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Tender; soft; nice; -- now only used in tidbit.

Of or pertaining to tides; caused by tides; having tides; periodically rising and falling, or following and ebbing; as, tidal waters. The tidal wave of deeper souls Into our inmost being rolls, And lifts us unawares Out of all meaner cares. Longfellow. Tidal air (Physiol.), the air which passes in and out of the lungs…

A delicate or tender piece of anything eatable; a delicious morsel. [Written also titbit.]

imp. of Tide, v. i. Chaucer.

To use with tenderness; to fondle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

r the like, from a flat surface, as of a table, into a small cup or basket; --called also tiddlywinks. [U. S.]

Same as Tiddledywinks. Kipling.

Time; period; season. [Obsoles.] "This lusty summer's tide." Chaucer. And rest their weary limbs a tide. Spenser. Which, at the appointed tide, Each one did make his bride. Spenser. At the tide of Christ his birth. Fuller.

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

Affected by the tide; having a tide. "The tided Thames." Bp. Hall.

Land that is overflowed by tide water; hence, land near the sea.

Having no tide.

stomhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.

A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties. Swift.

Channel in which the tide sets.

The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]

In a tidy manner.

The quality or state of being tidy.

Tidings. [Obs.] Chaucer.

t has taken place, and was not before known; news. I shall make my master glad with these tidings. Shak. Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned. Goldsmith.