tige

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noun

A steel pin in early rifles.

OriginFrench tige ← Latin tibia →
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Meanings

nountige (plural tiges)

plural tiges

  1. historicalengineeringA steel pin in early rifles.
  2. archaicbiologyA stem.

    The tige is either simple, as in the White Lily, or branching, as in the Geranium; the branching is the most common form; […]

    1829, Mrs. Lincoln Phelps, Familiar Lectures on Botany, page 50

Origin

  1. Latintibia“shin bone, leg”
  2. Frenchtige“stem”
  3. Englishtige

Borrowed from French tige (“stem”), from Latin tibia (“shin bone, leg”). Doublet of tibia.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tige,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tige.

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