Tin-gloves, subs. (Winchester).—See quot.
c. 1840. Mansfield, School-Life at Winchester (1866), 54. But there were other ordeals that were not quite so harmless. Green was liable to be asked whether he possessed a pair of TIN-GLOVES. As this article does not generally form part of a boy’s outfit, Bully would proceed to furnish him with a pair in the following manner:—Taking a half consumed stick from the fire, he would draw the “red-hot end” down the back of Green’s hand between each of the knuckles to the wrist, and having produced three satisfactory lines of blisters would then make two or three transverse lines across. A scientifically fitted pair of gloves of this description was generally, if not pleasant wear, of great durability.
Tin-tab, subs. (Dulwich).—The carpenter’s shop.
Tip, subs. (Felsted).—1. A false report.
1890. Felstedian, Feb., p. 3. Some one ventured to suggest that it was all a beastly TIP.... Many would just like to get hold of the fellow that started the TIP.
1893. Felstedian, Dec., p. 143. Nor is it credible that he stands in need of those useful and entertaining scraps of general information to which we apply the term “TIPS” in our ordinary conversation.
1895. Felstedian, April, p. 45. Tip.—“Tip” and “tip-spreading,” expressing with that brevity which is the soul of wit, our horror of scandal and scandal-mongering, again defy analysis.
2. (Felsted).—A foolish mistake in translating, &c.
Tipping, adj. (general).—First-rate; jolly.
Tique, subs. (Harrow).—(1) Arithmetic; and (2) mathematics. [From a French master’s peculiar English pronunciation.]