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TIERCED. in her.l.lry. denoles·tI.. O,ield
10
be divided
by :looy Pdtt of
\"he
panition-lines,
a,
party. coupy, tran–
eh
y,
Of
tailly, ioto
lhrec
equal
paru
of'difF..:rcot colours
Of met2ls.
TIG ER. in zoology. See FELIS.
TIGRIS•• lorge river of Turky in Afi•• whieh. rifing in
the
Oloúntains
of Al mcniíL. rnns Comhwud,
dl',íding
Dlar–
heck or l'vIcCoforamia,
(roll1
Curddlan
Of lhe
ancieorAf–
Cyri.; and
havin~
p.O'·d by I:!adgal, join, Ihe Euphralc,
in Eyrctca Arabic,
Of
lhe ancicor
Chaldea.
TILflURY. a (onreCs in Ihe eounly of Ellex, filuated on
Ihe nver
Thames,
oppofte to
GravefeoJ, twenty miles
eall of Londoo.
TILIA, in bOlan)', a genus of the polyandria monogynia
e1,fs. The eoroll. eo,;Gils of five petar., and Ihe: e.lix
of (¡ve f.!g11lenls ; Ihe
bcrry
is
dry, and round, with
fi'fc
ce:ll$, and hve valves. Tbcre are
t WO
fpecies, only o"c
of them ,
viz .
tbe Europa:a, or lime-trte, a native of
Britain .
T ILLlEA. in bOl>ny. • genus of Ihe telr>ndria wragynia
c1aJs. 'rhc c"lix confifl,
of
thrcc
rcgmenis,
and
(he
eo·
lol la
of lh ree cqu;ll
petals; and there are {hree eaprules
coOtaininf,
three feeds.
The
fpecies
are
two, none of
th em nati' es
of. Britain.
'fILLANDSIA, in bOlaoy, • genus of Ihe hexandri. mo·
nogynia
eI.rs. The
c,¡lix coofiCh of three perfineot feg.
meou; the corolla
is
bell.fhaped, with three
Cegments ;
the caprule has one cell,
eontaini.nga tingle
pappolls (eedo
T here
are nioe
Cpecieso
none of them natives of nritain.
'fILLER
of
Q
¡hip.
a !lroog pieee of wood fanened in Ihe
hcad of Ihe rudder, and in fmaU {hips aod bOl" e.lled
the helm.
TILLAGE. See ACRleuLTuRE, p. 54.
TIMAR, a " aa or portion of
I.od,whieh Ihe grand Ceg.
Iljor
granrs
to
a
perfon on
conditioo of
fer9ing
him io a
\Var 00 horfe·b3Ck. Henee, thoCe who enjoy fueh laods
are
cí\lled timariotso
1'lMRER, ineludes all !<jnds of feUed and feafoned woods.
TI1v1 E,
a
fucccffion
o(
ph:enomena
in the
uoiverfe;
or
a
Olqcfe
of duration marked
by
certaio
ptriods or meafures,
chieAy
by
Ihe mOl ion and revoluuon of lhe {¡¡n. See
ASTRONOr-tY,
p.
489'
TI ME .
in mufick,
is
tlO
arrcltion
of
(ound,
whereby we
de·
nomínate
it
loog
or
(hon,
with regard tO ils
cOQtinual1cc
in
the fame dt!gree of
time.-
Sec
M
v s
1
e
It.
TI MOR, .nd iOand in Ihe I ndian oeean,
fil~ated
between
122 0
and
J
26°
of
call long, aod belweeo 8
0
and 19
0
foulh lal.
1I
is in porrellion of Ihe D lIleh, .nd
f.idID
h.vegold
mines.
TIN . See CIIEMISTRV . p.
83.1° 5,135.
TI NCTURE. in ph. rma<y aod ehenlltlry. a Cepar.tion of
lhe
finer and
more vol.lile
parts
of a mixed body, made
by
m~ans
of a proper men(lruum
difloh
jng
and
retaining
lhe
{¡¡me.
1 "'N CTURE,
in heraldry,
the hue
or colourofany
thin~ in
t:O.H
armour, uoJcr which
denomina1ion
may be alfo io·
cluded Ihe
lWO
Olctals,
or
and
argent, beclufc:
they are
oflcn rcpreCcntea
by
yellow and
white.
'fl
NE. There are two rivers of (his
name
;
lhe one C:1l1cd
Nonh_l 'lna
o
which rifes on lhe borJc:rs
oC
Scotrand ;
:tnd Ihe (¡lhe,.
!:ioulh·"rine,
which rifes
00
the:
confines
o( Cu:nhcrldnJ
i
lhc ene rUDoing
louth'ca!t,
lnJ
lhe
othcr
T O B
nonh.can:
thcy
unite
their waters
at Hexham,
and C6a...
linuing
te
run eaH, divide the
counties
of
Durham
and
Non humberland. paOing by Newe.lIIe, and f.I1ing iOlo
lhe
German
fea at
TinOloutho
TINMOUTH, • port.lown of N orthumberland, filuated
00 lhe Gtr01an fea, al rhe mouth o( lhe r¡ver Tine, fevea
miles ean of NeweanIe.
TINN ING, Ihe eovering or lining any Ihiog wilh melted
tin,
or with
tin reducep to a vcry
l¡oe lear. Looking.
glalT~s
are foliated, or
tioned.
with
thiA
plales
of
bcatco
lin. the whole bigneCs of the glal', applied or faflened
Iherelo by
me.nsof quiekGlver.. See .f'OLIATlftC.
TI NNITUS AU RIU... See M,ol e IN!. p.
156.
TINUS, in botaFlY, a genus
of lhe
enoeandria monogyoia
e1aCs. "rhe ealtx eonGOs of five CegmenlS• •od Ihe eo–
rolJa
of
fi
'e petals; the berry has
thre~
ceJls, co'nlainio2
one (eed. T here is but
one fpecies,
a nat¡ve
of
Jamaica.
TIPPE RARY.
~
eounly of Irelaod. in the provinee or.
MunHer,
Jying bClween
Kiot's-couoty
00
the
north,
and
Walerford on the Coulh.
TIPST AFF. an oRieer who ."<nds tbejudge. \Vilh a ki,nd
of (laG
tipt
with
fil,.er.
and takes into his charge all pri·
foners who are! committed
oc
tumed
over
al
a judge's
ch.ambers.
TIRE, in the Cea·language, i, a row·ofe.nnon plaeedolong
a fhip's fide,
eitber
above upon deck, or
bclow,
d¡fiio·
guilhed by Ihe epilhe" o( upper and lower lires.
TIROL, a eounlry of Gerroany, iD Ihe tircle of Aunria.
about
one
hundred
and twenty
miles Jong. aod fixty
broad,
fubjea lO tbe houCe of Aullria: it is bouoded by S
\V.bi.
and
Bavaria on the nortb.
TITANS, in Ihe he.tben mylhoIogy, Ihe Qffspriog of Ti–
tan,
the
e1der brother
of Saturo;
upon whom, and
his
fon Jupiter,
they
made
war, in
arder to recover the fove·
reignly of which Til. o had been depri..d. The poeta
reprefent tbem as a
race
of
gi'l.OlS,
fprung from tbe earth,
and io\(ading heaven; and
tel1
us,
lhat Jupiter
overeame
them with tbIlDder, . ando
drove
lhem
down to
the
ve~y
bollO"' of helI .
TITHES. See T,END.
TITLE, an .ppelI¡lion of dignity or qu.liIY. giV:D
10
princes,
and oeher per(ons of dillioflion.
TITMOUSE, in ornilhology. See PARUS.
TITUI:lATION, a kind of libration. or fhaking, \Vhieh Ihe
anclent allrooomers au ribuled to (he cryttaJline heaveos,
in
order
ro
accouot
fo.
cenain
irregularities
which
they
obrcrved in the motioos of the planets.
TITULAR. denotes. perCoo invened wilb • lille, in . ir–
lue of whieh he holds an olliee or beoefiee. whether
be
perform
the
(un{lioos
thereo~
or
noto
T I NERTON, • borough of D evoolhore, úluated on Ihe ri–
ver
Ex,
thirteen milc:s
nonh
of
Exerer.
lt
ft:nds
l'KO
merobers
lO
parliament.
TIVIOT, orCHEVloT·"'OUNTAI", are high hills on ..he
borders 01
Engl.odand Seotlaod.
TMESIS,
in
gnmmar, a figure
wherebya
compound word
is
Ceparatcd
ioto two piUts, aud one
or
more wurds pla.
ccd
between
thern : thus,
fOf'lU!tCunf{l1tr,
V¡rgil
fays,
q:ue
lIU
~UI:9'U
V()(QI11
lerr~.
&c.
TOAD; in zoology. Ses R AN A.
T OA !) FLAX, in
botany. SI."t"
ANTlkkHINUMo
T OI:!ACCO, iD bOI'oy
See NleoTIANA.
TOlJ.\GO, • Cro31L iOand in the b.y of
Pan.ma, in
SO' lh·