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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tit \Tit\, n.
1. A small horse. --Tusser.
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2. A woman; -- used in contempt. --Burton.
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3. A morsel; a bit. --Halliwell.
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4. [OE.; cf. Icel. titter a tit or small bird. The word
probably meant originally, something small, and is perhaps
the same as teat. Cf. {Titmouse}, {Tittle}.] (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds
belonging to the families {Paridae} and
{Leiotrichidae}; a titmouse.
(b) The European meadow pipit; a titlark.
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{Ground tit}. (Zool.) See {Wren tit}, under {Wren}.
{Hill tit} (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic
singing birds belonging to {Siva}, {Milna}, and allied
genera.
{Tit babbler} (Zool.), any one of several species of small
East Indian and Asiatic timaline birds of the genus
{Trichastoma}.
{Tit for tat}. [Probably for tip for tap. See {Tip} a slight
blow.] An equivalent; retaliation.
{Tit thrush} (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic
and East Indian birds belonging to {Suthora} and allied
genera. In some respects they are intermediate between the
thrushes and titmice.
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