English English Dictionary

Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check.

The whinchat; -- so called from its note.

To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.

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See Ticking.

One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc.

A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.

A little note or notice.

A tradesman's bill or account.

A certificate or token of right of admission to a place of assembly, or of passage in a public conveyance; as, a theater ticket; a railroad or steamboat ticket.

A label to show the character or price of goods.

A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, or the like.

A printed list of candidates to be voted for at an election; a set of nominations by one party for election; a ballot.

To distinguish by a ticket; to put a ticket on; as, to ticket goods.

To furnish with a tickets; to book; as, to ticket passengers to California.

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A periodical sale of ore in the English mining districts; -- so called from the tickets upon which are written the bids of the buyers.

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A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; -- called also ticken.