| ting | (n) a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell, Syn. tinkle | | ting | (v) cause to make a ting | | ting | (v) make a light, metallic sound; go `ting' | | tinge | (v) affect as in thought or feeling, Syn. colour, color, distort, Example: My personal feelings color my judgment in this case; The sadness tinged his life | | tingidae | (n) lace bugs, Syn. family Tingidae | | tingle | (v) cause a stinging or tingling sensation, Syn. prickle |
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| Ting | { ‖ } n. [ Dan. thing, ting, Norw. ting, or Sw. ting. ] In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly; -- used, esp. in composition, in titles of such bodies. See Legislature, Norway. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] Variants: Thing | | Ting | n. [ An imitative word. Cf. Tink. ] A sharp sound, as of a bell; a tinkling. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Ting | v. i. To sound or ring, as a bell; to tinkle. [ R. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Ting | ‖ n. The apartment in a Chinese temple where the idol is kept. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tinge | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tinged p. pr. & vb. n. Tingeing ] [ L. tingere, tinctum, to dye, stain, wet; akin to Gr. &unr_;, and perhaps to G. tunken to dip, OHG. tunchōn, dunchōn, thunkōn. Cf. Distain, Dunker, Stain, Taint a stain, to stain, Tincture, Tint. ] To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign; as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in some degree with the qualities of another substance, either by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red; an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron. [ 1913 Webster ] His [ Sir Roger's ] virtues, as well as imperfections, are tinged by a certain extravagance. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- To color; dye; stain. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tinge | n. A degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste, or something foreign, infused into another substance or mixture, or added to it; tincture; color; dye; hue; shade; taste. [ 1913 Webster ] His notions, too, respecting the government of the state, took a tinge from his notions respecting the government of the church. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tingent | a. [ L. tingens, p. pr. of tingere to tinge. See Tinge. ] Having the power to tinge. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] As for the white part, it appears much less enriched with the tingent property. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tinger | n. One who, or that which, tinges. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tingid | a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the genus Tingis. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tingis | ‖n. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A genus of small hemipterous insects which injure trees by sucking the sap from the leaves. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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