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Tiptoe \Tip"toe`\, a.
1. Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as
possible; lifted up; exalted; also, alert.
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Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. --Shak.
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Above the tiptoe pinnacle of glory. --Byron.
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2. Noiseless; stealthy. "With tiptoe step." --Cowper.
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{Tiptoe mirth}, the highest degree of mirth. --Sir W. Scott.
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