tick (3), teke (2), ticke

[Low Lat. tech a; Lat. theca a case, from Gr. theke a case to put anything into, from same root as tithēmi to place; Dut. tijk; O. H. Ger. zeiche.] 1. The cover or case for holding the filling of mattre es and beds. 2. Ticking (q. v.). "Like as, for quilts, ticks , and mattre es, the flax of the Cadurci in France had no fellow." - P. Holland: Pliny , bk. xix., ch. i. tick (4), subst. [TICK (2), v.] A small, distinct noise, such as that of a going watch or clock. "The leisurely and constant tick of the death-watch."Ray: Remains, p. 324.