew him forth even in his own despight. 
Spenser. 
To TI'GHTEN, v. a. To straiten ; to make close. 
TI'GHTER, s. A riband or string by which women 
straiten their cl oaths. 
TI'GHTLY, adv. Closely; not loosely. Neatly ; not 
idly ; briskly ; cleverly ; adroitly. 
Hold, sirrah, bear you these letters tightly ; 
Sail, like my pinnace, to these golden shores. Shakspeare. 
TF’GHTNESS, s. Closeness; not looseness.—The bones 
are inflexible, which arises from the greatness of the number 
of corpuscles that compose them, and the firmness and tight¬ 
ness of their union. Woodward. —Neatness. 
TIGIOCA, a point on the coast of South America, which 
forms with the point of Maguari, in the island of Marajo, 
the second mouth of the great river Amazons. 
TIGITAS, a small river of the Caraccas, in the province 
of Venezuela, which rises south of the town of La Con¬ 
ception de Pao, and unites itself with the Galamotel. 
TIGLA, a river of the province of Darien, which enters 
the Tarena. 
TIGLAGANTI, a river of the province of Darien, which 
enters the sea in the gulf of Atrato. 
TIGLIOLE, a small town in the north-west of Italy, 
in Piedmont. Population 2600; 9 miles west-by-north of 
Asti. 
TIGRANES, the Great, king of Armenia. See Rome. 
TIGRE, a large and abundant river of New Granada, 
which rises in the province of Quixos and Macas. It is 
joined by the Nahuapo, and after running nine miles farther, 
it falls into the great river Amazons, in lat. 4. 53. S. 
TIGRE, an extensive province of Abyssinia, which has 
now communicated its name to almost all the north-eastern 
districts of that great country. It is composed, in a great 
measure, of very steep and lofty mountains, interspersed, 
however, with fertile valleys and extensive plains. 
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TIGRE, a small island in the Pacific ocean, at the entrance 
into Amapalla bay. Lat. 13. 10. N. long. 88. 44. W. 
TIGRE, a river of South America, in the government of 
the Caraccas, and province of Cumana, which falls into the 
Guarapiche. 
TIGRE, a river of Quito, in the province of Chimbo, 
which runs very rapidly north, until it unites itself with the 
Tinto and the San Christoval, and enters the Ojiva. Lat. 1. 
46. N. 
TIGRE, a small island of the Pacific ocean, near the coast 
of the province and government of Nicaragua. 
TIGRE, a small island of the Pacific ocean, in the gulf of 
Panama, near the island of Otoque. 
TI'GRESS, s. The female of the tiger.—It is reported 
of the tigress, that several spots rise in her skin when she 
is angry. Addison. 
TIGRIS, a large and celebrated river of Western Asia, 
flowing along the boundaries of the Turkish and Persian 
empires. It rises in the mountains of Armenia, about 50 
miles to the north of Diarbekir, and 15 to the east of the 
source of the Euphrates. 
TIGRIS, or Bocca Tigris, the name given to a branch 
of the river of Canton, formed by an island, near its junction 
with the sea. Canton itself lies on the Eastern side of this 
branch, to the entrance only of which European vessels are 
allowed to proceed. 
TI'GRISH, adj. Resembling a tiger.—Let this thought 
thy tigrish courage pass. Sidney. 
TIGUA, a river of Quito, in the province of Esmeraldas, 
which runs north-west, and enters theToachi, in lat. 19. S. 
TIGUA, a point of land in New Granada, on the coast of 
the province of Carthagena. 
TIGUARA, a river of Portuguese Guiana, which enters the 
Negro. 
TIGUIL, a river of Kamtschatka, which rises in the dis¬ 
trict of Niznei Kamtschatka, and falls into the Penjinskaia 
gulf. 
TIHAN Y, a small town of the south-west of Hungary, on 
a peninsula on the lake Balaton, with a fortified castle, and a 
Benedictine abbey; 12 miles south-by-west of Veszprim. 
TIHARA, a town of Hindostan, province of Delhi, belong, 
ing to the Seiks. Lat. 30.48. N. long. 75.21. E. 
TIHOE, a bay on the south coast of the island of Bouro. 
Lat. 3. 44. S. long. 126. 27. E. 
TUB, el, a small town of Khusistan, in Persia, on the 
river Karoon ; 140 miles south-east of Bagdad. 
TIJELENKING, or Chilungching, a small Malay vil¬ 
lage in the island of Java, on the west coast, intersected by a 
river; 10 miles east of Batavia. 
TIKE, s. [tik, Swedish; teke, Dutch; tique, Fr.] The 
louse of dogs or sheep. See Tick.— Lice and tikes are 
bred by the sweat close kept, and somewhat arefied by the 
hair. Bacon. —A dog; a cur. \tijk, Runic, a little or 
worthless dog.] 
Avaunt, you curs !— 
Hound or spaniel, brache or lym, 
Or bobtail tike, or trundle-tail. Shakspeare. 
A clown; a vulgar person; a blunt or queer fellow ; a 
northern word. 
If you can like 
A Yorkshire tike. 11. Carey. 
TIKITHOCKTHOCK, a settlement on the east coast of 
Labrador. Lat. 56. 15. N. long. 60. 5. W. 
TIKOV, a town of Bengal, district of Ramghur. It is 
advantageously situated at the junction of four roads, and 
formerly possessed a small fort. Lat. 23. 29. N. long. 84 
85. E. 
TIL, a village of Aderbijan, in Persia; 60 miles north, 
west of Tauris. 
TILBROOK, a parish of England, in Bedfordshire; 14 
miles north-by-east of Bedford. 
TILBURG, an inland town of the Netherlands, in the 
province of North Brabant, with a large castle, and about 
10,000 
