Tinselly to Tisar
Tinselly
(Tin"sel*ly), a. Like tinsel; gaudy; showy, but cheap.
Tinselly
(Tin"sel*ly), adv. In a showy and cheap manner.
Tinsmith
(Tin"smith`) n. One who works in tin; a tinner.
Tinstone
(Tin"stone`) n. (Min.) Cassiterite.
Tint
(Tint) n. [For older tinct, fr. L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to dye: cf. F. teinte, teint, It. tinta, tinto.
See Tinge, and cf. Taint to stain, a stain, Tent a kind of wine, Tinto.] A slight coloring. Specifically: —
(a) A pale or faint tinge of any color.
Or blend in beauteous tints the colored mass.
Pope.
Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline.
Harte. (b) A color considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors,
but two shades of scarlet are different tints.
(c) (Engraving) A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
Tint tool (Eng.), a species of graver used for cutting the parallel lines which produce tints in engraving.
Tint
(Tint), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinting.] To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.
Tintamar
(Tin`ta*mar") n. [F. tintamarre.] A hideous or confused noise; an uproar. [Obs.] Howell.
Tinternell
(Tin"ter*nell) n. A certain old dance. [Obs.] Halliwell.
Tintie
(Tin"tie) n. (Zoöl.) The wren. [Prov. Eng.]
Tintinnabular
(Tin`tin*nab"u*lar Tin`tin*nab"u*la*ry) a. [L. tintinnabulum a little bell, fr. tintinnare to
ring, to jingle, tinnire to jingle.] Having or making the sound of a bell; tinkling.
Tintinnabulation
(Tin`tin*nab`u*la"tion) n. A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells. Poe.
Tintinnabulous
(Tin`tin*nab"u*lous) a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the tinkling of a bell; having a
tinkling sound; tintinnabular. De Quincey.
Tinto
(Tin"to) n. [Pg., tinged, fr. L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to tinge. See Tint, n.] A red Madeira
wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts, and, when old, resembling tawny port.
Tintype
(Tin"type`) n. Same as Ferrotype.
Tinware
(Tin"ware`) n. Articles made of tinned iron.
Tiny
(Ti"ny) a. [Compar. Tinier ; superl. Tiniest.] [Probably fr. tine, teen, trouble, distress, vexation.]
Very small; little; puny.
When that I was and a little tiny boy.
Shak. Tip
(Tip) n. [Akin to D. & Dan. tip, LG. & Sw. tipp, G. zipfel, and probably to E. tap a plug, a pipe.]
