tike (2), tyke

[Icel. tik; Sw. tik a bitch.) 1. A dog, a cur. "Or bobtail tike or trundle-tail." 2. A Yorkshire man. Shakesp.: Lear , iii. 6. 3. A vulgar person, a queer fellow. *tik-el, a. [TICKLE, a. ] ti-koôr', tik-ül s. [Bengalee name.] Bot.: Garcinia pedunculata , a tall tree, a native of Rungpoor, Goal para, and Sylhet in India. The fruit is large, round, smooth and, when ripe, yellow. The fleshy part is of a very sharp, pleasant taste, and is used by the natives for curries, and for acidulating water; if cut into slices it will keep for made inch in thickne , 10%1⁄2 inches long, 64 wide. They weigh from 2 to 21⁄2 pounds each, and expose about one-half to the weather; 740 tiles cover 100 superficial feet. They are hung upon the lath by two oak pins, inserted into holes made by the molder. Pantiles, first used in Flanders, have a wavy surface, lapping under and being overlapped by adjacent tiles of the same rank. They are made 14%×10%; expose ten inches to the weather; weigh from 5 to 54 pounds each; 170 cover 100 superficial feet. Crown, Ridge, Hip, and Valley tiles are semicylindrical, or segments of cylinders, used for the purposes indicated. Siding-tiles are used as a sub stitute for weather boarding. Holes are made in them when molding, and they are secured to the lath by flat-headed nails. The gauge or exposed face is sometimes indented, to represent courses of brick. Fine mortar is introduced between them when they rest upon each other. Siding-tiles are sometimes called Weather-tiles and Mathematical tiles; these names are derived from their exposure or markings. They are variously formed, having curved or crenated edges, and various ornaments either raised or encaustic. Dutch tiles, for chimneys, are made of a whitish earth, glazed and painted with various figures. Drain-tiles are usually made in the form of an arch, and laid upon flat tiles called Soles. Paving tiles are usually square and thicker than those used for roofing. [ENCAUSTIC.) Galvanized iron tiles have been introduced in France They are shaped like pantiles, so that each laps upon its neighbor in the course, and each course laps upon the one beneath it. "The houses are represented as considerable, being built with stone and timber, and covered with tiles , a on long voyages. ( Calcutta Exhib. Report.) tik-õr, s. [Native name.] Botany, .: 1. The tubers of Curcuma leucorrhiza , which grow in the forests of Bahar in India. They are yellow inside, and often a foot long. 2. An excellent kind of arrowroot prepared from the tubers. tī-kūs, s. [Native name.] Zoology : A small insectivorous mammal, from Malacca and Sumatra, described by Sir Stamford Raffles as Viverra gymnura , but now known as Gymnurus raffles i i . Externally it is not unlike an opo um with a lengthened muzzle; greater portion of the body, upper part of legs, root of tail, and stripe over the eye black, the other parts white. It po e es glands which secrete a substance with a strong musky smell. IMG:content-1124.png:[blocks in formation] of the present century.] A gig or two-wheeled carriage without a top or cover. til-dê, s . [Sp.] The diacritic mark placed over the letter n (sometimes over 1) in Spanish to indicate that in pronunciation the following vowel is to be sounded as if a y had been affixed to it; as cañ on , pronounced can - yon . tile (1), *tyle, subst . [A contract. of tigel : A. S. tigele , from Lat. tegula =a tile, lit.=that which covers, from tego to cover.] 1. A kind of thin slab of baked clay, used for cov ering roofs, paving floors, lining furnaces or ovens, constructing drains, . Tiles, both flat and curved, were in great demand in Roman architect Roofs were covered with the flat and curved ure. tiles alternating. Tiles two feet square with a foot at each angle were used to line the thermæ, so that an air space between them and the wall should prevent the absorb tion of the water by the latter. Tiles are manufactuaed by a similar proce to countries." -Anson: Voyages, bk. iii., ch. vi. 2. Bra Founding : The cover of a bra furnace. Now made of iron, but formerly a flat tile. 3. Metall .: A clay cover for a melting-pot. 4. A tall stiff hat; a tall silk hat, or one of that shape. ( Slang .) "And down he sat without further bidding, having previously deposited his old white hat on the landing Ta'nt a werry good 'un to look at, outside the door. said Sam, 'but it's an astonish in' 'un to wear; and afore the brim went, it was a werry handsome tile."-Dickens : Pickwick , ch. xii. tile-creasing, s . Mason.: A row of tile laid along the top of a wall, projecting beyond the face; or each face, if both are exposed. A row of bricks laid header fashion is laid above, and is called a cope. A double row laid so as to break joint is double tile creasing. tile-drain, 8. A drain made of tiles.