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Tice vs Tike - What's the difference?

tice | tike |

As nouns the difference between tice and tike

is that tice is (cricket) a ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket while tike is (mongrel dog).

As a verb tice

is (obsolete) to entice.

tice

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • (cricket) A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket.

    • Etymology 2

    Aphetic form of entice.

    Verb

    (tic)
  • (obsolete) To entice.
    • (The Coronation)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    tike

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mongrel dog)
  • * Shakespeare
    • Bobtail tike or trundle-tail.
  • A boorish person.
  • (a kind of arthropod)

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