tingling

[TINGLE.] A thrilling, tremulous sensation. "He feels a gentle tingling come Down to his finger and his thumb." Cowper: To Lady Austen . *tin-glish, a. [Eng. tingl (e); -ish.] Sensitive. "The tempera grow alive and tinglish ." Browning: Old Pictures in Florence. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. tink tink, *tinck, *tynk, v . i. [Of imitative origin; cf. O. Dut. tinge - tangen to tingle; Lat. tinnio to tinkle; Fr. tinter .] To make a sharp, shrill noise; to tinkle. "I am maad 1 Corinthians xiii. 1. as a cymbal tynkynge."-Wycliffe: tink, s . [TINK, v .] A tinkle, a tingle. tin-kal, tin-cal, subst . [The Indian name for Min.: The same as NATIVE-BORAX (q. v.). borax.] Ger . tinkalzit .] tin-kal-zīte, s . [ Eng.tinkal ; suff. -zite (Min.); Min.: A name given to the Ulexite (q. v.) of Tin-kar, s . [See compound.] Africa. Tinkar's root, s . Bot.: The root of Triosteum per folia tum , growing in this country. It is two to three feet high, with large, oval, acuminate leaves, dull purple flowers, and orange colored berries. In small doses it is a mild cathartic; given in larger quantity, it produces vomiting. Its dried and roasted berries have been used as a substitute for coffee. It derives its popular name from a Dr. Tinkar, who first used it medicinally. tin-ker, *tyn-ker, s. [Eng. tink, v.; -er.] From his making a tinkling sound.] I. Ordinary Language : 4102 2. Ornith.: Quiscalus cra irostris , the Barb a does Blackbird, or Tinkling Grakle. It rids cattle of parasites, and owes its popular name to its harsh, unmusical note. "As the Tinkling roosts in society, so does it build. The nests, to the number of twenty or thirty, are placed in a single tree, usually a hog-plum."-Go e: Birds of Jamaica , p. 224. tin-man, subst. [Eng. tin, and man.] A manufacturer of or dealer in tinware. tinned, a. [Eng. tin, s.; -ed.] Covered with tin; packed in tin cases or canisters; canned. "Meat is cheap, tinned foods are plentiful, and jam can be purchased for a song."- Field, Oct. 3, 1885.