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Timber mare, a kind of instrument upon which soldiers were formerly compelled to ride for punishment. Johnson. -- Timber scribe, a metal tool or pointed instrument for marking timber. Simmonds. -- Timber sow. (Zoöl.) Same as Timber worm, below. Bacon. -- Timber tree, a tree suitable for timber. -- Timber worm (Zoöl…

Very small; little; puny. When that I was and a little tiny boy. Shak.

To tickle; as, to titillate the nose with a feather. The pungent grains of titillating dust. Pope.

h; odontalgia. Toothache grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Ctenium Americanum) having a very pungent taste. -- Toothache tree. (Bot.) (a) The prickly ash. (b) A shrub of the genus Aralia (A. spinosa).

A small Europen flounder (Rhoumbus punctatus). The name is also applied to allied species.

A woman who torments. Fortune ordinarily cometh after to whip and punish them, as the scourge and tormentress of glory and honor. Holland.

Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel.

-- To be in touch, to be in contact, or in sympathy. -- To keep touch. (a) To be true or punctual to a promise or engagement [Obs.]; hence, to fulfill duly a function. My mind and senses keep touch and time. Sir W. Scott.

Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk.

Incurring, or subject to, the punishment of transportation; as, a transportable offense.

n the ground and united at the top, to which soldiers were bound when undergoing corporal punishment, -- now disused.

To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate. [Colloq.]

A large iguanalike reptile (Sphenodon punctatum) formerly common in New Zealand, but now confined to certain islets near the coast. It reaches a length of two and a half feet, is dark olive- green with small white or yellowish specks on the sides, and has yellow spines along the back, except on the neck.…

A cucking stool for the punishment of scolds.

A maker of tumults. [Obs.] He severely punished the tumulters. Milton.

A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.

The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly.

rity, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppresso…

n. Jerome, a very unequal relator of the opinion of his adversaries. John Worthington. To punish me for what you make me do Seems much unequal. Shak.

Not forgettable; enduring in memory. Pungent and unforgettable truths. Emerson.