tiraz

A costly silk stuff of which the most famous manufacture seems to have been at Almeria in Spain, under the Moorish domination: it is mentioned as woven with inscriptions, the names of distinguished men, etc. tirel (tir), v.; pret. and pp. tired, ppr. tiring. [Early mod. E. also tyre; As true as truest horse that yet would never tire . Shak., M. N. D., iii. 1. 98. I tired of the routine of eight years in one afternoon. I desired liberty. Charlotte Brontë , Jane Eyre, x. Nor mine the sweetne or the skill, But mine the love that will not tire. Tennyson, In Memoriam, cx. IMG:content-0477.png:[blocks in formation] 6352 Thow endurest wo As sharpe as doth he Sysiphus in helle, Whose stomak fowles tyren everemo. Chaucer, Troilus, i. 787. II. in trans. 1. To engage in pulling or tearing or rending; raven; prey: used especially and in analogous figurative applications. in falconry of hawks pouncing upon their prey, tire smith Upon whose breast a fiercer gripe doth tire Than did on him who first stole down the fire. And, like an empty eagle, Tire on the flesh of me and of my son. Shak., 3 Hen. VI., 1. 1. 268. Thus made she her remove, And left wrath tyring on her son, for his enforced love. Chapman , Iliad, i. 422. Rivet him To Caucasus, should he but frown; and let His own gaunt eagle fly at him, to tire . B. Jonson, Cat i line, iii. 1. Hence-2. To be earnestly engaged; dwell; dote; gloat. I grieve myself To think, when thou shalt be disedged by her That now thou tirest on, how thy memory Will then be pang'd by me. Shak ., Cymbeline, iii. 4. 96. tire3+ (tir), n. [Early mod. E. also tyre ; tire , a draught, pull, stretch, fling, length of course, etc. (in a great variety of senses) (= Sp. Sp. Pg. tiro , a draught, shot, cast, throw, = It. tiro , a draught, shot, etc.), tirer , draw: see tire2 , v. The form tier , once a mere var. spelling of tire e (like fier fier for fire ), is now pronounced differently, and, with tire , is by some referred to a different source: see tier2 .] train or series. [Rare.] IMG:content-0478.png:[blocks in formation] Music that gentlier on the spirit lies Than tir'd eyelids upon tir'd eyes. Tennyson, Lotos-Eaters, Choric Song. 2. To exhaust the attention or the patience of, as with dullne or tediousne ; satiate, sicken, or cause repugnance in, as by exce ive supply or continuance; glut. The feast, the dance; whate'er mankind desire, E'en the sweet charms of sacred numbers tire. Pope , Iliad, xiii. 798. Dramatic performances tired him [William of Orange]. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., vii. I often grew IMG:content-0479.png:[blocks in formation] To tire out, to weary or fatigue to the point of exhaus- And some with Patents, some with Merit, Tir'd out my good Lord Dorset's Spirit. Prior, To Fleet wood Shepherd (1689). =Syn. Tire , Fatigue , Weary , Jade. These words are pri marily physical, and are in the order of strength. One may become tired simply by standing still, or fatigued by a little over-exertion. Fatigue suggests something of exhaustion or inability to continue exertion: as, fatigued with running. Weary implies protracted exertion or strain gradually wearing out one's strength. Jade implies the repetition of the same sort of exertion: as, a horse will become jaded sooner by driving on a dead level than if he occasionally has a hill to climb. All these words have a figurative application to the mind corresponding to their physical meaning. See fatigue, n., and wearisome. tirel (tir), n. [ I have had a little cold for several days, and that and the tire in me gives me some headache to-day. S. Bowles, in Merriam, I. 293. Brain-tire. Same as brain - fag.