tick (5), tek

[Dut.tik=a touch, a pat, a tick; tikken to pat, to tick; Low German tikk =a light touch with the tip of the finger. A weakened form from the same root as TAKE (q. v.).] Tibet-dog, Tibet-mastiff, s . Zool .: A variety of Canis familiar is , about the size of a Newfoundland dog, but with a head resembling that of the mastiff, and having the flews large and pendent. The color is usually deep black, with a bright brown spot over each eye; the hair is long, and the tail bushy and well curled. This variety is extremely savage, and has been known from cla ic times, when it was employed by the Romans, especially under the Emperors, in the games of the circus. Ti-bět-an, Thi-bět-an (Thas T), a. & 8. [See definition.] A. As adj.: Of or pertaining to Tibet or Thibet. B. As substantive: 1. A native or inhabitant of Tibet. 2. The language of Tibet. Tibetan sun-bear, s . Zool.: Ursus tibetanus . [SUN-BEAR, 1.] Tibetan water-shrew, s. Zool.: Nec to gale elegans . It is about eight inches long, half of which is occupied by the tail; upper surface slate-gray, lower parts white. It has largely webbed feet, and is the most thoroughly aquatic of all the Soricide. [NEC TO GALE.] "What strong enchantments tice my weary soul?" Marlowe: Tamburlaine , Pt . I. , i. 2. *tiçe-ment, s. [A contract. of enticement (q. v.).] The act of enticing; enticement, allurement. ti-chod-rô-ma, subst . [Gr. teichos =a wall, and drome us a runner.] Ornith.: Wall-creeper (q. v.); a genus of Certhiide, with one species, ranging from South Europe to Aby in i a, Nepaul, and the north of China. Bill slightly curved, nostrils with membranous scale. Wings long and rounded; tail rounded, tip of feathers soft.