<B>tick trefoil,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of plants of the pea family, having leaves consisting of three leaflets and jointed pods that stick like ticks to the fur of animals. </DL>
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<B>ticky</B> (1), noun, pl. <B>tickies.</B> <B>=tickey.</B></DL>
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<B>ticky</B> (2), adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> full of or infested by ticks. </DL>
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<B>ticky-tacky, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><I>adj. </I> uniformly cheap, tasteless, or inferior. <BR> <I>Ex. ... row on row of ticky-tacky houses appear (New York Times).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> ticky-tacky material. </DL>
<B>t.i.d.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (in prescriptions) three times a day (Latin, <I>ter in die</I>). </DL>
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<B>tidal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of tides; having tides; caused by tides. A tidal river is affected by the ocean's tide. <DD><B> 2. </B>dependent on the state of the tide as to time of arrival and departure. <BR> <I>Ex. a tidal steamer.</I> adv. <B>tidally.</B> </DL>
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<B>tidal air,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the air that a person ordinarily inhales and exhales at each breath. Tidal air amounts to about a pint in adults. </DL>
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<B>tidal current,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the movement of water toward and away from the coast as the tide rises and falls. </DL>
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<B>tidal wave,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large wave or sudden increase in the level of water along a shore, caused by unusually strong winds. <DD><B> 2. </B>a large, destructive ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption. <DD><B> 3. </B>either of two great swellings of the ocean surface (caused by the attraction of the moon and sun) that move around the globe on opposite sides and cause the tides. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) any great movement or manifestation of feeling, opinion, or the like; overwhelming outburst. <BR> <I>Ex. a tidal wave of popular indignation.</I> </DL>
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<B>tidbit, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a very pleasing bit of food, news, or information. Also, <B>titbit.</B> </DL>
<B>tiddler, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Informal.) something or somebody small: <DD><B> a. </B>a fish of small size, especially a stickleback. <BR> <I>Ex. I could see that such a tiddler did not count for very much with the two Turkana fishermen who were with me (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a small submarine, rocket, or other device. <DD><B> c. </B>a little child; tot. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who plays tiddlywinks. </DL>
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<B>tiddley</B> or <B>tiddly, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British. Slang.) intoxicated. </DL>
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<B>tiddlywinks, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a game in which the players try to make small colored disks jump from a flat surface into a cup by pressing on their edges with larger disks. </DL>
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<B>tide</B> (1), noun, verb, <B>tided,</B> <B>tiding,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>the rise and fall of the ocean about every twelve hours, caused by the attraction of the moon and the sun. <BR> <I>Ex. We go swimming at high tide; at low tide we dig for clams.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the inward or outward flow or current resulting from this on a coast or in a river or bay. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=flood tide.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) anything that rises and falls like the tide. <BR> <I>Ex. the tide of popular opinion. There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a stream, current, or flood. <BR> <I>Ex. Feel this arm of mine--the tide within (Tennyson). Faith ... Stands a sea-mark in the tides of time (Algernon Charles Swinburne).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>a season; time; a church festival or anniversary (especially in compounds such as <BR> <I>Ex. Christmastide, springtide).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Archaic.) the right moment or occasion; opportune time. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to carry as the tide does. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to float or drift with the tide. <DD><B> 2. </B>to flow or surge as the tide does. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Nautical.) to navigate a ship by taking advantage of favoring tides, and anchoring when the tide turns. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>=tidal.</B> <BR><I>expr. <B>swim against the tide,</B> </I>to oppose the prevailing trends or conditions; favor or defend an unpopular cause. <BR> <I>Ex. We have not had to swim against the tide for our freedom (Listener).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>tide over,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to help along for a time. </I> <I>Ex. His savings will tide him over his illness.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to overcome (as a difficulty or problem). <BR> <I>Ex. We ... believe that for the moment the difficulty is tided over (Manchester Examiner).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>turn the tide,</B> </I>to change from one condition to the opposite. <BR> <I>Ex. A touchdown in the final minute of play turned the tide against us. The appearance of Joan of Arc turned the tide of war (Henry Hallam).</I> </DL>
<B>tidegate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a gate through which water flows when the tide is in one direction but which closes when the tide is in the other direction. <DD><B> 2. </B>a channel in which a tidal current runs. </DL>
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<B>tideland, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>land flooded at high tide. <DD><B> 2. </B>submerged coastal land within the historical boundaries of a state and belonging to that state (according to an act passed by the Congress of the United States in May, 1953). </DL>
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<B>tideless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having no tide; without ebb and flow. </DL>
<A NAME="tideline">
<B>tideline, </B>noun. <B>=tidemark.</B></DL>
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<B>tidemark, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a mark left or reached by the tide at high or low water; high-water mark or low-water mark. <DD><B> 2. </B>a post or the like set up to mark the point reached by the tide. </DL>
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<B>tide mill,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mill driven by the flow of the tide against a water wheel. <BR> <I>Ex. It is natural that man should look for means of harnessing some of the power of the tides for his own benefit, and small tide mills have been operated in a few suitable localities for centuries (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
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<B>tide pool,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a pool of water left by a receding tide. <BR> <I>Ex. Tide pools ... where all the beauty of the sea is ... portrayed in miniature (Rachel Carson).</I> </DL>
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<B>tiderace, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a strong tidal current, especially one that flows in a tideway. </DL>
<A NAME="tiderip">
<B>tide rip,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a heavy wave or rough current caused by opposing tides or currents. </DL>
<A NAME="tidetable">
<B>tide table,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a table that lists the time of high water at a place or places on each day during a particular period. </DL>
<A NAME="tidewaiter">
<B>tidewaiter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a customs officer who formerly waited for and boarded ships to prevent the evasion of the customs regulations. </DL>
<A NAME="tidewater">
<B>tidewater, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>water in rivers and streams affected by the rise and fall of the tides. <DD><B> 2. </B>water that is brought by the flood tide and overflows land. <DD><B> 3. </B>low-lying land along a seacoast through which tides flow. <DD><B> 4. </B>the seacoast or a region along a seacoast. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or along tidewater. Tidewater country is land along the seacoast. </DL>
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<B>tideway, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a channel in which a tidal current runs. <DD><B> 2. </B>a strong current running in such a channel. </DL>
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<B>tidier, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who tidies. <BR> <I>Ex. a most serviceable cleaner and tidier of things (H. G. Wells).</I> </DL>
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<B>tiding, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) a piece of news. </DL>
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<B>tidings, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> news; information. <BR> <I>Ex. joyful tidings. The messenger brought tidings from the battlefield.</I> (SYN) word, message. </DL>
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<B>tidy, </B>adjective, <B>-dier,</B> <B>-diest,</B> verb, <B>-died,</B> <B>-dying,</B> noun, pl. <B>-dies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>neat and in order; orderly; trim. <BR> <I>Ex. a tidy room.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>inclined to keep things neat and in order. <BR> <I>Ex. a tidy person.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal.) fairly large; considerable. <BR> <I>Ex. $500 is a tidy sum of money.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Informal.) fairly good. <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to make neat; put in order. <BR> <I>Ex. She tidied the room. Be sure to tidy up before going out.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a small cover to keep the back of a chair, etc., from becoming dirty or worn. adv. <B>tidily.</B> noun <B>tidiness.</B> </DL>
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<B>tidytips, </B>noun sing. and pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of California annual composite herbs with flower heads that have yellow rays tipped with white. </DL>
