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tige

tige noun: a steel pin in early rifles.

Noun

tige (plural tiges)

  1. (historical) A steel pin in early rifles.
  2. (archaic) A stem.
    • The tige is either simple, as in the White Lily, or branching, as in the Geranium; the branching is the most common form; […]1829, Mrs. Lincoln Phelps, Familiar Lectures on Botany, page 50

Forms of tige

pluraltiges

Origin of tige

Borrowed from French tige (“stem”), from Latin tibia (“shin bone, leg”). Doublet of tibia.

Questions about tige

What does tige mean?
Tige means a steel pin in early rifles.
What part of speech is tige?
Tige is a noun.
What is the plural of tige?
The plural of tige is tiges.

Words near tige in the dictionary

  1. tigatuzumab
  2. Tigbangagan
  3. Tigbao
  4. Tigbawan
  5. Tigbawon
  6. tige
  7. tigecyclin
  8. tigecycline
  9. tigella
  10. tigellae
  11. tigelle

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