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2. (Mus.) The quality or tone distinguishing voices or instruments; tone color; clang tint; as, the timbre of the voice; the timbre of a violin. See Tone , and Partial tones , under Partial .

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Tim"brel (?) , n. [Dim. of OE. timbre , OF. timbre ; probably fr. L. typmanum , Gr. <?/ a kettledrum, but influenced perhaps by Ar. tabl a drum; cf. Per. tambal a drum. See Tympanum , and cf. 2d Timbre , Tymbal .] (Mus.) A kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highest antiquity.

Miriam . . . took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. Ex. xv. 20.

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Tim"breled , Tim"brelled (?) , a. Sung to the sound of the timbrel. "In vain with timbreled anthems dark."

Milton.

Timburine <Xpage=1509>

Tim`bu*rine" (?) , n. A tambourine. [Obs.]

Time <Xpage=1509>

Time (?) , n. ; pl. Times (#) . [OE. time , AS. t\'c6ma , akin to t\'c6d time, and to Icel. t\'c6mi , Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme . \'fb58. See Tide , n. ] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

The time wasteth [ i. e. passes away] night and day. Chaucer.

I know of no ideas . . . that have a better claim to be accounted simple and original than those of space and time . Reid.

2. A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as, the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be .

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets. Heb. i. 1.

3. The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived; age; period; era; as, the Spanish Armada was destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth ; -- often in the plural; as, ancient times ; modern times .

4. The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal.

Believe me, your time is not your own; it belongs to God, to religion, to mankind. Buckminster.

5. A proper time; a season; an opportunity.

There is . . . a time to every purpose. Eccl. iii. 1.

The time of figs was not yet. Mark xi. 13.

6. Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition.

She was within one month of her time . Clarendon.

7. Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition; addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times ; four times four, or sixteen .

Summers three times eight save one. Milton.

8. The present life; existence in this world as contrasted with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite, duration.

Till time and sin together cease. Keble.

9. (Gram.) Tense.

10. (Mus.) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time ; the musician keeps good time .

Some few lines set unto a solemn time . Beau. & Fl.

&hand; Time is often used in the formation of compounds, mostly self-explaining; as, time -battered, time -beguiling, time -consecrated, time -consuming, time -enduring, time -killing, time -sanctioned, time -scorner, time -wasting, time -worn, etc.

Absolute time , time irrespective of local standards or epochs; as, all spectators see a lunar eclipse at the same instant of absolute time . -- Apparent time , the time of day reckoned by the sun, or so that 12 o'clock at the place is the instant of the transit of the sun's center over the meridian. -- Astronomical time , mean solar time reckoned by counting the hours continuously up to twenty-four from one noon to the next. -- At times , at distinct intervals of duration; now and then; as, at times he reads, at other times he rides . -- Civil time , time as reckoned for the purposes of common life in distinct periods, as years, months, days, hours, etc., the latter, among most modern nations, being divided into two series of twelve each, and reckoned, the first series from midnight to noon, the second, from noon to midnight. -- Common time (Mil.) , the ordinary time of marching, in which ninety steps, each twenty-eight inches in length, are taken in one minute. -- Equation of time . See under Equation , n. -- In time . (a) In good season; sufficiently early; as, he arrived in time to see the exhibition . (b) After a considerable space of duration; eventually; finally; as, you will in time recover your health and strength . -- Mean time . See under 4th Mean . -- Quick time (Mil.) , time of marching, in which one hundred and twenty steps, each thirty inches in length, are taken in one minute. -- Sidereal time . See under Sidereal . -- Standard time , the civil time that has been established by law or by general usage over a region or country. In England the standard time is Greenwich mean solar time. In the United States and Canada four kinds of standard time have been adopted by the railroads and accepted by the people, viz., Eastern , Central , Mountain , and Pacific time, corresponding severally to the mean local times of the 75th, 90th, 105th, and 120th meridians west from Greenwich, and being therefore five, six, seven, and eight hours slower than Greenwich time. -- Time ball , a ball arranged to drop from the summit of a pole, to indicate true midday time, as at Greenwich Observatory, England. Nichol . -- Time bargain (Com.) , a contract made for the sale or purchase of merchandise, or of stock in the public funds, at a certain time in the future. <-- = a futures contract? --> -- Time bill . Same as Time-table . [Eng.] -- Time book , a book in which is kept a record of the time persons have worked. -- Time detector , a timepiece provided with a device for registering and indicating the exact time when a watchman visits certain stations in his beat. -- Time enough , in season; early enough. "Stanly at Bosworth field, . . . came time enough to save his life." Bacon . -- Time fuse , a fuse, as for an explosive projectile, which can be so arranged as to ignite the charge at a certain definite interval after being itself ignited. -- Time immemorial , &or; Time out of mind . (Eng. Law) See under Immemorial . -- Time lock , a lock having clockwork attached, which, when wound up, prevents the bolt from being withdrawn when locked, until a certain interval of time has elapsed. -- Time of day , salutation appropriate to the times of the day, as "good morning," "good evening," and the like; greeting. -- To kill time . See under Kill , v. t. -- To make time . (a) To gain time. (b) To occupy or use (a certain) time in doing something; as, the trotting horse made fast time . -- To move , run , &or; go , against time , to move, run, or go a given distance without a competitor, in the quickest possible time; or, to accomplish the greatest distance which can be passed over in a given time; as, the horse is to run against time . -- True time . (a) Mean time as kept by a clock going uniformly. (b) (Astron.) Apparent time as reckoned from the transit of the sun's center over the meridian.

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Time <Xpage=1510>

Time (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Timed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Timing .] 1. To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly .

There is no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things. Bacon.

2. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.

Who overlooked the oars, and timed the stroke. Addison.

He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries. Shak.

3. To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen .

4. To measure, as in music or harmony.

Time <Xpage=1510>

Time , v. i. 1. To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.

With oar strokes timing to their song. Whittier.

2. To pass time; to delay. [Obs.]

Timeful <Xpage=1510>

Time"ful (?) , a. Seasonable; timely; sufficiently early. [Obs.]

Sir W. Raleigh.

Time-honored <Xpage=1510>

Time"-hon`ored (?) , a. Honored for a long time; venerable, and worthy of honor, by reason of antiquity, or long continuance.

Timekeeper <Xpage=1510>

Time"keep`er (?) , n. 1. A clock, watch, or other chronometer; a timepiece.

2. A person who keeps, marks, regulates, or determines the time. Specifically: --

(a) A person who keeps a record of the time spent by workmen at their work.

(b) One who gives the time for the departure of conveyances.

(c) One who marks the time in musical performances.

(d) One appointed to mark and declare the time of participants in races or other contests.

Timeless <Xpage=1510>

Time"less , a. 1. Done at an improper time; unseasonable; untimely. [R.]

Nor fits it to prolong the heavenly feast Timeless , indecent. Pope.

2. Done or occurring before the proper time; premature; immature; as, a timeless grave . [Obs.]

Must I behold thy timeless , cruel death? Shak.

3. Having no end; interminable; unending. " Timeless night and chaos."

Young.

Timelessly <Xpage=1510>

Time"less*ly , adv. In a timeless manner; unseasonably. [R.]

Milton.

Timeliness <Xpage=1510>

Time"li*ness (?) , n. The quality or state of being timely; seasonableness; opportuneness.

Timeling <Xpage=1510>

Time"ling (?) , n. A timeserver. [Obs.]

Timely <Xpage=1510>

Time"ly , a. [ Compar. Timelier (?) ; superl. Timeliest .] 1. Being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable. "The timely dew of sleep."

Milton.

2. Keeping time or measure.

Spenser.

Timely <Xpage=1510>

Time"ly , adv. Early; soon; in good season.

Timely advised, the coming evil shun. Prior.

Thanks to you, That called me timelier than my purpose hither, For I have gained by it. Shak.

Timenoguy <Xpage=1510>

Ti*men"o*guy (?) , n. (Naut.) A rope carried taut between or over obstacles likely to engage or foul the running rigging in working a ship.

Timeous <Xpage=1510>

Time"ous (?) , a. Timely; seasonable. [R. or Scot.] -- Time"ous*ly , adv. [R. or Scot.]

Timepiece <Xpage=1510>

Time"piece` (?) , n. A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer.

Timepleaser <Xpage=1510>

Time"pleas`er (?) , n. One who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they may be; a timeserver.

Timepleasers , flatterers, foes to nobleness. Shak.

Timer <Xpage=1510>

Tim"er (?) , n. A timekeeper; especially, a watch by which small intervals of time can be measured; a kind of stop watch. It is used for timing the speed of horses, machinery, etc.

Timesaving <Xpage=1510>

Time"sav`ing (?) , a. Saving time; as, a timesaving expedient .

Timeserver <Xpage=1510>

Time"serv`er (?) , n. One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense.

Timeserving <Xpage=1510>

Time"serv`ing , a. Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power.

Timeserving <Xpage=1510>

Time"serv`ing , n. An obsequious compliance with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power, which implies a surrender of one's independence, and sometimes of one's integrity.

Syn. -- Temporizing. -- Timeserving , Temporizing . Both these words are applied to the conduct of one who adapts himself servilely to times and seasons. A timeserver is rather active, and a temporizer , passive. One whose policy is timeserving comes forward to act upon principles or opinions which may promote his advancement; one who is temporizing yields to the current of public sentiment or prejudice, and shrinks from a course of action which might injure him with others. The former is dishonest; the latter is weak; and both are contemptible.

Trimming and timeserving , which are but two words for the same thing, . . . produce confusion. South.

[I] pronounce thee . . . a hovering temporizer , that Canst with thine eyes at once see good and evil, Inclining to them both. Shak.

Time-table <Xpage=1510>

Time"-ta`ble (?) , n. 1. A tabular statement of the time at which, or within which, several things are to take place, as the recitations in a school, the departure and arrival of railroad trains or other public conveyances, the rise and fall of the tides, etc.

2. (Railroad) A plane surface divided in one direction with lines representing hours and minutes, and in the other with lines representing miles, and having diagonals (usually movable strings) representing the speed and position of various trains.

3. (Mus.) A table showing the notation, length, or duration of the several notes.

Timid <Xpage=1510>

Tim"id (?) , a. [L. timidus , fr. timere to fear; cf. Skr. tam to become breathless, to become stupefief: cf. F. timide .] Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.

Poor is the triumph o'er the timid hare. Thomson.

Syn. -- Fearful; timorous; afraid; cowardly; pusillanimous; faint-hearted; shrinking; retiring.

-- Tim"id*ly , adv. -- Tim"id*ness , n.

Timidity <Xpage=1510>

Ti*mid"i*ty (?) , n. [L. timiditas : cf. F. timidit\'82 .] The quality or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness.

Timidous <Xpage=1510>

Tim"id*ous (?) , a. Timid. [Obs.]

Hudibras.

Timist <Xpage=1510>

Tim"ist (?) , n. [Written also timeist .] 1. (Mus.) A performer who keeps good time.

2. A timeserver. [Obs.]

Overbury.

Timmer <Xpage=1510>

Tim"mer (?) , n. Same as 1st Timber . [Scot.]

Timocracy <Xpage=1510>

Ti*moc"ra*cy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/; <?/ honor, worth (fr. <?/ to honor) + <?/ to govern: cf. F. timocratie .] (Gr. Antiq.) (a) A state in which the love of honor is the ruling motive. (b) A state in which honors are distributed according to a rating of property.

Timocratic <Xpage=1510>

Ti`mo*crat"ic (?) , a. Belonging to, or constituted by, timocracy.

Sir G. C. Lewis.

Timoneer <Xpage=1510>

Tim`o*neer" (?) , n. [F. timonier , fr. timon a helm, fr. L. temo , -onis , a pole.] A helmsman. [R.]

Timorous <Xpage=1510>

Tim"or*ous (?) , a. [LL. timorosus , from L. timor fear; akin to timere to fear. See Timid .] 1. Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage.

Shak.

2. Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts . "The timorous apostasy of chuchmen."

Milman.

-- Tim"or*ous*ly , adv. -- Tim"or*ous*ness , n.

Timorsome <Xpage=1510>

Tim"or*some (?) , a. Easily frightened; timorous. [Written also timersome .] [Scot.]

Sir W. Scott.

Timothy, n., &or; Timothy grass <Xpage=1510>

Tim"o*thy (?) , n. , &or; Tim"o*thy grass` (?) . [From Timothy Hanson, who carried the seed from New England to Maryland about 1720.] (Bot.) A kind of grass ( Phleum pratense ) with long cylindrical spikes; -- called also herd's grass , in England, cat's-tail grass , and meadow cat's-tail grass . It is much prized for fodder. See Illustration in Appendix.

Timous <Xpage=1510>

Tim"ous (?) , a. [Cf. Timeous .] Timely; seasonable. [Obs.] Bacon . -- Tim"ous*ly , adv. [Obs.]

Timpano <Xpage=1510>

Tim"pa*no (?) , n. ; pl. Timpani (#) . [It.] (Mus.) See Tympano .

Tim-whiskey <Xpage=1510>

Tim"-whis`key (?) , n. A kind of carriage. See Whiskey .

Southery.

Tin <Xpage=1510>

Tin (?) , n. [As. tin ; akin to D. tin , G. zinn , OHG. zin , Icel. & Dan. tin , Sw. tenn ; of unknown origin.] 1. (Chem.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous , or stannic . Symbol Sn ( Stannum ). Atomic weight 117.4.

2. Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate.

3. Money. [Cant]

Beaconsfield.

Block tin (Metal.) , commercial tin, cast into blocks, and partially refined, but containing small quantities of various impurities, as copper, lead, iron, arsenic, etc.; solid tin as distinguished from tin plate; -- called also bar tin . -- Butter of tin . (Old Chem.) See Fuming liquor of Libavius , under Fuming . -- Grain tin . (Metal.) See under Grain . -- Salt of tin (Dyeing) , stannous chloride, especially so called when used as a mordant. -- Stream tin . See under Stream . -- Tin cry (Chem.) , the peculiar creaking noise made when a bar of tin is bent. It is produced by the grating of the crystal granules on each other. -- Tin foil , tin reduced to a thin leaf. -- Tin frame (Mining) , a kind of buddle used in washing tin ore. -- Tin liquor , Tin mordant (Dyeing) , stannous chloride, used as a mordant in dyeing and calico printing. -- Tin penny , a customary duty in England, formerly paid to tithingmen for liberty to dig in tin mines. [Obs.] Bailey . -- Tin plate , thin sheet iron coated with tin. -- Tin pyrites . See Stannite .

Tin <Xpage=1510>

Tin (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tinned (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinning .] To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil.

Tinamides <Xpage=1510>