a. [ See Tight, a. ] Tight; nimble. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Of a good stirring strain too, she goes tith. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Subject to the payment of tithes; as, tithable lands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. tithe, tethe, properly an adj., tenth, AS. teó&unr_;a the tenth; akin to tién, t&unr_;n, tēn, ten, G. zehnte, adj., tenth, n., a tithe, Icel. tīund the tenth; tithe, Goth. taíhunda tenth. See Ten, and cf. Tenth, Teind. ] 1. A tenth; the tenth part of anything; specifically, the tenthpart of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by law into rent charges. [ 1913 Webster ]

The tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil. Neh. xiii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Tithes are called personal when accuring from labor, art, trade, and navigation; predial, when issuing from the earth, as hay, wood, and fruit; and mixed, when accuring from beaste fed from the ground. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, a small part or proportion. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great tithes, tithes of corn, hay, and wood. --
Mixed tithes, tithes of wool, milk, pigs, etc. --
Small tithes, personal and mixed tithes. --
Tithe commissioner, one of a board of officers appointed by the government for arranging propositions for commuting, or compounding for, tithes. [ Eng. ] Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tenth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Every tithe soul, 'mongst many thousand. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tithed p. pr. & vb. n. Tithing. ] [ As. teó&unr_;ian. ] To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye tithe mint and rue. Luke xi. 42. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. Tp pay tithes. [ R. ] Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who collects tithes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who pays tithes. [ R. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. teó&unr_;ung. ] 1. The act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe. [ 1913 Webster ]

To take tithing of their blood and sweat. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (O. Eng. Law) A number or company of ten householders who, dwelling near each other, were sureties or frankpledges to the king for the good behavior of each other; a decennary. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Tithingmen 1. (O. Eng. Law) The chief man of a tithing; a headborough; one elected to preside over the tithing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A peace officer; an under constable. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A parish officer elected annually to preserve good order in the church during divine service, to make complaint of any disorderly conduct, and to enforce the observance of the Sabbath. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Tith. ] Tightly; nimbly. [ Obs. ] “I have seen him trip it tithly.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]