† tyretiren.1
Obsolete.
A strong sweet wine imported in the 15th and 16th centuries. Also attributive.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > types of wine > [noun] > other types of wine
myrrhed winec1429
tyre1429
rochec1440
rospeys1440
raspis?a1450
caprika1475
garnade?c1475
whippetc1500
rampion?1520
Ribadavia1542
romanisk1542
Mountrosec1560
raspis wine1562
whippincrusta1593
charneco1594
absinthites1601
pitch wine1601
myrrh wine1609
wine of astonishment1611
deal1613
Sherant1620
Sheranino1632
Grecoa1660
Langoon1674
generousa1717
Massic1751
rasped wine1823
straw wine1824
vin de paille1833
vin jaune1833
vino tierno1911
mistelle1924
rancio1939
boerwyn1947
1429 Rolls of Parl. IV. 361/1 Tires and Romeneys at iiii marc'.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum (E.E.T.S.) 483 Tyre wyne, or wyne tyre.
c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 119 The namys of swete wynes..Rompney of modon, Bastard, Tyre, Ozey.
?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Bvv Ye shall haue spayneshe wyne & gascoyn..Tyre capryck and maluesyne.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Ovv There groweth the myghty swete wynes, as maluesees, tyerys, and muscadelles.
1556 J. Withals Short Dict. (new ed.) sig. Hij/2 Tyre, vinum Tyrense, ex Tyro insula.
1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. vi. 167/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Whereof..Bastard Tire, Oseie..are not least of all accompted of, bicause of their strength and valure.
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† tyren.2
Obsolete.
The name of an alleged venomous snake of Syria and Arabia.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > member of (snake) > group of venomous snakes > venomous snake
deaf addereOE
adderOE
aspidec1000
shadow-addera1382
chelydre1393
tyre1471
viper1526
seps?1527
aspic1530
thirsty snake1567
aspworm1587
cheliderect?1590
viper-worm1605
palmer-serpent1608
polonga1681
asp1710
thirst-serpent1731
venom-snake1845
thanatophidian1891
solenoglyph1913
1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy iii. ix, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 141 Thys Water ys lyke to the venemous Tyre, Wherewyth the myghty Tryacle ys wrought.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 280 Of the Tyre. There be some which haue confounded this Serpent with the Viper, & taken them both to be but one kind, or at least the Tyre to be a kind of Viper, because the Arabians call a Viper Thiron.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 280 This Tyre is called in Latine Tyrus and Tyria, and also among the Arabians..Eosmari, and Alpfahex.
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† tyren.3
Obsolete. rare.
Name of a kind of leprosy: see quot. 1547.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > leprosy
spittle-evil?c1225
leperc1275
meselrya1387
lepraa1398
mesela1400
leprosy?a1450
leprosityc1451
lepryc1475
leperhood1491
leperhead1493
leprousnessa1500
lazaryc1503
meselnessc1520
tyre1547
lepernessa1557
satyriasis1587
lazarousness1648
leontiasis1753
cocobay1788
Hansen's disease1938
1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. Cxxxi One of the kyndes of leprousnes named Tiria. Tiria is the latyn worde. In englyshe it is named the tyre or the propertie of an adder whiche is ful of skales, so is this kynde of leprousnes ful of skales and skabbes corodynge the flesshe.
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tyren.4
/ˈtʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈtaɪ(ə)r/ East India.
Name in India for curdled milk and cream beginning to sour.
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the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [noun] > milk > sour milk
whig1528
sourkitc1550
serate1600
tyre1613
oxygal1707
mast1819
slip-down1828
amasi1833
maas1882
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage v. xi. 428 Some held..that there were seuen Seas; one of salt-water, the second of fresh, the third of honey, the fourth of milke, the fift of Tair (which is creame beginning to sowre).
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. vii. 148 Tire is sold about the Streets there: 'tis thick sower milk.
1776 N. B. Halhed in tr. Code Gentoo Laws Pref. 41 Flesh, or Milk, or Tyer (Sour Cream) or Ghee, or bitter Oil.
1822 Babington tr. Beschi Gooroo Paramartan v. 80 A repast, in which there was no lack of ghee, or milk, or tyer.
1844 R. Southey Life A. Bell I. 192 He had been greatly displeased to see the bad milk and bad tire with which they were frequently supplied.
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tyren.5
/ˈtʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈtaɪ(ə)r/ 1. The iron or steel rim of a wheel, esp. the steel rim of the driving wheel of a locomotive: = tire n.2 2a.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > iron tyre
wheel-band1392
tire1782
tyre1795
1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. 20 Extras to Wheels. Hooped tyre. Patent ditto.
1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. Gloss. 237 Tyre, the iron which rims the wheels.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 647 The advantage of hooping cast iron wheels with malleable iron tyres or trods.
1838 Bourne & Bartley Brit. Patent 7795 3 The felloe turned..to receive an ordinary outside hoop or tyre.
1862 S. Smiles Lives Engineers III. 365 There are limits to the strength of iron,..and there is a point at which both rails and tyres must break.
1865 Athenæum 30 Sept. 442/1 Prior to the invention of weldless tyres.
1889 G. Findlay Working & Managem. Eng. Railway 130 A steel tyre, spun from a solid block of Bessemer steel, without a weld.
2.
a. A rubber cushion around the wheel of a bicycle, motor car, etc.: = tire n.2 2b.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre
rubber1875
tyre1875
tirea1877
pneumatic1890
cushion1891
cushion-tire1891
pneu1891
solid tyre1891
balloon tyre1899
single-tube1904
tubular tyre1908
shoe1917
solid1919
tubular1924
air wheel1930
skin1954
tub1978
1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 665/1 India-rubber tyres..were brought into requisition to relieve jolting.
1891 F. S. Willoughby & F. C. Lynde Brit. Patent 4206/1890 1 Large rubber tyres..known commercially as (1) Pneumatic tyres, (2) Cushion tyres.
1891 Bicycling News 21 Feb. Tacagni's method of holding a Pneumatic tyre between two rims is worth more attention than it at first sight deserves.
1896 G. J. Jacobs Addr. Inst. Brit. Carriage Manuf. Only six months later, June 10, 1846, he [sc. William Thomson, C.E., of Adelphi Street, Strand] patented the india-rubber pneumatic tyre on the principle of those so much in favour to-day.
1898 Cycling: Handbk. iv. 23 Cyclists owe much to the inventor of the pneumatic tyre.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 325/1 In 1846 Mr. William Thompson had taken out a patent for a pneumatic tyre for carriages.
b. Any circle or roll of soft, cushiony material; spec. = spare tyre at spare adj. and adv. 1a.
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the world > life > the body > bodily substance > fat > [noun] > round waist
spread1911
spare tyre1961
tyre1968
love handle1970
muffin top2003
the world > life > the body > bodily substance > fat > [noun] > on throat
tyre1968
the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > [noun] > that which is soft > circle or roll of soft material
tyre1968
the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > annular quality > ring > of soft material
tyre1968
1968 J. Didion Slouching towards Bethlehem 37 I admit I'm balding. I admit I got a tire around my middle. What man fifty-seven doesn't?
1968 B. Hines Kestrel for Knave 23 She crumpled her sweater into a tyre and eased her head through the hole, trying to prevent her hair from touching the sides.
1983 M. Gee Sole Survivor xix. 200 Wendy had grown huge; blubber-armed, tyres on her throat.
Compounds
C1. General attributive. (See also tire n.2 Compounds 1, Compounds 2).
tyre-bar n.
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1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 6264 Specimens of iron and steel, and Stocker's patent combined metal tyre-bars.
tyre-burst n.
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1935 ‘R. West’ Harsh Voice ii. 91 A tyreburst made him turn towards the road.
tyre-carrier n.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > rack for spare tyre
tyre-carrier1909
1909 Westm. Gaz. 17 Nov. 5/2 The general fittings consist of two head-lights, wind-screen, clock, speedometer, two horns, and tyre-carrier.
tyre cast n.
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1971 J. Wainwright Dig Grave 67 We're busy taking tyre-casts... Taking plaster of Paris casts of tyre-marks.
tyre-cover n.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre > parts of
tread1735
cover1898
sidewall1901
tyre-cover1903
tire-cover1905
cuirass band1906
cuirass1907
power bar1948
belt1964
undertread1968
1903 Motor. Ann. 294 Brakes which act directly on the tyre-cover cause it to deteriorate at an expensive rate.
tyre-fitter n.
ΚΠ
1909 Westm. Gaz. 11 May 7/2 Carriage-builders, wheelwrights, carpenters, tyre-fitters.
tyre-hoop n.
ΚΠ
1865 Athenæum 30 Sept. 442/1 Tyre-hoops for railway wheels.
tyre-inflator n.
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1901 Daily Chron. 23 Sept. 8/5 Most of the tyre inflators now made are provided with handles which telescope over the barrel.
tyre lever n.
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1927 Cycling Man. (ed. 7) (advt.) Tyre levers. The famous ‘Jiffy’ has no rival.
1959 I. Jefferies Thirteen Days vii. 92 Once he found a receptive bitch he wouldn't leave her..until he was prized off with tyre-levers.
tyre-maker n.
tyre mark n.
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1936 ‘N. Blake’ Thou Shell of Death xiv. 258 They had stopped at a fork. Blount was out, scanning the road surface for tyre marks.
1971Tyre mark [see tyre cast n.]. tyre pressure n.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre > tyre pressure
tyre pressure1931
1931 Man. Morris Minor Car (Morris Motors, Ltd.) 50 Gauges for testing balloon tyre pressures can be bought from all reputable motor dealers.
1959 Motor Man. (ed. 36) v. 130 A word or two should be said on the subject of tyre pressures. The basic fact to be remembered is that it is the air that carries the load.
tyre-pump n.
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1906 Daily Chron. 8 Sept. 3/7 Most tyre pumps have a gauge on them to show the correct pressure.
tyre-rim n.
ΚΠ
1896 Westm. Gaz. 2 May 6/7 The Beeston Pneumatic Tyre Company..being unable to fulfil its orders for tyre rims [etc.].
tyre track n.
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1931 D. L. Sayers Five Red Herrings iii. 38 A fresh set of tyre-tracks in the dust showing where the car had been taken out.
1971 M. Kelly 25th Hour i. 23 There were tyre tracks, wide ones, in the shingle reef at each edge of the road.
tyre tread n.
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1925 Motor 29 Dec. 1091/3 (heading) Oil grooves and tyre-tread grooves compared.
1978 R. Westall Devil on Road xi. 73 There were hoofprints in the dried-up mud... Wheeltracks too, but no tyre-treads.
tyre-wheel n.
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1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. 52 Hoop Tyre Wheels with Moulded Fellies.
C2.
tyre chain n. a chain fastened to a tyre to prevent wheel-skid, esp. in snow.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre > chain to prevent skidding
tire chain1917
tyre chain1958
1958 L. Durrell Mountolive iii. 80 His ears had caught the slither and scrape of tyre-chains on the frosty drive outside.
Derivatives
tyre v. (transitive) to furnish with a tyre or tyres (= tire v.4).
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > move on wheels [verb (transitive)] > furnish with tyres
fetter?1523
ring1794
tire1891
tyre1909
1909 G. Guinness Peru xxi. 222 Sufficient rubber to tyre 300,000 motor-cars.
tyred adj. furnished with a tyre or tyres: chiefly in compounds (= tired adj.2).
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [adjective] > fitted with tyres
shod1481
tyred1884
tired1894
1884 G. L. Hiller in Longman's Mag. III. 491 Using his tyred but tireless steed [a bicycle].
1886 Bicycling News 17 Sept. 748/2 The popularity of our rubber-tyred steel wheels.
1896 Daily Tel. 10 Feb. 5/4 A smart pneumatic-tyred roadster.
ˈtyreless adj. having no tyres.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [adjective] > fitted with tyres > not
unshoeda1425
tireless1862
rubberless1864
tyreless1906
1906 C. Mansfield Girl & Gods xv The discordant hoot of the motor horn, the rumble of tyreless vehicles.
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† tyrev.
Scottish. Obsolete.
transitive. = inter v.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > bury or entomb [verb (transitive)]
bedelveOE
begraveOE
burya1000
beburyc1000
bifel-ec1000
layc1000
to fall, lull, lay (bring obs.) asleepOE
tombc1275
gravec1300
inter1303
rekec1330
to lap in leadc1340
to lay to rest, abed, to bed1340
lie1387
to louk in clay (lead, etc.)?a1400
to lay lowa1425
earthc1450
sepulture1490
to put awaya1500
tyrea1500
mould1530
to graith in the grave1535
ingrave1535
intumulate1535
sepult1544
intumil?c1550
yird1562
shrinea1566
infera1575
entomb1576
sepelite1577
shroud1577
funeral1578
to load with earth1578
delve1587
to lay up1591
sepulchrize1595
pit-hole1607
infuneral1610
mool1610
inhumate1612
inurna1616
inhume1616
pit1621
tumulate1623
sepulchrea1626
turf1628
underlay1639
urna1657
to lay to sleep, asleep1701
envaulta1745
plant1785
ensepulchre1820
sheugh1839
to put under1879
to lay away1885
a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ix. l. 1096 To Scoyne his men hym bare, And honorably hym tyrit [v.rr. entyrit, enteryd] þar.
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