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Webster 1913 Edition

Tiptoe

Tip′toeˊ

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Tiptoes
.
The end, or tip, of the toe.
He must . . . stand on his
typtoon
[tiptoes].
Chaucer.
Upon his
tiptoes
stalketh stately by.
Spenser.
To be a tiptoe
,
To stand a tiptoe
,
To stand on tiptoe
or
To be on tiptoe
,
to be awake or alive to anything; to be roused; to be eager or alert;
as,
to be a tiptoe
with expectation
.

Tip′toeˊ

,
Adj.
1.
Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as possible; lifted up; exalted; also, alert.
Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands
tiptoe
on the misty mountain tops.
Shakespeare
Above the
tiptoe
pinnacle of glory.
Byron.
2.
Noiseless; stealthy.
“With tiptoe step.”
Cowper.
Tiptoe mirth
,
the highest degree of mirth.
Sir W. Scott.

Tip′toeˊ

,
Verb.
I.
To step or walk on tiptoe.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tiptoe

TIP'TOE

,
Noun.
[tip and tow.] The end of the toe.
Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by.
To be or to stand a tiptoe, to be awake or alive to any thing; to be roused; as, to be a tiptoe with expectation.

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