Tip

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A gift; a douceur; a fee.

II. Tip ·noun Rubbish thrown from a quarry.

III. Tip ·noun A light touch or blow; a tap.

IV. Tip ·vi To fall on, or incline to, one side.

V. Tip ·vt To strike slightly; to Tap.

VI. Tip ·noun A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.

VII. Tip ·noun A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like.

VIII. Tip ·vt To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant.

IX. Tip ·noun A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.

X. Tip ·vt To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver.

XI. Tip ·vt To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to Tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.

XII. Tip ·noun 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.

XIII. Tip ·noun 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.

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