Vocabulary : Tiger-eye to Tightened

Tiger-eye : A siliceous stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much used for ornament. It is an altered form of the mineral crocidolite. See Crocidolite.
Tiger-foot : Same as Tiger's-foot.
Tiger-footed : Hastening to devour; furious.
Tigerine : Tigerish; tigrine.
Tigerish : Like a tiger; tigrish.

Tiger's-foot : A name given to some species of morning-glory (Ipomoea) having the leaves lobed in pedate fashion.
Tigh : A close, or inclosure; a croft.
Tight : of Tie ;; p. p. of Tie. ;; Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot. ;; Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight. ;; Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment. ;; Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy. ;; Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings. ;; Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out. ;; Handy; adroit; brisk. ;; Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. ;; Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7. ;; To tighten.
Tighten : To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.
Tightened : of Tighten

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