Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: ticket – tight
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ticket (-s), n. [Fr. etiquet, little note.]
- Receipt; passage; entrance paper to travel on a vehicle.
- Admission paper for an event.
ticking, n. [Du.]
Noise of a timepiece; tiny quick sound that marks the passing of a second in time.
tide (-s -'s), n. [OE tid, time.]
- Sea; ocean waves; large expanse of salt water on the surface of planet Earth.
- Surge; billow; wave; waterfront; edge of the water; place where water meets land; [fig.] flood; flow of life-sustaining influences; place where heaven meets earth.
- Hour; time; twelve-hour period; [fig.] final out-pouring of light; atmospheric conditions at sunset; sunset display of colors and forms.
- Stream; current; [fig.] spiritual influence; pull of death into the next life.
- Ebb and flow; flux and reflux; twice daily lunar pull on terrestrial bodies of water; regular back and forth gravitational pull on a body of water.
tiding (-s), n. [see tide, n.]
News; alarm; warning signal.
tidy, adj. [see tide, n.]
Cleanly; orderly; neat; [fig.] brisk; refreshing; steady; thorough.
tie, n. [OE.]
- Attachment; bond; alliance; [fig.] promise; troth; plight; friendship.
- Connection; relationship; link; [fig.] stake; interest in common; reason for living.
tie (-d), v. [OE 'bind'.]
- Attach; fasten; secure.
- Put on.
- Hold by a rope; restrict to one place; [fig.] constrain; restrain; capture; hold by force.
tier, n. [Fr. tire, suite, sequence, range, order.]
Layer; structural level; latest stage; most recent grade.
tiger, n. [OFr tigre.]
- Wild animal in the cat family.
- Large feline predator with a striped tawny hide.
tight (-er, -est), adj. [ON þéhtr.]
- Securely locked; firmly shut.
- Snug; close; taut; next to the skin.
- Constrained; restricted; curtailed; reduced; decreased amount of oxygen in.