tighten (titn)

[ The bowstring encircled my neck. All was ready; they waited the last signal to tighten the fatal cord. Marryat, Pacha of Many Tales, Story of Old Woman. [( Latham.) II. in trans. To become tight; be drawn tighter. Her fingers tightened round his own, And a sound like a tender moan Parted her lips. William Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 112. tightener (tīt'ner), n. [Also tightner ; tighten +-er1.] 1. One who or that which tightens, or that which is used for tightening; specifically, in an at ., a tensor. Tiger-bittern ( Tigrisoma cabanisi). nus of bitterns, of the family Ardeidæ and subfamily Botaurinæ, having the plumage closely and profusely variegated; the tiger-bitterns. tig-tag (tig'tag), n. [ IMG:content-0416.png:[blocks in formation] Sacrifice this tyke in her sight, which being done, one of your soldiers may dip his foul shirt in his blood. Peele , Edward I. Oh, let us not, like snarling tykes , In wrangling be divided. Burns, The Dumfries Volunteers.