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From: kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz (Paul J. Kriha)
Subject: Re: *tic* as a verb.
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In article <3jk68i$mjs@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com>,
   Altertum@ix.netcom.com (Altertum) wrote:
>In <3jb6du$72r@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> mloMark@ix.netcom.com (Mark 
>Odegard) writes: 
>
>>
>>Merriam-Webster's 10th Collegiate Dictionary lists <tic> only as a 
>noun.
>>Is this anomaly exclusively M-W's?  
>
>
>I'm sure that someone will have something to say about it being an 
>"anomaly" in the MW, but FYI, the Cassell, which is Brit., does not list 
>"tic" as anything other than a noun.

The same in Collins E.D.
What would the verb "tic" mean, anyway?

Paul JK
