Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ticking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tick \Tick\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ticked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ticking}.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. D. tikken, LG.
ticken.]
1. To make a small or repeating noise by beating or
otherwise, as a watch does; to beat.
2. To strike gently; to pat.
Stand not ticking and toying at the branches.
--Latimer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ticking \Tick"ing\, n. [From {Tick} a bed cover. Cf. {Ticken}.]
A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which
ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in
stripes of different colors, as white and blue; -- called
also {ticken}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ticking
n 1: a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the
clock" [syn: {tick}]
2: a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers
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