Tiger () A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also royal tiger, and Bengal tiger.

Tiger () Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person.

Tiger () A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.

Tiger () A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger.

Tiger () A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.

Tiger-eye () A siliceous stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much used for ornament. It is an altered form of the mineral crocidolite. See Crocidolite.

Tiger-foot () Same as Tiger's-foot.

Tiger-footed () Hastening to devour; furious.

Tigerine () Tigerish; tigrine.

Tigerish () Like a tiger; tigrish.

Tiger's-foot () A name given to some species of morning-glory (Ipomoea) having the leaves lobed in pedate fashion.

Tigh () A close, or inclosure; a croft.

Tight () p. p. of Tie.

Tight () Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.

Tight () Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight.

Tight () Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.

Tight () Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.

Tight () Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings.

Tight () Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.

Tight () Handy; adroit; brisk.

Tight () Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.

Tight () Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.

Tight () To tighten.

Tightened () of Tighten

Tightening () of Tighten

Tighten () To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.

Tightener () That which tightens; specifically (Mach.), a tightening pulley.

Tighter () A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer.

Tightly () In a tight manner; closely; nearly.

Tightness () The quality or condition of being tight.

Tights () Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs.

Tiglic () Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7CO2H (called also methyl crotonic acid), homologous with crotonic acid, and obtained from croton oil (from Croton Tiglium) as a white crystalline substance.

Tigress () The female of the tiger.

Tigrine () Of or pertaining to a tiger; like a tiger.

Tigrine () Resembling the tiger in color; as, the tigrine cat (Felis tigrina) of South America.

Tigrish () Resembling a tiger; tigerish.

Tike () A tick. See 2d Tick.

Tike () A dog; a cur.

Tike () A countryman or clown; a boorish person.

Tikus () The bulau.

Til () See Till.

Tilburies () of Tilbury

Tilbury () A kind of gig or two-wheeled carriage, without a top or cover.

Tilde () The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words [thus, , /], indicating that, in pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y.

Tile () To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.

Tile () A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mantel works.

Tile () A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring.

Tile () A plate of metal used for roofing.

Tile () A small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.

Tile () A draintile.

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