See Also: champac(dictionary)
titter(1)(dictionary)
titter(2)(dictionary)
titter(3)(dictionary)
titter(4)(dictionary)
titter(5)(dictionary)
titter(dictionary)
titter-totter(dictionary)

titter(5) (iou) and champac (iou)


titter(5) (iou)



titter verb2 intrans. Now dial. See also TEETER verb. LME.
[= Old Norse titra shake, shiver, cogn. with Old High German zittaron (German zittern tremble).]
Move unsteadily; totter, reel; sway to and fro. LME.
See-saw, swing up and down. E19.

champac (iou)



champac noun. & Other vars. L18.
[Sanskrit campaka, Malay cempaka.]
A southern Asian evergreen tree, Michelia champaca, of the magnolia family, which bears fragrant orange-coloured flowers and is sacred to Hindus and Buddhists. Also occas. applied to Other trees with fragrant flowers.