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Tip \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.
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With truncheon tipped with iron head. --Hudibras.
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Tipped with jet,
Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press.
--Thomson.
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Tip \Tip\, v. t. [Cf. LG. tippen to tap, Sw. tippa, and E. tap
to strike gently.]
1. To strike slightly; to tap.
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A third rogue tips me by the elbow. --Swift.
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2. To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to;
as, to tip a servant. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
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3. To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt;
as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.
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{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 \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.
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To the very tip of the nose. --Shak.
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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.
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3. (Hat Manuf.) A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the
inside of a hat crown.
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4. A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by
gilders in lifting gold leaf.
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5. Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
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Tip \Tip\, v. i.
To fall on, or incline to, one side. --Bunyan.
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{To tip off}, to fall off by tipping.
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Tip \Tip\, n. [See {Tip} to strike slightly, and cf. {Tap} a
slight blow.]
1. A light touch or blow; a tap.
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2. A gift; a douceur; a fee. [Colloq.]
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3. A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse
race, or the like. [Sporting Cant]
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