n. [ Akin to D. & Dan. tip, LG. & Sw. tipp, G. zipfel, and probably to E. tap a plug, a pipe. ] 1. The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear. [ 1913 Webster ]

To the very tip of the nose. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Hat Manuf.) A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Rubbish thrown from a quarry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Tip to strike slightly, and cf. Tap a slight blow. ] 1. A light touch or blow; a tap. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gift; a douceur; a fee. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like. [ Sporting Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To fall on, or incline to, one side. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

To tip off, to fall off by tipping. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. LG. tippen to tap, Sw. tippa, and E. tap to strike gently. ] 1. To strike slightly; to tap. [ 1913 Webster ]

A third rogue tips me by the elbow. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant. [ Colloq. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart. [ 1913 Webster ]

To tip off, to pour out, as liquor. --
To tip over, to overturn. --
To tip the wink, to direct a wink; to give a hint or suggestion by, or as by, a wink. [ Slang ] Pope. --
To tip up, to turn partly over by raising one end. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tipped p. pr. & vb. n. Tipping. ] To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

With truncheon tipped with iron head. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tipped with jet,
Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cart so constructed that the body can be easily tipped, in order to dump the load. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends, called a cat, is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, so as to fly into the air. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the middle of a game at tipcat, he paused, and stood staring wildly upward with his stick in his hand. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well; -- so called from the first brewer of it, one Thomas Tipper. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. tipet, tepet, AS. tæppet, probably fr. L. tapete tapestry, hangings. Cf. Tape, Tapestry, Tapet. ] 1. A cape, or scarflike garment for covering the neck, or the neck and shoulders, -- usually made of fur, cloth, or other warm material. Chaucer. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A length of twisted hair or gut in a fish line. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A handful of straw bound together at one end, and used for thatching. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tippet grebe (Zool.), the great crested grebe, or one of several similar species. --
Tippet grouse (Zool.), the ruffed grouse. --
To turn tippet, to change. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mus.) A distinct articulation given in playing quick notes on the flute, by striking the tongue against the roof of the mouth; double-tonguing. [ 1913 Webster ]