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A game among children. See Tag.

That part of an embryo which represents the young stem; the caulicle or radicle.

Same as Tigella.

A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Calle…

A name given to some species of morning-glory (Ipomoea) having the leaves lobed in pedate fashion.

A siliceous stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much used for ornament. It is an altered form of the mineral crocidolite. See Crocidolite.

Same as Tiger's-foot.

Hastening to devour; furious.

Tigerish; tigrine. [R.]

Like a tiger; tigrish.

A close, or inclosure; a croft. [Obs.] Cowell.

Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.

To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner. Just where I please, with tightened rein I'll urge thee round the dusty plain. Fawkes. Tightening pulley (Mach.), a pulley which rests, or is forced, against a driving belt to tighten it.

That which tightens; specifically (Mach.), a tightening pulley.

A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer. [Obs.]

In a tight manner; closely; nearly.

The quality or condition of being tight.

Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs.

crotonic acid), homologous with crotonic acid, and obtained from croton oil (from Croton Tiglium) as a white crystalline substance.

The female of the tiger. Holland.