tiver

t. [TIVER, 8.] To mark with tiver, as sheep, for different purposes. tiv-o-11, s . [See definition.] A common name in this country for various kinds of pleasure resorts. Named from the town of Tivoli, in Italy, 17 miles E. N. E. of Rome, on the slope of Monte Ripoli, one of the A pennines. It was anciently called Tibur and was noted for its paintings, antiquities, fountains, palaces and gardens, which made it one of the finest places in Italy. The cataracts of the river Terevone here have formed vaults in the rocks in which the Sibyl Tiburs or Albunea is said to have lodged, and there are still some remains of a little temple said to have been dedicated to this Sibyl. tiv-ỹ, adv. [A contraction of tantivy (q. v.).] With great speed. (A huntsman's word.) "In a bright moonshine while winds whistle loud, Tivy, tivy, tivy , we mount and we fly." Dryden: Tyran nick Love, iv. 1. 4109 tme-si-ster-ni, s. pl. (Lat., from Gr. tmēsis =a cutting, and stern on =the breast.] Entom.: A group of Australian Beetles, subfamily Lamiine. They have oblique foreheads like the Cerambycine.