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A slight coloring. Specifically: --

To strike slightly; to tap. A third rogue tips me by the elbow. Swift.

rds of the genus Trichastoma. -- Tit for tat. Etym: [Probably for tip for tap. See Tip a slight blow.] An equivalent; retaliation. -- Tit thrush (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic and Esat Indian birds belonging to Suthora and allied genera. In some respects they are intermediate between the thrushes and…

alking, incline from the other foot. toe in, to align the front wheels so that they point slightly toward each other.

-- chiefly used in composition; as, high- toned; sweet-toned. Toned paper, paper having a slight tint, in distinction from paper which is quite white.

soft cap, and is intended to effect its damage by the powerful explosion which follows on slight resistance. It is used chiefly in 12-inch mortars.

To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush. The lines, though touched but faintly, are drawn right. Pope.

Tough in a slight degree.

rmer, or a lawyer, or a physician. Accursed usury was all his trade. Spenser. The homely, slighted, shepherd's trade. Milton. I will instruct thee in my trade. Shak.

follower to that which drives it, and driver to that which follows it. -- Train road, a slight railway for small cars, -- used for construction, or in mining. -- Train tackle (Naut.), a tackle for running guns in and out.

Cleft to the middle, or slightly beyond the middle, into three parts; three-cleft.

n of the vapor of cyanic acid on cold aldehyde, as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste and faint smell; -- called also ethidene- or ethylidene-biuret.

Doric order, repeated at equal intervals. Each triglyph consists of a rectangular tablet, slightly projecting, and divided nearly to the top by two parallel and perpendicular gutters, or channels, called glyphs, into three parts, or spaces, called femora. A half channel, or glyph, is also cut upon each of the perpendic…

acid obtained from atropine and certain other alkaloids, as a white crystalline substance slightly soluble in water.

A slight flourish on a trumpet; a fanfare. [Obs.] Tucket sonance, the sound of the tucket. [Obs.] Let the trumpets sound The tucket sonance and the note to mount. Shak.

Slightly tumid; swollen, as certain moss capsules.

A slight natural covering; an integument. The tunicles that make the ball or apple of the eye. Holland.

s externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively yellow or saffron color, and has a slight aromatic smell, and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. It is used for a dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test.

A slight twist with the fingers.

the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation. J. H. Walsh.