Defn: Like a tiger; tigrish.
TIGER'S-FOOT
Ti"ger's-foot`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A name given to some species of morning-glory (Ipomoea) having the leaves lobed in pedate fashion.
TIGH
Tigh, n. Etym: [Perhaps akin to tight.]
Defn: A close, or inclosure; a croft. [Obs.] Cowell.
TIGHT
Tight, obs.
Defn: p. p. of Tie. Spenser.
TIGHT Tight, a. [Compar. Tighter; superl. Tightest.] Etym: [OE. tight, thiht; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. , Dan. tæt, Sw. tät: akin to D. & G. dicht thick, tight, and perhaps to E. thee to thrive, or to thick. Cf. Taut.]
1. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.
2. Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; — often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water- tight; air-tight.