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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 spearTo 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 silverWith 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 cartTo 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.
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.
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.