Tyre
['taɪə] or ['taɪɚ]
Definition
(-) Curdled milk.
(n. & v.) Attire. See 2d and 3d Tire.
(v. i.) To prey. See 4th Tire.
Checker: Nanette
Definition
n. (Spens.) attire dress.—v.t. to adorn.
See Tire.
Inputed by Jon
Examples
- Then he went healing and teaching through Galilee, and even journeyed to Tyre and Sidon. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- To Ph?nicians after the falls of Tyre and Carthage, conversion to Judaism must have been particularly easy and attractive. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Next spring (331 B.C.) he returned to Tyre, and marched thence round towards Assyria, leaving the Syrian desert on his right. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Sidon surrendered to him; Tyre resisted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He had destroyed Tyre; in Egypt, at one of the mouths of the Nile, he now founded a new city, Alexandria, to replace that ancient centre of trade. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Tyre was then an island half a mile from the shore, and her fleet was unbeaten. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But so far as the sailors go, we have to distinguish between the mere rower and the navigating and shipowning seamen of such ports as Tyre and Sidon. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To the north of Tyre, near Issus, he founded a second port, Alexandretta. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Portia