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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tit  \Tit\,  n. 
  1.  A  small  horse.  --Tusser. 
 
  2.  A  woman;  --  used  in  contempt.  --Burton. 
 
  3.  A  morsel;  a  bit.  --Halliwell. 
 
  4.  [OE.;  cf  Icel.  titter  a  tit  or  small  bird.  The  word 
  probably  meant  originally,  something  small  and  is  perhaps 
  the  same  as  teat.  Cf  {Titmouse},  {Tittle}.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  Any  one  of  numerous  species  of  small  singing  birds 
  belonging  to  the  families  {Parid[ae]}  and 
  {Leiotrichid[ae]};  a  titmouse. 
  b  The  European  meadow  pipit;  a  titlark. 
 
  {Ground  tit}.  (Zo["o]l.)  See  {Wren  tit},  under  {Wren}. 
 
  {Hill  tit}  (Zo["o]l.),  any  one  of  numerous  species  of  Asiatic 
  singing  birds  belonging  to  {Siva},  {Milna},  and  allied 
  genera. 
 
  {Tit  babbler}  (Zo["o]l.),  any  one  of  several  species  of  small 
  East  Indian  and  Asiatic  timaline  birds  of  the  genus 
  {Trichastoma}. 
 
  {Tit  for  tat}.  [Probably  for  tip  for  tap.  See  {Tip}  a  slight 
  blow.]  An  equivalent;  retaliation. 
 
  {Tit  thrush}  (Zo["o]l.),  any  one  of  numerous  species  of 
  Asiatic  and  East  Indian  birds  belonging  to  {Suthora}  and 
  allied  genera.  In  some  respects  they  are  intermediate 
  between  the  thrushes  and  titmice. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Titmouse  \Tit"mouse`\,  n.;  pl  {Titmice}.  [OE.  titemose 
  titmase  tit  small  or  a  small  bird  +  AS  m[=a]se  a  kind  of 
  small  bird;  akin  to  D.  mees  a  titmouse,  G.  meise,  OHG.  meisa, 
  Icel.  meisingr  The  English  form  has  been  influenced  by  the 
  unrelated  word  mouse.  Cf  {Tit}  a  small  bird.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Any  one  of  numerous  species  of  small  insectivorous  singing 
  birds  belonging  to  {Parus}  and  allied  genera;  --  called  also 
  {tit},  and  {tomtit}. 
 
  Note:  The  blue  titmouse  ({Parus  c[oe]ruleus}),  the  marsh 
  titmouse  ({P.  palustris}),  the  crested  titmouse  ({P. 
  cristatus}),  the  great  titmouse  ({P.  major}),  and  the 
  long  tailed  titmouse  ({[AE]githalos  caudatus}),  are  the 
  best-known  European  species.  See  {Chickadee}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tit 
  n  1:  either  of  two  soft  fleshy  milk-secreting  glandular  organs  on 
  the  chest  of  a  woman  [syn:  {breast},  {bosom},  {knocker}, 
  {boob},  {titty}] 
  2:  the  small  projection  of  a  mammary  gland  [syn:  {nipple},  {mammilla}, 
  {mamilla},  {pap},  {teat}] 
  3:  small  insectivorous  birds  [syn:  {titmouse}]




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