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tickle
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tickle \Tic"kle\, a.
1. Ticklish; easily tickled. [Obs.]
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2. Liable to change; uncertain; inconstant. [Obs.]
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The world is now full tickle, sikerly. --Chaucer.
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So tickle is the state of earthy things. --Spenser.
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3. Wavering, or liable to waver and fall at the slightest
touch; unstable; easily overthrown. [Obs.]
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Thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders, that a
milkmaid, if she be in love, may sigh it off.
--Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tickle \Tic"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tickled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tickling.] [Perhaps freq. of tick to beat; pat; but cf. also AS. citelian to tickle, D. kittelen, G. kitzlen, OHG. chizzil[=o]n, chuzzil[=o]n, Icel. kitla. Cf. Kittle, v. t.] 1. To touch lightly, so as to produce a peculiar thrilling sensation, which commonly causes laughter, and a kind of spasm which become dangerous if too long protracted. [1913 Webster] If you tickle us, do we not laugh? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To please; to gratify; to make joyous. [1913 Webster] Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Such a nature Tickled with good success, disdains the shadow Which he treads on at noon. --Shak. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tickle \Tic"kle\, v. i.
1. To feel titillation.
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He with secret joy therefore
Did tickle inwardly in every vein. --Spenser.
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2. To excite the sensation of titillation. --Shak.
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