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▪ I. tither, n.1|ˈtaɪðə(r)|
[f. tithe v.2 + -er1.]
One who tithes. a. One who pays tithes; usually with qualification, as false tither, small tither, true tither. Now rare.
c1386Chaucer Friar's T. 14 And smale tytheres [v.r. tithers] weren foule yshent. c1400York Man. (Surtees) 223 Ye shule pray specially for trew tythers and devout offerers. c1440Jacob's Well 44 Whann þe euyll tythere seeth or heryth þat þou trewely tythest to god, it greuyth him sore. 1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 25 Yet we doe see ill tithers ill thriuers most commonlie bee. 1705Stanhope Paraphr. III. 377 Such distinguishing Titles, as the Punctual Tither, the Constant Faster.
b. An exactor or receiver of tithes; also, a supporter of the system of ecclesiastical tithes.
1591Florio 2nd Fruites 83 You are..not onely Parson or tither, but absolute possessor of whatsoeuer I haue. 1653Milton Hirelings Wks. 1851 V. 376 Tithers themselves have contributed to thir own confutation, by confessing that the Church liv'd primitively on Alms. 1736Bailey (folio), Tither, a tithe-gatherer. 1884J. Payne Tales fr. Arabic I. 273 A certain tither, who exceeded all his brethren in oppression of the people and foulness of dealing.
▪ II. tither, n.2|ˈtɪðə(r)|
[Of obscure origin; cf. Hampshire dial. to be on tither-thorns ‘to be tremulously anxious’ (Eng. Dial. Dict.) and dither n.]
A state of feverish excitement.
1960V. Jenkins Lions Down Under vi. 91 His amazing side-stepping and running had the crowd in a tither. a1974R. Crossman Diaries (1977) III. 640 He adored discussing the Health Service, he was all of a tither and quiver of excitement at having the Secretary of State there.
▪ III. tither|ˈtɪðər|
Sc. and dial. form of tother.
Esp. in the tither = thet other, that other: see other.
1479–81Rec. St. Mary at Hill 98 And for the tithyr ij quarters euery quarter x s. 1786Burns Twa Dogs 23 The tither was a ploughman's collie. 1858M. Porteous Souter Johnny 32 On the tither haun.
▪ IV. tither
obs. form of tether n. |