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first professed philosophy at Chalcedon, and afterwards at 
Athens, where he remained till his death. He took so little 
pains to invite disciples to his school, that it has been said 
of him, that as the Scythians shot flying, Timon gained pu¬ 
pils by running from them. This indifference to his profes¬ 
sion was probably owing to his love of ease and indulgence ; 
for he was fond of rural retirement, and so much addicted to 
wine, that he held a successful contest with several cele¬ 
brated champions in drinking. This disposition probably 
led him to embrace the indolent doctrine of sceptism. He 
seems to have treated the opinions and disputes of the phi¬ 
losophers with contempt, for he wrote with sarcastic humour 
against the whole body. His poem, entitled “ Silli,” often 
quoted by the ancients, was a keen satire, abounding with 
bitter invectives against men and doctrines. The remaining 
fragments of this poem have been industriously collected by 
Henry Stephens, in his “ Poesis Philosophica.” The public 
succession of professors in the Phyrric school terminated 
with Timon. Brucker by Enfield. 
TIMONEER, or Timoxier, [Fr.] The helmsman. 
TIMOPHEEVA, a village of Asiatic Russia, in the go¬ 
vernment of Irkoutsk, on the Ilim; 32 miles north-west of 
Vercholensk. 
TIMOR, the southernmost and largest of the Molucca 
islands, in the eastern seas. Its extent is more considerable 
than the charts usually represent it, being little less than 
250 miles in a north-eastern direction, by from 30 to 60 in 
breadth. The interior part is a chain of mountains, some of 
which nearly equal the peak of Teneriffe in elevation ; whilst 
the shores on the south-east side are exceedingly low, and 
over-run with mangroves. Gold is said to be contained in 
the mountains, and to be washed down the streams; but the 
natives are so jealous of Europeans gaining any knowledge 
of it, that at a former period, when forty men were sent by 
the Dutch to make search, they were cut off - . There were 
formerly several Portuguese establishments on the north side 
of the island, of which Diely and Leffow still remained; but 
these had all gradually declined, and the governor of Diely 
was then said to be the sole white Portuguese resident on the 
island. The Dutch have made some attempts to establish 
Christianity, but with very little success, the natives mostly 
remaining in their original ignorance. Lat. 10. 22. S. long. 
123.29. E. 
TIMOR LAUT, an island in the Eastern seas; about 70 
miles long, by 25 the average breadth. It is situated between 
the 7th and 8th degreesof south lat. and the 132d and 133d of 
east long. 
TI'MOROUS, adj. [timor , Lat.] Fearful; full of fear 
and scruple. 
The infant flames, whilst yet they were conceal’d 
In tim'rous doubts, with pity I beheld; 
With easy smiles dispell’d the silent fear, 
That durst not tell me what I died to hear. Prior. 
TI'MOROUSLY, ado. Fearfully; with much fear. 
We would have had you heard 
The traitor speak, and timorously confess 
The manner and the purpose of his treasons. Shakspeare. 
TI'MOROUSNESS, s. Fearfulness.— Tbnorousness and 
bashfulness hinder their proceedings. Burton. 
TIMOTEO (Da Urbino), whose real name was T. della 
Vite, was born at Urbino, in 1470. He received his educa¬ 
tion as an artist under F. Francia, at Bologna, but at the 
age of twenty-six returned to his native city, whence he 
soon after went to Rome to see his countryman, Raphael, 
and the great works in the Vatican w’hich had recently ac¬ 
quired for him so much renown. Raphael employed him in 
painting the Sibyls in the church of La Pace, and was sa¬ 
tisfied of his ability in the performance: so much so, that 
he allowed him to retain the cartoons. After this he re¬ 
turned to Urbino, and there executed several great works for 
the cathedral and other public buildings. His most esteemed 
works are, the Conception, in the church of the Osservanti, 
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at Urbino; and Christ appearing to Mary Magdalen, in 
S. Angeli, at Cagli. He died in 1524, aged 54. 
TIMOTHEUS, one of the most celebrated poet-musicians 
of antiquity, was born at Miletus, an Ionian city of Caria, 246 
B. C. He was contemporary with Philip of Macedon, and 
not only excelled in lyric and dithyrambic poetry, but in 
his performance upon the cithara. According to Pausanias, 
he perfected that instrument by the addition of four new 
strings to the seven which it had before ; though Suidas says 
it had nine before, and that Timotheus only added two, the 
tenth and eleventh, to that number. 
It appears from Suidas, that the poetical and musical 
compositions of Timotheus were very numerous, and of va¬ 
rious kinds. He attributes to him nineteen nomes, or can¬ 
ticles in hexameters; thirty-six proems, or preludes; eighteen 
dithryambics; twenty-one hymns ; the poem in praise of 
Diana; one panegyric; three tragedies, the Persians, Phini- 
das, and Laertes; to which must be added a fourth, men¬ 
tioned by several ancient authors, called “ Niobe,” without 
forgetting the poem on “ The Birth of Bacchus.” 
A musician so long eminent as Timotheus, must have ex¬ 
cited great desire in young students to become his pupils ; 
but, according to Bartholinus, he used to exact a double 
price from all such as had previously received instructions 
from any other master; saying, that he would rather instruct 
those who knew nothing, for half price, than have the 
trouble of unteaching such as had already acquired bad 
habits, and an incorrect and vicious manner of playing. 
Timotheus died in Macedonia, according to Suidas, at the 
age of ninety-seven. 
T1MOTI, a river of Darien, which rises in the mountains 
of the north coast, and running south-west, enters the Chu- 
cunaqui. 
TI'MOUS, adj. Early; timely. Obsolete. —By a wise 
and timous inquisition, the peccant humours and humourists 
must be discovered, purged, or cut off". Bacon. 
TIMPERLEY, a township of England, in Cheshire; 8£ 
miles north-north-east of Nether Kntitsford. Population 624. 
TIMSBURY, a parish of England, in Southamptonshire; 
2J miles north-by-west of Romsey.—2. A parish in Somerset¬ 
shire; -5 miles south-east-by-south of Pensford. 
TIMUR-HISSAR, a small town of European Turkey, in 
Romania, sandgiakatof Salonica, with astrongcastle situated 
on a rock. 
TIM WORTH, a parish of England, in Southamptonshire, 
near Basingstoke.—2. A parish in Suffolk; 4 miles north-by¬ 
east of St Edmund’s Bury. 
TIN, s. [ten, Dutch.] One of the primitive metals. 
—Quicksilver, lead, iron, and tin, have opacity or blackness. 
Pea eh am. 
The most considerable repository of tin-ore in Europe is 
that of Cornwall. The greatest part of the tin consumed in 
Europe is procured from thence; and Camden even sup¬ 
poses this abundance of tin in Cornwall and Devonshire, to 
have given the original denomination Britain to the whole 
kingdom. In the Syriac language, varatanac, or bara- 
tanac, signifies land of tin; from which Bochart derives 
the name Britain. 
Tin is found in Europe, Asia, and America, but has not 
hitherto been discovered in the continent of Africa. This 
metal is much less generally disseminated than gold, silver, 
iron, copper, or lead; but where it occurs, it is most fre¬ 
quently in large quantities. 
To TIN, v. a. To cover with tin.—To keep the earth 
from getting into the vessel, he employed a plate of iron 
tinned over and perforated. Boyle. 
TINACO, a river of New Granada, in the province of Ve¬ 
nezuela, which enters the Portuguesa. It has a settlement of 
the same name on its banks. 
TINAMASAKI, a town of Niphon, in Japan. Lat. 34. 
12. N. long. 136. 55. E. 
TINAQUILLO, a settlement of the Caraccas, in the pro¬ 
vince of Venezuela, situated on the shore of the river Caxede, 
south of the city of Valencia. 
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