tip(8) (iou) and tapestry(2) (iou)

tip(8) (iou)

tip verb2. Infl. -pp-; pa. t. & pple tipped, (arch.) tipt. Orig. type. LME.
[Prob. of Scandinavian origin, perh. with inf. later infl. by pa. pple tipt or TIP verb1. Cf. TIP noun4, noun3.]
I. verb intrans.
Orig., be overthrown, fall. Later, fall by overbalancing, be overturned or upset (also foll. by over). LME.
L. Erdrich Two men saw the boat tip.
Assume a slanting or sloping position; incline, tilt; tilt up at one end and down at the Other (usu. foll. by up). M17.
Jayne Phillips The seat tipped at an odd angle.
II. verb trans.
Cause to overbalance or fall over; overturn, upset. LME.
Which? A child tipping a pan over.
b. Of a skittle pin: knock down another pin by falling or rolling against it. L17-L19.
Cause to incline or tilt; raise or push into a slanting position. Also foll. by up. E17.
E. David Tip the pan towards you. A. Tyler She..tipped her head back for a long..swig.
b. fig. Make unsteady; intoxicate. slang. E17-E18.
c. Bookbinding. Foll. by in: paste (a single leaf) to a leaf that is part of a section of a book at the inside edge. E20.
Drink; drink up (foll. by off). slang & dial. L17.
Empty out (a container or its contents) by tilting up or overturning. Also foll. by out. M19.
P. Farmer I'd have tipped that bowl and all its contents over Becky. V. Glendinning Bags of rubble were being tipped into the skip.
Foll. by off: dispose of; kill. slang. E20.
Phrases & comb.: tipcat (a) a game in which a player strikes a tapered piece of wood at one end, causing it to spring up, before hitting it away; (b) the piece of wood used in this game. tip off slang & dial. die. tip one's hand(s), tip one's mitt (slang, chiefly US) reveal one's intentions inadvertently. tip one's hat, tip one's cap N. Amer. raise or touch one's hat or cap in greeting or acknowledgement. tip the balance: see BALANCE noun. tip over the perch, tip the perch: see PERCH noun2. tip the scale(s): see SCALE noun1.
tippable adjective1 (of a seat etc.) able to be tilted or tipped up M20.
tipper noun1 (a) a worker employed in tipping or emptying out trucks etc.; (b) a device for tipping or tilting, esp. one for tipping and emptying a truck etc.; (c) a truck etc. designed to tip to unload its contents: M19.
tipping noun1 (a) the action of the verb; (b) (in pl.) material tipped or emptied out from a quarry etc.; (c)
tipping point, the point at which the build-up of minor incidents reaches an unbearable level, causing someone to act in a way that they had formerly resisted: E19.

tapestry(2) (iou)

tapestry verb trans. E17.
[from TAPESTRY noun.]
Cover, hang, or adorn (as) with tapestry. Chiefly as tapestried ppl adjective. E17.
Work or depict in tapestry. E19.

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