=Tinacrio=, “the Sage,” father of Micomico´na, queen of Micom´icon, and husband of Queen Zaramilla. He foretold that after his death his daughter would be dethroned by the giant, Pandafilando, but that in Spain, she would find a champion in Don Quixote, who would restore her to the throne. This adventure comes to nothing, as Don Quixote is taken home in a cage, without entering upon it.--Cervantes, _Don Quixote_, I. iv. 3 (1605). =Tinclarian Doctor= (_The Great_), William Mitchell, a whitesmith and tin-plate worker, of Edinburgh, who published _Tinkler’s Testament_, dedicated to Queen Anne, and other similar works. The reason why I call myself the Tinclarian doctor, is because I am a tinklar, and cures old pans and lantruns.--_Introduction to Tinkler’s Testament._ ⁂ Uniformity of spelling must not be looked for in the “doctor’s” book. We have “Tinklar,” “Tinkler,” and “Tinclarian.” =Tinderbox= (_Miss Jenny_), a lady with a moderate fortune, who once had some pretensions to beauty. Her elder sister happened to marry a man of quality, and Jenny ever after resolved not to disgrace herself by marrying a tradesman. Having rejected many of her equals, she became at last the governess of her sister’s children, and had to undergo the drudgery of three servants, without receiving the wages of one.--Goldsmith, _A Citizen of the World_, xxviii. (1759). =Tinker= (_The Immortal_ or _The Inspired_), John Bunyan (1638-1688). =Tinsel= (_Lord_), a type of that worst specimen of aristocracy, which ignores all merit but blue blood, and would rather patronize a horse-jockey than a curate, scholar, or poor gentleman. He would subscribe six guineas to the concerts of Signor Cantata, because Lady Dangle patronized him, but not one penny to “languages, arts, and sciences,” as such.--S. Knowles, _The Hunchback_ (1831). =Tintag´el= or TINTAGIL, a strong and magnificent castle on the coast of Cornwall, said to have been the work of two giants. It was the birthplace of King Arthur, and subsequently the royal residence of King Mark. Dunlop asserts that vestiges of the castle still exist. They found a naked child upon the sands Of dark Tintagil, by the Cornish sea, And that was Arthur. Tennyson, _Guinevere_ (1858). =Tinto= (_Dick_), a poor artist, son of a tailor in the village of Langdirdum. He is introduced as a lad in the _Bride of Lammermoor_, i. This was in the reign of William III. He is again introduced in _St. Ronan’s Well_, i., as touching up the sign-board of Meg Dods, in the reign of George III. As William III. died in 1702, and George III. began to reign in 1760, Master Dick must have been a patriarch when he worked for Mrs. Dods.--Sir W. Scott, _Bride of Lammermoor_ (1819); _St. Ronan’s Well_ (1823).