tibcat

A female cat. tibio-tarsal, a. IMG:content-1104.jpg:[blocks in formation] a cat. Ti-bět', Thí-bět' (Th as T), s. [See def.] Geog.: A region of Central Asia immediately north of the Himalaya Mountains. It is about 1,400 miles from east to west, and 600 from north to south, and is subject to the rule of the Emperor of China. Tibet-cloth, s. 1. A camlet or fabric made of goat's hair. nerve, usually in its ophthalmic branch. A variety is termed clavus hysteric us , from the feeling as of a nail being driven into the parts. ti-cal', s. [Native name.] 1. A Siamese coin, worth about 61 cents; also a weight equal to about 236 grains Troy. 2. A Chinese money of account of the value of about $1.53; also a weight equal to about 44 ounces. tick tick (2), *teke (1), *tike, *tique, *tyke, s . [O Dut. teke ; Low Ger. teke , take ; Ger. zäcke , zecke , Ital. zecca; Dut. teek . From the same root as TAKE (q. v.).] 1. A popular name for any individual of the family Ixodidae (q.v.). They abound in almost all parts of the world, but chiefly in warm countries. Many of them live in woods, on the branches of trees, but ready to attach themselves to animals, which sometimes suffer greatly from their attacks. The quantity of blood drawn from their hosts by these little pests is by no means so inconsiderable as one might imagine from their original size, for their skin is so distensible that the gorged parasite increases to many times its original bulk. Although generally confined to some particular species or group of animals, ticks occasionally attack man. (See extract.) "Delegorgue speaks of some very small, reddish ticks in Africa, which cover the clothes by you sands, and produce distre ing itching. Others are found in different parts of the globe, and twenty-four species have been described."- Van Beneden Animal Parasites , p. 143. 2. Bot .: The same as TICK-BEAN (q. v.). "There are several varieties of the tick - bean in cultiva tion, locally known under the following names: Harrow tick , flat tick , E ex tick , and French tick ."-Morton: Cyclop . Agriculture. tick-bean, s. Bot.: A variety of the common bean, Faba vul garis , smaller in size. It is used for feeding horses and other animals. IMG:content-1105.jpg:[graphic] tick-eater, s. Ornith.: Any individual of the genus Crotophaga (q. v.).