Tip (?), n. [Akin to D. & Dan. tip, LG. & Sw. tipp, G. zipfel, and probably to E. tap a plug, a pipe.]
1.
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.
To the very tip of the nose.
Shak.
2.
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.
3. Hat Manuf.
A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
4.
A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
5.
Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
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Tip (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tipping.]
To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver.
With truncheon tipped with iron head.
Hudibras.
Tipped with jet,
Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press.
Thomson.
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Tip, v. t. [Cf. LG. tippen to tap, Sw. tippa, and E. tap to strike gently.]
1.
To strike slightly; to tap.
A third rogue tips me by the elbow.
Swift.
2.
To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant.
[Colloq.]
Thackeray.
3.
To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.
To tip off, to pour out, as liquor. -- To tip over, to overturn. -- To tip the wink, to direct a wink; to give a hint or suggestion by, or as by, a wink. [Slang] Pope. -- To tip up, to turn partly over by raising one end.
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Tip, v. i.
To fall on, or incline to, one side.
Bunyan.
To tip off, to fall off by tipping.
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Tip, n. [See Tip to strike slightly, and cf. Tap a slight blow.]
1.
A light touch or blow; a tap.
2.
A gift; a douceur; a fee.
[Colloq.]
3.
A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like.
[Sporting Cant]
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