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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tit \tit\, n.
1. a small horse. --tusser.
1913 webster
2. a woman; -- used in contempt. --burton.
1913 webster
3. a morsel; a bit. --halliwell.
1913 webster
4. oe.; cf. icel. titter a tit or small bird. the word
probably meant originally, something small, and is perhaps
the same as teat. cf. titmouse, tittle. zool.
a any one of numerous species of small singing birds
belonging to the families paridae and
leiotrichidae; a titmouse.
b the european meadow pipit; a titlark.
1913 webster
ground tit. zool. see wren tit, under wren.
hill tit zool., any one of numerous species of asiatic
singing birds belonging to siva, milna, and allied
genera.
tit babbler zool., any one of several species of small
east indian and asiatic timaline birds of the genus
trichastoma.
tit for tat. probably for tip for tap. see tip a slight
blow. an equivalent; retaliation.
tit thrush zool., any one of numerous species of asiatic
and east indian birds belonging to suthora and allied
genera. in some respects they are intermediate between the
thrushes and titmice.
1913 webster
see also:
titmouse tittle paridae leiotrichidae ground tit wren tit
wren hill tit siva milna tit babbler
trichastoma tit for tat tip tit thrush suthora
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