_Mrs. Tibbs_, wife of the beau, a slattern and a coquette, much emaciated, but with the remains of a good-looking woman. She made twenty apologies for being in _dishabille_; but had been out all night with the countess. Then, turning to her husband, she added, “And his lordship, my dear, drank your health in a bumper.” Ned then asked his wife if she had given orders for dinner. “You need make no great preparation--only we three. My lord cannot join us to-day--something small and elegant will do, such as a turbot, an ortolan, a----” “Or,” said Mrs. Tibbs, “what do you think, my dear, of a nice bit of ox-cheek, dressed with a little of my own sauce?” “The very thing,” he replies; “it will eat well with a little beer. His grace was very fond of it, and I hate the vulgarity of a great load of dishes.” The citizen of the world now thought it time to decamp, and took his leave, Mrs. Tibbs assuring him that dinner would certainly be quite ready in two or three hours.--Letter lv. _Mrs. Tibbs’s lady’s-maid_, a vulgar, brawny Scotchwoman. “Where’s my lady?” said Tibbs, when he brought to his garret his excellency the ambassador of China. “She’s a-washing your twa shirts at the next door, because they won’t lend us the tub any longer.”--Goldsmith, _A Citizen of the World_ (1759). =Tibert= (_Sir_), the name of the cat in the beast-epic of _Reynard the Fox_ (1498). =Tibet Talkapace=, a prating hand-maid of Custance, the gay and rich widow, vainly sought by Ralph Roister Doister.--Nicholas Udall, _Ralph Roister Doister_ (first English comedy, 1534). The metre runs thus: I hearde our nourse speake of an husbande to-day Ready for our mistresse, a rich man and gay; And we shall go in our French hoodes every day ... Then shall ye see Tibet, sires, treade the mosse so trig ... Not lumperdee, clumperdee, like our Spaniel Rig. =Tibs= (_Mr._), a most “useful hand.” He will write you a receipt for the bite of a mad dog, tell you an Eastern tale to perfection, and understands the business part of an author so well that no publisher can humbug him. You may know him by his peculiar clumsiness of figure, and the coarseness of his coat; but he never forgets to inform you that his clothes are all paid for. (See TIBBS.)--Goldsmith, _A Citizen of The World_, xxix. (1759). =Tibullus= (_The French_), the chevalier Evariste de Parny (1742-1814). =Tiburce= (2 or 3 _syl._), brother of Valerian, converted by St. Cecile, his sister-in-law, and baptized by Pope Urban. Being brought before the Prefect Almachius, and commanded to worship the image of Jupiter, he refused to do so, and was decapitated.--Chaucer, _Canterbury Tales_ (“Second Nun’s Tale,” 1388). ⁂ When Tiburce is followed by a vowel it is made 2 _syl._, when by a consonant it is 3 _syl._, as: