Defn: A periodical sale of ore in the English mining districts; — so called from the tickets upon which are written the bids of the buyers.
TICKING
Tick"ing, n. Etym: [From Tick a bed cover. Cf. Ticken.]
Defn: A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; — called also ticken.
TICKLE Tic"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tickled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tickling.] Etym: [Perhaps freq. of tick to beat; pat; but cf. also AS. citelian to tickle, D. kittelen, G. kitzlen, OHG. chizzilon, chuzzilon, Icel. kitla. Cf. Kittle, v. t.]
1. To touch lightly, so as to produce a peculiar thrilling sensation, which commonly causes laughter, and a kind of spasm which become dengerous if too long protracted. If you tickle us, do we not laugh Shak.
2. To please; to gratify; to make joyous. Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. Pope. Such a nature Tickled with good success, disdains the shadow Which he treads on at noon. Shak.
TICKLE
Tic"kle, v. i.
1. To feel titillation. He with secret joy therefore Did tickle inwardly in every vein. Spenser.
2. To excite the sensation of titillation. Shak.
TICKLE
Tic"kle, a.