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T — Tide-waiter to Toddy (Part 9 of 12)

Tipsy, a.

    1. Intoxicated, inebriated, drunk, drunken, in one’s cups, boozy, fuddled, muddled, disguised, mellow, in liquor.
    2. Reeling, staggering.

Tip-top, n. The very top, the highest degree.

Tip-top, a. (Colloq.) Perfect, first-rate, excellent, capital, picked, choice, first-class, superfine, very best.

Tirade, n. Strain of invective, series of violent declamation, diatribe.

Tirailleur, n. [Fr.] (Mil.) Skirmisher.

Tire, v. a.

    1. Fatigue, weary, jade, fag, exhaust, knock up, tire out.
    2. Irk, bore, weary, fatigue.

Tire, v. n. Be fatigued, become weary, grow weary.

Tiresome, a.

    1. Wearisome, fatiguing, irksome, tedious, humdrum, dull.
    2. Laborious, arduous, hard, toilsome, troublesome, difficult, uphill.

Tirwit, n. (Ornith.) Lapwing, pewit (Tringa vanellus).

Tissue, n.

    1. Fabric, cloth, woven stuff (especially cloth interwoven with gold or silver or figured colors).
    2. Texture, structure, web.
    3. Combination, series, accumulation, conglomeration, mass, network, chain.

Tit, n.

    1. Small horse, pony.
    2. Titmouse, tomtit.