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Webster 1913 Edition

Tip

Tip

,
Noun.
[Akin to D. & Dan.
tip
, LG. & Sw.
tipp
, G.
zipfel
, and probably to E.
tap
a plug, a pipe.]
1.
The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end;
as, the
tip
of the finger; the
tip
of a spear
.
To the very
tip
of the nose.
Shakespeare
2.
An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything;
as, a
tip
for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.
3.
(Hat Manuf.)
A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
4.
A thin, boarded brush made of camel’s hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
5.
Rubbish thrown from a quarry.

Tip

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tipped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tipping
.]
To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of;
as, to
tip
anything with gold or silver
.
With truncheon
tipped
with iron head.
Hudibras.
Tipped
with jet,
Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press.
Thomson.

Tip

,
Verb.
T.
[Cf. LG.
tippen
to tap, Sw.
tippa
, and E.
tap
to strike gently.]
1.
To strike slightly; to tap.
A third rogue
tips
me by the elbow.
Swift.
2.
To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to;
as, to
tip
a servant
.
[Colloq.]
Thackeray.
3.
To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt;
as, to
tip
a cask; to
tip
a cart
.
To tip off
,
to pour out, as liquor.
–
To tip over
,
to overturn.
–
To tip the wink
,
to direct a wink; to give a hint or suggestion by, or as by, a wink.
[Slang]
Pope.
–
To tip up
,
to turn partly over by raising one end.

Tip

,
Verb.
I.
To fall on, or incline to, one side.
Bunyan.
To tip off
,
to fall off by tipping.

Tip

,
Noun.
[See
Tip
to strike slightly, and cf.
Tap
a slight blow.]
1.
A light touch or blow; a tap.
2.
A gift; a douceur; a fee.
[Colloq.]
3.
A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like.
[Sporting Cant]

Webster 1828 Edition

Tip

TIP

, n.
1.
The end; the point or extremity of any thing small; as the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear; the tip of the tongue; the tip of the ear.
2.
One part of the play at nine-pins.
3.
In botany, an anther.

TIP

,
Verb.
T.
To form a point with something; to cover the tip, top or end; a, to tip any thing with gold or silver.
With truncheon tipp'd with iron head.
Tipp'd with jet,
Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press.
1.
[for tap.] To strike slightly, or with the end of any thing small; to tap.
A third rogue tips me by the elbow.
2.
To lower one end, or throw upon the end; as, to tip a cart for discharging a load. [N. England.]
To tip the wink, to direct a wink, or to wink to another for notice.

TIP

,
Verb.
I.
In the phrase, to tip off, that is, to fall headlong; hence, to die.

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