Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete spelling of
tithing .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
tithing .
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- noun Obsolete form of
tithing .
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Examples
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Benjamin was always left at the back with a row of boys under the piercing eye of Nicholas Bond, the tything man, who kept strict order with his rod and an occasional nod to the cage outside.
Some Three Hundred Years Ago Edith Gilman Brewster
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The tything man, awakening from his lethargy, and a few others recovering their presence of mind, went at last to the door, and gazed up and down the street, but the disturber of the meeting was not in sight, nor, sooth to say, were any of the number sorry, or wished to meet him that night.
The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times John Turvill Adams
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His fear for little Jane's safety so increased that he became restless and soon received a sharp rap on the shins from the tything man.
Some Three Hundred Years Ago Edith Gilman Brewster
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Your father's disgrace was great enough, but this from a child to our worthy tything men cannot be overlooked.
Some Three Hundred Years Ago Edith Gilman Brewster
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The tramp of four tything men was soon heard crunching the ice.
Some Three Hundred Years Ago Edith Gilman Brewster
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What time he was getting into his clothes with a tything-man outside his door and another on guard under his window, the constable and his third myrmidon made an exhaustive search of the house.
Mistress Wilding Rafael Sabatini 1912
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Her admiration, then, was swelled by gratitude, and it was a compound of these that had urged her to hinder the tything-men from winning past her until he and Trenchard should have got well away.
Mistress Wilding Rafael Sabatini 1912
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Trenchard, who was by way of enjoying himself now, stepped briskly down the hall to do as his friend bade him, with a wary eye on the tything-men.
Mistress Wilding Rafael Sabatini 1912
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Behind the two friends the tything-men had come to a terror-stricken halt.
Mistress Wilding Rafael Sabatini 1912
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The fruits of Mr. Trenchard's extraordinary behaviour that night were to be seen at an early hour on the following day, when a constable and three tything-men came with a Lord-Lieutenant's warrant to arrest Mr. Richard Westmacott on a charge of high treason.
Mistress Wilding Rafael Sabatini 1912
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