TITLINGS
Noun
titlings
plural of titling
Anagrams
• Tlingits, slitting, stilting, tiltings
Source: Wiktionary
TITLING
Tit"ling, n. Etym: [Icel. titlingr a tit sparrow. See Tit a small
bird.]
1. (Zoöl.)
(a) The hedge sparrow; -- called also titlene. Its nest often chosen
by the cuckoo as a place for depositing its own eggs.
The titling, . . . being thus deceived, hatcheth the egg, and
bringeth up the chick of another bird. Holland.
(b) The meadow pipit.
2. Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses.
TITLE
Ti"tle, n. Etym: [OF. title, F. titre, L. titulus an inscription,
label, title, sign, token. Cf. Tilde, Titrate, Titular.]
1. An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is
known.
2. The inscription in the beginning of a book, usually containing the
subject of the work, the author's and publisher's names, the date,
etc.
3. (Bookbindng)
Definition: The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a
book.
4. A section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif.
(Roman & Canon Laws), a chapter or division of a law book.
5. An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preëminence (hereditary
or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire,
etc.
With his former title greet Macbeth. Shak.
6. A name; an appellation; a designation.
7. (Law)
(a) That which constitutes a just cause of exclusive possession; that
which is the foundation of ownership of property, real or personal; a
right; as, a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title.
(b) The instrument which is evidence of a right.
(c) (Canon Law) That by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
8. (Anc. Church Records)
Definition: A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to
reside. Title deeds (Law), the muniments or evidences of ownership;
as, the title deeds to an estate.
Syn.
– Epithet; name; appellation; denomination. See epithet, and Name.
Ti"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Titled; p. pr. & vb. n. Titling.] Etym:
[Cf. L. titulare, F. titrer. See Title, n.]
Definition: To call by a title; to name; to entitle.
Hadrian, having quieted the island, took it for honor to be titled on
his coin, "The Restorer of Britain." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition