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Tip
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
(2):
(n.) 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.
(3):
(n.) A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
(4):
(n.) 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.
(5):
(n.) A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
(6):
(v. t.) To strike slightly; to tap.
(7):
(v. t.) To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant.
(8):
(v. t.) To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.
(9):
(v. i.) To fall on, or incline to, one side.
(10):
(n.) A light touch or blow; a tap.
(11):
(n.) A gift; a douceur; a fee.
(12):
(n.) A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like.
(13):
(v. t.) To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tip'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/tip.html. 1828.
