tips

adv. In a tipsy manner; like one tipsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being tipsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Tipstaff 1. A staff tipped with metal. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An officer who bears a staff tipped with metal; a constable. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tip a hint + -ster. ] One who makes a practice of giving or selling tips, or private hints or information, esp. for use in gambling upon the probable outcome of events, as horse races. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The detachable or movable fore part of a gunstock, lying beneath the barrel or barrels, and forming a hold for the left hand. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]