Defn: Same as Tyro.
T IRON
T" i`ron.
Defn: See under T.
TIRONIAN Ti*ro"ni*an, a. Etym: [L. Tironianus, fr. Tiro, the learned freedman and amanuensis of Cicero.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Tiro, or a system of shorthand said to have been introduced by him into ancient Rome.
TIRRALIRRA
Tir"ra*lir`ra, n.
Defn: A verbal imitation of a musical sound, as of the note of a lark
or a horn.
The lark, that tirra lyra chants. Shak.
"Tirralira, " by the river, Sang Sir Lancelot. Tennyson.
TIRRIT
Tir"rit, n.
Defn: A word from the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess in
Shakespeare's Henry IV., probably meaning terror.
TIRWIT
Tir"wit, n. Etym: [Cf. Pewit.] (Zoöl.)