tyger

tyger (plural tygers)

1. Obsolete form of tiger.
   • [1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China‎^[1], London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 240:

     Near to Cinyuen, in the Province of Junnan, is the Mountain Nilo, where is great abundance of Tygers and Leopards.]

   • 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 6:

     Jewan Sadit, who ſtood before the prince, obſerving his youthful temerity, threw himſelf between him and danger, and with a nervous arm, wielding a ſharp ſabre, of the hard tempered ſteel of Damiſk, ruſhing upon the tyger, he ſtruck him acroſs the forehead.

   • 1794, William Blake, “The Tyger”, in Songs Of Experience:

     Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
     In the forests of the night,
     What immortal hand or eye
     Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

2. (heraldry) Alternative form of tiger.

tyger

1. indefinite plural of tyg