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Saint George’s worth 
Enkindles like desire of high exploits: 
Immediate sieges, and the tire of war 
Rowl in thy eager mind. Philips. 
[Corrupted from tiar or tiara, or from at tire.\ A head¬ 
dress. 
Here is her picture: let me see; 
If I had such a tire, this face of mine 
Were full as lovely as is this of hers. Shakspeare. 
To TIRE, v. a. [cipan, fcipian, Sax ] To fatigue; to 
make weary; to harass; to wear out with labour ortedious- 
ness. 
Tir'd with toil, all hopes of safety past. 
From pray’rs to wishes he descends at last. Pry den. 
It has often out added to intend the signification. 
A lonely way 
The cheerless Albion wander’d half a day; 
Tir'd out, at length a spreading stream he spy’d. Tickell. 
[from attire or tire, from tiara.'] To dress the head.— 
Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. Kings. 
To TIRE, v. n. [teopian, Sax.] To fail with weariness. 
A merry heart goes all the day. 
Your sad tires in a mile-a. Shakspeare. 
To TIRE, v. n. [cipan. Sax., is found in the same sense.] 
To feed or pray upon. An old and •well authorized verb. 
Whose haughty spirit winged with desire 
Will coast my crown, and like an empty eagle 
Tire on the flesh of me and of my son. Shakspeare. 
TI'REDNESS, s. State of being tired ; weariness.—It is 
not through the tiredness of the age of the earth, but through 
our own negligence that it hath not satisfied us bountifully. 
Hakewill. 
TIREH, a town of Anatolia, in Asia Minor, on the 
Meinder, in which some important manufactures are carried 
on. It is remarkable for the siege by Timur, in 1402, when 
the inhabitants redeemed their lives by the payment of a 
sum of money; 32 miles south-south-east of Smyrna. 
TI'RESOME, adj. Wearisome; fatiguing; tedious.— 
Nothing is so tiresome as the works of those critics who 
write in a dogmatic way, without language, genius, or ima¬ 
gination. Addison. 
TI'RESOMENESS, s. Act or quality of being tiresome. 
TITLE WOMAN, s. A woman whose business is to make 
dresses for the head.—Why should they not value themselves 
for this outside fashionableness of the tirewoman 's making, 
when their parents have so early instructed them to do so. 
Locke. 
TIREYMEG LAKE, a lake of North America. Lat. 
61. 52. N. long. 107. 
TIRGOWISCHT. See Tergovista. 
TIRHOOT, an extensive district of Hindostan, province 
of Bahar, situated principally between the 27th and 28th 
degrees of northern latitude. The population, including 
Hajypore, is estimated at 2,000,000, in the proportion of 
three Hindoos to one Mahometan. 
TI'RING-HOUSE, or Ti'ring-room, s. The room in 
which players dress for the stage.—This green plot shall be 
our stage, this hawthorn brake our tiring-house. Shak¬ 
speare. 
TIRINIDARO, a settlement of Mexico, in the intendancy 
of Valladolid, containing 100 families of Indians. 
TIRKA, a town of Central Africa, described by the 
Arabian geographers in the twelfth century, as situated at 
the eastern extremity of the kingdom of Ghana, on the 
frontier of Wangara. No accounts have been received, from 
which we can ascertain whether or not it at present exists. 
TIRLEMONT, orTiENEN, an inland town of the Nether¬ 
lands, in the province of South Brabant, on the small river 
Geete. It has a population of 8000, is tolerably built, and 
has considerable manufactures of woollens; also breweries 
and distilleries; 25 miles east of Brussels. 
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TIRLEY, a parish of England, in Gloucestershire; 4 
miles south-west-by-west of Tewkesbury. 
TIROON, a district on the east coast of Borneo, low, 
and abounding with sago trees. It is watered by numerous 
rivers, the largest of which is named the Barow or Curan. 
TIRRELL, a hamlet of England, in Westmoreland ; 2~ 
miles south-south-west of Penrith. 
TIRSCHEN-REUTH, a small town of Germany, in 
Bavaria, in the upper Palatinate; 33 miles north-north-east 
of Amberg, and 20 east of Kenmat. Population 1500. 
TIRSCHTIGEL, or Trziel, a small town of Prussian Po¬ 
land ; 43 miles west of Posen, and 12 east-south-east of 
Meseritz, Population 1900. The small river Obra divides 
it into the old and new towns; the former inhabited by 
Poles, the latter by Germans. 
TIRUA, a small island in the Pacific ocean, near the 
coast of Chili. Lat. 38. 30. N. 
TIRUHA, a river of Chili, in the district of Tolten-Baxo, 
which runs west, and enters the sea near a point of its name. 
TI'RWIT, s. [vanellus, Lat.] A bird. Ainsworth. 
TIRY, one of the Hebrides, on the coast of Scotland, 
and in the county of Argyle. It is about 13 miles long 
from south-west to north-east, and of various breadth, from 
5 miles to less than 1, as it is much indented by the sea. 
Altogether it measures 36J square miles of land, besides 
lakes, of which there are 24 in the interior, covering 600 
acres. Hard whinstone and granite are the principal stones, 
and there is abundance of ironstone and limestone; which 
latter, in one quarry, is of the nature of marble. This is of 
various colours, variegated with beautiful figures, and takes 
a beautiful polish. It is now come into very general use for 
inside ornaments in houses. There are many duns or small 
castles, and other remains of antiquity. The Duke of Argyll 
is proprietor of the whole island. Population in 1800, 
3200, being the greatest to its extent of any of the Hebrides. 
’TIS, contracted for it is .— 'Tis destiny unshunable. 
Shakspeare. 
TISBURY, a village and parish of England, in the county 
of Wilts, one of the largest in England. Various members 
of the Arundel family have monuments here; 3| miles south¬ 
east of Hindon. Population 2019. 
TISBURY, a township of the United States, in Duke’s 
county, Massachusetts, on the north side of Martha’s Vine¬ 
yard; 8 miles west of Edgartown, and 85 south of Boston. 
Population, including the Elizabeth islands, 1202. 
TISCHINGEN, asmall town of Germany, in Wirtemberg; 
10 miles north-north-east of Dillingen, and 53 east-by-south 
of Stutgard. 
TISCHNOWITZ, a small town of the Austrian states in 
Moravia; 15 miles north-west of Brunn. 
TISHEET, a place of the Sahara, in Central Africa, con¬ 
taining a salt mine, whence copious supplies of that article are 
sent to the countries on the Niger; 150 miles north of 
Benowm. 
TI'SICK, s. [corrupted from phthisick.] Consumption; 
morbid waste. 
Tl'SICAL, adj. [for phthisical.] Consumptive. 
TISIPHONE, in Mythology, one of the three furies. 
TISQUI, a river of Quito, in the province of Esmeraldas, 
which runs north-west, and empties itself into the Blanco, 
opposite the mountain of Quindiu, in lat. 21. 30. N. 
TISQUIUU LAKE, a lake of North America. Lat. 56. 
10. N. long. 95. 45. W. 
TISSINGTON, a parish of England, in Derbyshire; 41- 
miles north of Ashbome. Population 484. 
TI'SSUE, s. [tissu, Fr.; cipan, to weave, Norman Sax.] 
Cloth interwoven with gold or silver, or figured colours. 
In their glittering tissues emblaz’d 
Holy memorials, acts of zeal and love, 
Recorded eminent. Milton. 
A robe of tissue, stiff with golden wire; 
An upper vest, once Helen’s rich attire ; 
From Argos by the fam’d adultress brought. 
With golden flowers and winding foliage wrought. Pry den. 
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