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TINGO, two small settlements of Peru, onein the province 
of lea, the other in that of Chachapayas. 
TINGORAN, a small island of the Chinese sea, near the 
eastern coast of Malacca; Lat. 4. 8. N. long. 103, 33. E. 
TINGRITH, a parish of England, in Bedfordshire; 4 miles 
east-by-south of Woburn. 
TINGTCHEOU, a city of China, of the first rank, in the 
province of Fokien, situated among the mountains which 
separate it from Kiangsee. Some of these are excessively 
high, and supposed to contain mines of gold, which, how¬ 
ever, are not worked. The district yields abundantly all 
necessaries j but the air is unhealthy. Lat. 25. 48. N. long. 
116. 4. E. 
TING U AY, a river of Chili, in the province of Maule 
which runs west, and enters the Maule. 
TINGUIND1N, or Tinguirindin, an inconsiderable 
settlement of Mexico, in the intendancy of Valladolid; 140 
miles west-by-south of Mexico. 
T1NGUIRIRICA, a river of Chili, which joins the river 
Rapel, 15 miles from its mouth, it is noted for the lament¬ 
able accidents which have happened to those who have at¬ 
tempted to cross it when flooded. 
TINGWALL, Weisdalf. and Whiteness, united pa¬ 
rishes of Scotland, which lie in the mainland of Shetland, and 
extend 10 miles in length, by 5 in breadth, deeply intersected 
by the sea. Population 1927. 
TINIAN, one of the Landrone islands, in the North Pacific 
ocean, about 42 miles in circumference first discovered by 
the crew of a Manilla ship, which was cast away here in the 
year 1638. 
Tinian was once a flourishing island, and contained 
30,000 inhabitants. An epidemical disorder having carried 
off a great proportion of these, the remainder, by the bar¬ 
barous policy of the Spaniards, were transferred to other 
islands. The island being thus left desolate, was soon over¬ 
run with the luxuriant vegetation of the tropical regions. 
TINICUM, a township of the United States, in Delaware 
county, Pennsylvania, on the Delaware, above Salebury. 
Population 249. 
TIN1SCHT, a small town in the east of Bohemia; 73 
miles east of Prague, and 11 miles south-east of Konigin- 
gratz, with 1000 inhabitants. 
TINJU LIEN, a town of Darah, to the south of Morocco, 
situated on the river Wad Drah; 105 miles south-east of Mo¬ 
rocco. 
To TINK, v. n. [tinnio, Lat.; tincian, Welsh.] To make 
a sharp shrill noise. 
TI'NKER, s. [from fink, because their way of proclaim¬ 
ing their trade is to beat a kettle, or because in their work 
they make a tinkling noise.] A mender of old tins and 
coppers.—Am not I old Sly’s son, by education a cardmaker, 
and now by present profession a tinker. Shakspeare. 
TINKER’S CREEK, a river of the United States, in 
Ohio, which runs into the Cuyahoga; 12 miles above Cleve¬ 
land. 
TINKER’S ISLAND, one of the Elizabeth’s islands, in 
the United States, near the coast of Massachusetts; 3 miles 
long, and 1| broad. 
To TI'NKLE, v. n. [tincian , Welsh, the same; dinkr, 
Icel. sound, noise. Sereniusi] To make a sharp quick noise; 
to clink.—Railing and tinkling rhimers, whose writings the 
vulgar more greedily read. B. Jonson. —It seems to have 
been improperly used by Pope. 
The wandering streams that shine between the hills, 
The grots that echo to the tinkling rills. Pope. 
To hear a low quick noise. 
With deeper brown the grove was overspread, 
A sudden horror seiz’d his giddy head. 
And his ears tinkled , and the colour fled. Dryden. 
To TI'NKLE, v. a. To cause to clink.—The sexton or 
bell-man goeth about the streets with a small bell in his hand, 
which he tinkleth all along as he goeth. Ray. 
TI'NKLE, s. Clink; a quick noise.—The tinkle of the 
Von. XXIV. No. 1623. 
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words is all that strikes the ears, and soothes them with a 
transient and slightly pleasurable sensation. Mason. 
TINKLETON, a parish of England, in Dorsetshire; 51- 
miles east of Dorchester. 
TI'NKLING, s. A quick noise.—The daughters of Zion 
are haughty, and walk with stretched out necks, making a 
tinkling with their feet. Isaiah. 
TINLEYSVILLE, a post village of the United States, in 
Goochland county, Virginia ; 45 miles west-north-west of 
Richmond. 
Tl'NMAN, s. A manufacturer of tin, or iron tinned over. 
Did’st thou never pop 
Thy head into a tinman's shop ? Prior. 
TINMOUTH, a post township of the United States, in 
Rutland county, Vermont, watered by the Otter creek ; 10 
miles south of Rutland. Here are iron-works. Popula¬ 
tion 1000. 
TI'NNER, [cm, Saxon.] One who works in the tin 
mines.—The Cornish men, many of them could for a need 
live under ground, that were tinners. Bacon. 
TINNEVELLY, an extensive district of the south of India, 
province of the Carnatic ; 150 miles in length by 50 in 
breadth, occupying the south-east extremity of the penin¬ 
sula, and separated from Ceylon by the gulf of Manaar. 
Generally speaking, this district may be called an open and 
level country, although it contains some woods, and several 
hills. It does not contain any river of magnitude, but is 
watered by numerous streams flowing from the western 
mountains ; and in favourable seasons, yields abundant 
crops of rice and cotton. During the war against Tippoo 
Sultan, the Polygars took advantage of the absence of the 
army, and broke into rebellion. As soon as a sufficient 
number of troops could be spared, a large force was sent 
against them ; and before the year 1803, they were all sub¬ 
dued, and the rents, amounting to 70,000 pagodas, or about 
23,000/. per annum, are now as regularly paid as in other 
parts of the British conquests. This sum is, however, a very 
small revenue for so extensive a district. 
TINNEVELLY, the capital of the above-mentioned dis¬ 
trict. Lat. 8. 48. N. long. 71. 1. E. 
TINNIS, a small river of Scotland, in Roxburghshire, 
which joins the Liddal. 
TINSIN, a mountain of Scotland, in Roxburghshire. 
TINNUNCULUS, in Ornithology, the name of one of 
the long-winged hawks, called by Linnaeus Falco tinnuncu- 
lus; which see. 
TI'NNY, adj, Abounding with tin.—Those arms of sea 
that thrust into the tinny strand. Drayton. 
TINOSO, a cape in the south-east of Spain, on the coast 
of Murcia. Lat. 37. 30. N. long. 1. 16. W. 
TTNPENNY, s. A certain customary duty anciently 
paid to the tithingmen. Bailey. 
TI'NSEL, s. [etincelle , Fr.] A kind of shining cloth. 
A tinsel vail her amber locks did shrowd. 
That strove to cover what it could not hide. Fairfax. 
Any thing shining with false lustre ; any thing shewy and 
of little value. 
For favours cheap and common who would strive; 
Yet scatter’d here and there I some behold. 
Who can discern the tinsel from the gold } Dry den. 
TI'NSEL, adj. Specious; showy; plausible; superficial.— 
Tinsel affections make a glorious glistering. Beautn and FI. 
To TI'NSEL, v. a. To decorate with cheap ornaments; 
to adorn with lustre that has no value. 
She, tinsell'd o’er in robes of varying hues, 
With self-applause her wild creation views. 
Sees momentary monsters rise and fall. 
And with her own fool’s colours gilds them all. Pope. 
TINSLEY, a township of England, West Riding of 
Yorkshire ; 24 miles south-west-by-west of Rotherham. 
TINT, s. Uinta, Ital.] A dye: a colour. 
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