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TIDE-WAITERS, or TIDEi>MEN, are inferior officers ofthe custom-house, w ho attended upon ships until the diatoms bepaid: so named from their returning with the tide.
TIDOR, or'ITDORE, an bland of Asia, in the Indian Ocean ,one of the Moluccas ; E. of Gilola, and S. of Termite. Tadurais the capital. Lon. 126 . 2. E. Lai. 1. 6. N.
TIEL, a strong town of Holland, 17 miles XV. of Nimeguen ,and 18 N. E. of Bois-tc-duc. Lon. 5, 10. E. Lat. 51. 56. N.
TIELLEN HEAD, a cape of Ireland , on the N. side of theentrance into Donegal Bay, and on the S. W. 25 miles \V. ofDonegal. Lon. 8. 25. W.’ Lat. 54. 40. N.
TIEN, a town of China , of the second rank: in Qitang-tong,060 miles S. of Pekin.
TIENGEN, a town of Germany , in Snabia, 29 miles E. ofBasil , and 36 \V. of Con-Uance.
TIERCE, or TEIRCE, is a measure of liquid tilings, as wine,oil. &r. containing 42 gallons.
TIERCED, in heraldry, denotes the shield to be divided byany part of the partition-lines, as party, coupy, iranehy, or tailly,into three equal parts of different colours or metals.
TIERllA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO, the largest and mostwestern of the New Hebrides Islands , in the S. l’aeilic Ocean.It is 120 miles in circumference. Lon. 165.0. E. Lat. 16. 0. S.
TlEllKA DEL FUEGO, one or several islands at the S. ex-tremity of America ; so named from a volcano on the largest ofthem. They are barren and mountainous.
'I IGA, and TIGAON, two islands inftie N. N. W. coast of Borneo .
TIGER, in Zoology , See Felis.
TIGRANES I. a famous king of Armenia , who conqueredCappadocia and Syria ; and reigned for some years in prosperity :but having afterwards married Cleopatra, a daughter of Mithri-datesYU. king of Pontus, he joined him against the Romans,and beheaded a Roman ambassador ; hut was soon after obligedto ily from his dominions, by Lucullus , who pursued and defeatedhim near Mount Taurus, fie was afterwards defeated by Pompey ,who however allowed him to retain Armenia, Syria , and someother parts of his dominions, for a bribe of 60,000 talents, liedied in Armenia .
'flGRANOCERTA, the capital of ancient Armenia , builtby Tigranes I. It is now called Sered by the Arabs , but Sultaniaby the Turks and other Europeans, See Sultania.
TIGRE, a kingdom of Africa, the largest and most populousprovince of Abyssinia. It was, during many ages, the seat of thecourt.
TIGRIS, a river of Asia, which rises near the Euphrates , in themountains of Armenia; separates Diarbeck from Erzerum , andChusistun from Irac Arabi ; passes by Diarbekar, Gezira, Mousul,Bagdad, Gomo, and Bassorah : and joining the Euphrates , fallsinto the Persian Gulf, below Bassora ,
Tigris , in zoology. See Felis.
T1K1TI10CK, a town and settlement on the E. coast of La-brador. Lon. 60. 5. \V. Lat. 50. 15. N.
TILBURY fOR P, a fort of Essex, on the Thames , oppositeGravesend. It is a regular fortification, and is reckoned the keyto London . This fort lies 23 miles E. by S. of London.
TILE ORE, in mineralogy, a species of the coppcr-genns,divided into two sub-species; viz. the earthy and indurated/ Theearlii is of a hyacinth-red colour, passing through various shadesto a reddish brown: it is intermediate between friable and solid,and occurs massive, disseminated, and incuisting copper-pyrites.It slightly soils, is almost coherent, and some varieties incline tosolid. It is found in veins, and is usually accompanied with nativecopper and malachite, and sometimes with red copper-ore. Theindurated tile-ore is in colour between a hyacinth-red and brownishreil: it occurs massive and disseminated, internally glimmering.Before the blow-pipe it becomes blaek ; but is infusible withoutaddition: it contains from ten to fifty per cent, of cupper: itoccurs in veins, and is usually accompanied with copper-pyrites,fibrous malachite, and iron-ochre. It is found in many pails ofGermany ; in the copper-wotks in Norway ; in Siberia and inClnli. The red varieties contain the greatest quantities of copper,and the brown the greatest quantity of iron.
'I I LIA, Lime or Linden Tree ; in botany, a genus of plantsof the class polyandria, and order monogyniaj natural order
Columniferx. Calyx five-parted; corolla five-petaled ; capsulecoriaceous, globular, five-celled, five-valved, opening at the base,one-seeded. There are four species.
T1LINGIUS, Matthias, a learned German physician, bornin Westphalia , lie became professor of medicine at Rintbeln, andphysician to the court of Hesse-Ca-.se). lie wrote, 1. CuriosaRhaharhari Disquisitio, 4to. 2. Lilii Albi Descriptio, 8vo. 3. DeLuudano opiate, 8vo. 4. Opio-Cinnabaris Mineralis, Svo. Hedied in 1615.
TILL2EA, in botany, a genus of plants of the class tetrandria,and order tetragynia ; natural order, Succulentx. Calyx threeor four-parted : petals three or four, equal; capsule three or four,many-seeded. There are eight species.
T1LLANDSIA, in botany, a genus of the liexandria monogy-nia class and order. Natural order Coronarise. Calyx trifid, per-manent ; corolla trifid, bell-shaped ; capsule one-celled ; seedscomose. There are sixteen species.
TTI.LANJONG, one of the Nicobar islands, in the IndianSea . Lon. 94.9. E. Lat. 8. 40. N.
TILLER OF A SHIP, a strong piece of wood fastenedin the head of the rudder, and in small ships and boats calledthe helm.
T1LLI, Michael Angelo, F. R. S. a learned physician andbotanist,, horn at Florence in 1655, and educated at Pisa . Hewas made physician to the grand duke, professor of medicine inthe university of Pisa , superintendent of the botanic garden, andF. R. S. of London . Ilis chief work is Catalogus Horti Pisani, infol. 1723. He died at Florence in 1740, aged 85.
TILLOTSON, John, a celebrated archbishop of Canterbury ,the son of Robert Tillotson of Sowerby, in Halifax, Y’orkshire,clothier; was born there in 1630. He studied in Clare-hal), Cam-bridge, and in 1656 became tutor to the son of Edmund Prideaux,Esq. of Ford Abbey. He was next curate to Dr. Hatchet, vicarof Cheslnml, Hertfordshire . In 1663 he was appointed rector ofKctton, in Suffolk; in 1664 preacher to Lincoln’s Inn. He wasgreatly admired in London , by all the divines in the city. In1666 he took the degree of D. D. at Cambridge; in 1669 wasmade prebendary of Canterbury ; in 1672 was admitted dean of• hat cathedral ; and three years after was made a prebendary of St.Paul’s, London . In 1679 lie converted Charles, earl of Shrews-bury, from Popery ; yet, in 1G70, he relused to sign the clergy’saddress to Charles 11. on the bill of exclusion, in 1689 he wasinstalled dean of St. Paul’s, made clerk of the closet to Williamand Mary , and appointed a commissioner to prepare matters to belaid before the convocation, for a comprehension of all Protes-tants ; but this attempt was frustrated by the bigotry of somemembers. In 1691 lie was consecrated archbishop of Canterbury -In 1694 he was seized with a palsy, of which he died in his65th year.One folio volume of his sermons was published in his life-time.Those which came abroad after bis death, from his chaplain, Dr.Barker, made two volumes in folio, the copy of which was sold fof2500/. and this was the only legacy he left to his family, his externI sive charity having consumed iiis yearly revenues as constantly as1 they came in. But king William gave two grants to his widow!amounting to 600/. a year. He wrote some other works, and alsopublished Dr. Barrow’s works, and Dr. Wilkins’ Treatise of th«Principles and Duties of Natural Religion, with a volume of Ser-mons.
Tl I.SIT, a large and rich city of Prussia, in Lithuania , 50 mile*N. E. of Konigsberg, and 95 S. S. W. of Mittau . It was at tlu s1 place that the treaty of peace was concluded in 1807 between th ej French, Russians, and Prussians, by which the Prussians gave up| all their Polish dominions to the disposal of Bonaparte. Lon. 22«
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TIMAN, orTIMANA, a town of Terra Firma, in PopayaB/K) miles E.S. E. of Popayan . Lon. 73. 55. W. Lat. 1 . 35. N. ,TIMBERS, the ribs of a ship, or the incurvated pieces o*wood, brandling outward from the keel in a vertical direction, s0as to give strength, figure, and solidity, to the whole fabric. SeeSlIIl'llUII ding. ,
TIMBER, a term denoting every species of wood, that is felledand seasoned, with the view of being employed in building houses,vessels, and other structures. The age at which timber-tre esought to be cut down, varies according to their nature, and th®
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