tiar, n. Chiefly poet.
(ˈtaɪə(r))
Also 6 tyar(e, 7–9 tiare, (7 theare).
[Anglicized f. tiara, prob. after F. tiare (14th c. in Godef. Compl.).]
1. = tiara n. 1. (In quot. 1513 attrib.)
| 1513 Douglas æneis vii. v. 126 The gret king Priame.. His ceptre als, and eik his tyar [ed. 1553 tyare] hat, Hallowit quhayrwyth at sacrifice he sat. 1614 Selden Titles Hon. 24 The King of Bulgarie..had also his Crown of Gold, his Tiar of Silk, and Red Shoes. 1725 Pope Odyss. x. 651 A tiar wreath'd her head with many a fold. 1818 Milman Samor 226 When the Median's brow the massy tiar Let fall. |
2. = tiara n. 2.
| 1616 Sheldon Miracles Antichr. 165 His triple Tiare and Crowne. 1624 Darcie Birth of Heresies xii. 51 The Myter or Theare, and some other decorations. 1841 Fraser's Mag. XXIV. 26 His triple tiare Is flung at his feet. |
3. = tiara n. 4. Also fig. (In early instances perh. confused with tire n.1)
| 1660 Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. ii. iii. rule ix. §29 The spirit of humility and wisedome..ought to be the investiture of a Christians heart and the tiar of his head. 1667 Milton P.L. iii. 625 Of beaming sunnie Raies, a golden tiar Circl'd his [an angel's] head. 1802 in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. VI. 204 Head-dress a tiar of diamonds on purple velvet. 1819 Keats Lamia 58 Sprinkled with stars, like Ariadne's tiar. 1886 W. Alexander St. Augustine's Holiday, etc. 191 With sackcloth cast above the tiar of gold. |
Hence ˈtiar v., ˈtiared (-əd) ppl. a. = tiara v., tiaraed.
| 1824 New Monthly Mag. X. 334 Where the tiar'd Pharaohs sleep. 1882 J. Walker Jaunt to Auld Reekie 172 Red-hatting thy cardinals and tiaring thy popes. |