- (v.i.) To strike gently; to pat.
- (n.) Ticking. See Ticking, n.
- (n.) A quick, audible beat, as of a clock.
- (n.) The cover or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair or other filling.
- (v.i.) To go on trust or credit.
- (v.t.) To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.
- (n.) Any one of several species of dipterous insects having a flattened and usually wingless body, as the bird ticks (see under Bird) and sheep tick (see under Sheep).
- (v.i.) To give tick; to trust.
- (n.) Credit; trust; as, to buy on or upon, tick.
- (n.) Any small mark intended to direct attention to something or to serve as a check.
- (v.i.) To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat.
- (n.) Any one of numerous species of large parasitic mites which attach themselves to, and suck the blood of, cattle, dogs, and many other animals. When filled with blood they become ovate, much swollen, and usually livid red in color. Some of the species often attach themselves to the human body. The young are active and have at first but six legs.
- (n.) The whinchat; -- so called from its note.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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