Violet-tip

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• Violet

  ·noun Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined. ...

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• Tip

  ·noun A gift; a douceur; a fee. II. Tip ·noun Rubbish thrown from a quarry. III. Tip ·noun A light...

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• to tip

  To give or lend. Tip me your daddle; give me your hand. Tip me a hog; give me a shilling. To tip the...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• tip

  a ram. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Violet-ear

  ·add. ·noun Any tropical humming bird of the genus Petasophora, having violet or purplish ear tufts....

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• Water violet

  ·- ·see under <<Violet>>. ...

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• Tip-up

  ·noun The spotted sandpiper; — called also teeter-tail. ·see under <<Sandpiper>>. ...

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• tip-top

  The best: perhaps from fruit, that growing at the top of the tree being generally the best, as parta...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• to tip over

  To turn over; to capsize.--Worcester. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• to tip up

  To raise up one end, as of a cart, so that the contents may pass out.--Worcester. Both this and the ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• tip-up

  The popular name of the Sand-piper. See peet-weet. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• tip-top

  An expression often used in common conversation, denoting the utmost degree, excellence or perfectio...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.