| tire | 1. To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does. "Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast, Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone." (Shak) "Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men, That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits." (B. Jonson) 2. To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything. "Thus made she her remove, And left wrath tiring on her son." (Chapman) "Upon that were my thoughts tiring." (Shak) Origin: F. Tirer to draw or pull; of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. Tear to rend. See Tirade. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| tire-woman | Origin: See Tire attire, Attire. 1. A lady's maid. "Fashionableness of the tire-woman's making." (Locke) 2. A dresser in a theater. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tiring | Synonym: cerclage. Origin: Eng. Tire (05 Mar 2000) |
| tiron | <chemical> 4,5-dihydroxy-1,3-benzenedisulfonic acid disodium salt. A colourimetric reagent for iron, manganese, titanium, molybdenum, and complexes of zirconium. Pharmacological action: indicators and reagents. Chemical name: 1,3-Benzenedisulfonic acid, 4,5-dihydroxy-, disodium salt (12 Dec 1998) |
| tirrit | A word from the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess in Shakespeare's Henry IV, probably meaning terror. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tirwit | <zoology> The lapwing. Origin: Cf. Pewit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |