Tidifs, s. pl. small birds, F 648. Skinner guessed this to mean a titmouse, but adduced no authority; cf. Icel. tittr, a tit, small bird; and cf. Eng. titmouse, titlark. Drayton, in his Polyolbion, bk. xiii, mentions a singing-bird which he calls a tydy. The tydy cannot be the wren, as Nares supposes, because Drayton names the wren at the same time. See the note.
Tikel, adj. unstable, A 3428. Cf. E. tickl-ish.
Tikelnesse, s. lack of steadiness, instability, 13. 3.
Tikled, pt. s. tickled, D 395.
Til (before a vowel), prep. to, A 180, 1478, G 306; as a Northern word (before a consonant), A 4110; Til and fra, to and fro (Northern), A 4039. Icel. til.
Til, conj. until, till, 4. 59; L. 117; A 1760, F 346, G 1171; til that, A 1490, F 360.
Tilien, ger. to till, cultivate, B 2780.
Tilyere, s. tiller, B 5. p 1. 55.
Tilyinge, s. tillage, tilling, B 5. p 1. 50.
Timber, s. material, T. iii. 530; timber, HF. 1980; A 3666.