2. (Bot.) (a) Same as Coreopsis. (b) Any plant of the genus Corispermum, plants of the Goosefoot family.
TICKTACK
Tick"tack`, n. Etym: [See Tick to beat, to pat, and (for sense 2) cf.
Tricktrack.]
1. A noise like that made by a clock or a watch.
2. A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack. A game at ticktack with words. Milton.
TICKTACK
Tick"tack`, adv.
Defn: With a ticking noise, like that of a watch.
TICPOLONGA
Tic`po*lon"ga, n. Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A very venomous viper (Daboia Russellii), native of Ceylon and
India; — called also cobra monil.
TID
Tid, a. Etym: [Cf. AS. tedre, tydere, weak, tender.]
Defn: Tender; soft; nice; — now only used in tidbit.