tiarid1um

[Mod. Lat. dim in., from tiara (q. v.).] Botany: A genus of Heliotropese, akin to Heliotropium, but having the tube of the corolla angular, and two-celled, miter-shaped nuts. Tiaridium indicum is an astringent, and is used to cleanse ulcers or allay inflammation. ti-är-Is, s. [Gr. tiar is, another form of tiara.] [TIARA.] 1. Ornith .: A genus of Fringillide with one species, from Brazil. Bill conical, entire; head crested; wings moderate; tail even or slightly rounded; feet moderate. 2. Zool .: A genus of Agamide, with three species, from the islands of the Eastern Peninsula. Scales of the body keeled, those of the back unequal; eyebrow and parotids unarmed. *tib, subst . [A contract. or corrupt. of the proper name Tabitha .] 1. A low woman, a paramour, a prostitute. "Every coistrel That comes inquiring for his tib . " Shakesp.: Pericles , iv. 6. 2. The ace of trumps in the game of gleek. (1) St. Tib's Eve : An expre ion equivalent to the Greek Calends"; never. Brewer says that St. Tib's is a corrupted form of St. Ubes, itself a cor 4089