tipteer

i. [ΤΙΡΤΟΕ, υ.] tip-tëer-ing, pr. par. [TIPTEER, v. i.] ( Lorenzo Dow: Sermons.) tip'-tõe, a. . [Eng. tip (1), s., and toe.] *A. As adjective: 1. On the tip or end of the toe. "Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops." Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet, iii. 5. Hence, quiet, stealthy. "With tiptoe step Vice silently succeeds." Cowper: Expostulation, 84. 2. Highest, topmost. "Proud of your smiles, he's mounted many a story Above the tiptoe pinnacle of glory." Byrom: Epil. to Hurlothrumbo. B. As subst.: The tip or end of the toe. "Ten ruddy wildings in the wood I found, And stood on tiptoes , reaching from the ground." Dryden: Virgil , Ecl. iii. 108. To be (or stand) on tiptoe : To be on the strain; to be on the alert. "In every new attempt, expectation is on tiptoe to see whether there is not some improvement."-Knox: Winter Evenings, even. 1. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f IMG:content-1157.png:[blocks in formation] "Mabel tiptoed to her room." vi. 104. *tip-toôn, s . pl . tip-top, s. & a. [TIPTOE.] Richardson: Clari a, [Eng. tip (1), s., and top .] A. As subst .: The highest point or degree: the very best of anything. B. As adj .: Of the very highest cla or degree: first-rate; the very best. "I promised to provide them with tiptop shooting for one season."- Field , Jan. 28, 1886.