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The same as TIP-CAT. tip-paper, s. A variety of stiff paper for lining hat-crowns. tip-staff ( pl. tip-staves), s. *1. (Originally tipped - staff ): A staff tipped with metal. "One had in his hand a tip - staff of a yellow cane." Bacon . 2. An officer bearing such a staff; a sheriff's officer, a constable. "A skirmish took place in Westminster Hall; and it was with difficulty that the Judges and tipstaves parted the combatants." -Macaulay : Hist. Eng ., ch. v. *tip-tilted, a . Having the tip or top tilted or turned up. (Special coinage.) "Lightly was her slender nose Tip- tilted like the petal of a flower." Tennyson: Gareth and Lynette. IMG:content-1154.png:[blocks in formation] *3. A fall. 4. A small present in money. ( Slang .) "Others declare that those only who display beforehand the alluring ' tip ' catch the porter's eye." -London Daily Telegraph. 5. A hint; specifically in sporting slang, private information in regard to the condition, chances, ., of competitors in a race, for betting purposes. [TIPSTER.] 6. An animal, ., considered or reported to have a good chance in a race, . "Storm Light was a great tip for the Snail well Stakes." -Field , Oct. 3, 1885. *7. A draught of liquor. IMG:content-1155.png:[blocks in formation] *1. To strike lightly; to tap; to touch lightly. "A third rogue tips me by the elbow.'- Swift . 2. To cant or tilt up (as a cart), so that the contents may be discharged. "Forming the slag, which is removed by tipping the converter."- Field, Feb. 19 1887. 3. To bestow a small money gift on; to give a small present to. "This whole matter of tipping waiters, and of waiters expecting to be tipped , is a very marked manifestation of the poison of pauperism'-Scribner's Magazine, July, 1877, p. 400. 4. To give, communicate, or direct toward generally; as, Tip me your fist, Tip him a quarter. ( Slang .) 5. To give private information to as regards the chances of a competitor in a race, ., for betting purposes. [TIPSTER.) ( Slang .) B. In trans.: To fall to or on one side. (With off or over .) "To shun the ditch on the one hand, he was ready to tip over into the mire on the other." -Bunyan : Pilgrim's Progre , pt. 1. (1) To tip off liquor : To turn up the ve el till all is drained. (2) To tip over : To fall or turn over. (3) To tip the wink : To direct a wink, or to wink at another, as a signal of caution, private information. "Sudden, she storms! she raves! You tip the wink, But spare your censure; Silia does not drink." Pope: Moral E ays , ii. 33. (4) To tip up : To raise or tilt the end of, so as to discharge the contents. *tip'-ět, s . [TIPPET.]