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10,459 words match “TIC”

otion of some of the muscles of the face; twitching; velication; -- called also spasmodic tic. Dunglison. Tic douloureux (. Etym: [F., fr. tic a knack, a twitching + douloureux painful.] (Med.) Neuralgia in the face; face ague. See under Face.

TICAL n. 2 definitions

A bean-shaped coin of Siam, worth about sixty cents; also, a weight equal to 236 grains troy. Malcom.

TICE v. 2 definitions

To entice. [Obs.] The Coronation.

Enticement. [Obs.]

A fossil rhinoceros with a vertical bony medial septum supporting the nose; the hairy rhinoceros.

TICK n. 13 definitions

Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.

See Ticking. [R.] R. Browning.

One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc. Ticker tape Tape from or designed to be used in a stock ticker, usu. of paper and being narrow but long. -- Stock ticker, an electro-mechanical information receiving device connected by telegraphic wire to a st…

TICKET n. 8 definitions

A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something. Specifically: --

A periodical sale of ore in the English mining districts; -- so called from the tickets upon which are written the bids of the buyers.

A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; -- called also ticken.

TICKLE v. 7 definitions

auses laughter, and a kind of spasm which become dengerous if too long protracted. If you tickle us, do we not laugh Shak.

TICKLE-FOOTED a.

Uncertain; inconstant; slippery. [Obs. & R.] Beau. & Fl.

A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the West Indies.

Unsteadiness. [Obs.] For hoard hath hate, and climbing tickleness. Chaucer.

TICKLER n. 4 definitions

One who, or that which, tickles.

TICKLISH a. 3 definitions

Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish. Bacon.

TICKSEED n. 3 definitions

A seed or fruit resembling in shape an insect, as that of certain plants.

TICKTACK n. 3 definitions

A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack. A game at ticktack with words. Milton.

A very venomous viper (Daboia Russellii), native of Ceylon and India; -- called also cobra monil.