titled (le as el)

[Eng.titl(e), s.; -ed.] Having or bearing a title, especially one of nobility. "The poorest tenant of the Libyan wild, Whose life is pure, whose thoughts are undefil'd, In titled ranks may claim the first degree." Fawkes: Menander ; Fragments. 4108 unfrequently kill young and sickly birds with strokes of their stout, strong bill. They are very pugnacious, and the hens show great courage in defense of their nests. The young are fed chiefly on caterpillars, and a pair of Blue Tits have been observed to carry a caterpillar to their nest, on an average, every two minutes, during the greater part of the day, so that these birds must be extremely serviceable in preventing the increase of noxious insects. The Chickadee, so named from its note, is the black-cap titmouse ( Parus at rica pill us) of North America. Seven species are well known in Europe; but one, the Crested Titmouse ( Parus cristatus ), is only an accidental visitor. The Great Titmouse ( P. major ) is about six inches long; head and throat black, cheeks white; back, breast, and sides yellowish, wings and tail grayish. The Blue Titmouse ( P. cærule us ), which is so called from the bluish tinge in its plumage, and the Coal Titmouse ( P. ater ), named from its black head and neck, are the commonest British species; the others are the Long tailed Titmouse ( Acredula caudata , † Parus caudatus ), the Marsh Titmouse ( P. pal us tris ), and the Bearded Titmouse ( Panurus biarmi cus ), or Reedling (q. v.). "It may be doubted whether the plural of Tit mouse should be Titmice , as the custom has it, but the Editor has not the courage to use Tit mouses , though he believes he has heard East Anglians say Titmousen."Yarrell: British Birds (ed. 4th), 1. 490. (Note.) ti-trate, v. t. [Fr. titre standard of finene .) Chemistry: To submit to the action or proce of titration (q. v.).