ticpolonga (tikpolongga)

[E. Ind.] A very venomous serpent of India and Ceylon: same as cobra - monil. Ticuna poison (ti-könä poi'zn). An arrow poison used by the Ticunas and other Indian tribes dwelling near the Amazon. When given to animals it produces strong convulsions, lasting for hours. It probably contains picrotoxin, like other South American arrow-poisons. Watts's Dict. of Chem. tid1 (tid), n. [An obs. or dial. form (with shortened vowel) of tide1.] Fit or favorable season or condition: as, the land is in fine tid for sowing; hence, humor. [Scotch.] Summer fallow has enjoyed a most favourable tid for working, and has pulverized down into fine mould. The Scotsman .