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Swung by the tide when at anchor; -- opposed to wind-rode.

A rod used as a tie. See Tie.

See Tierce, 4.

To drain by means of tiles; to furnish with a tile drain.

Honored for a long time; venerable, and worthy of honor, by reason of antiquity, or long continuance.

A tabular statement of the time at which, or within which, several things are to take place, as the recitations in a school, the departure and arrival of railroad trains or other public conveyances, the rise and fall of the tides, etc.

A lady's maid. Fashionableness of the tire-woman's making. Locke.

The page of a book which contains it title. The world's all title-page; there's no contents. Young.

Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle. Arbuthnot.

The act or habit of parting idly or gossiping.

A great talker. [Obs.]

ly (Bot.), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue-shaped leaf.

Any species of Lingula.

Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the frænum, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums. Dunglison.

Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause. Love, therefore, and tongue-tied simplicity. Shak.

See Impatiens.

A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law.

A member of a trades union, or a supporter of trades unions.

A house or building where treasures and stores are kept.

Any money, bullion, or the like, found in the earth, or otherwise hidden, the owner of which is not known. In England such treasure belongs to the crown; whereas similar treasure found in the sea, or upon the surface of the land, belongs to the finder if no owner appears.