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Tic-tac is a method of signalling in use on racecourses. Its chief object is to communicate the betting movements in Tattersall's to book-makers in the smaller rings and on the course itself when outside betting is permitted.
The tic-tac is operated in a triangular manner, the betting movements in Tattersall's being communicated by one of the operators to a second stationed on the grandstand, who passes on the message to a third person, who in turn, communicates the information to the bookmaker for whom he works.
The signals are made by touching various parts of the head, arms and body, and although more or less universally used, are varied at times to deceive outsiders by introducing what is colloquially called the 'twist', i.e. the signs are made the reverse way and the numbers assigned to horses on the race cards are reversed or otherwise altered.
Customarily the signs used run from the right shoulder, over to the left shoulder, and up either arm, a few of them being as follows: One, right shoulder touched with right hand; two, right ear with right hand; three, right side top of head with right hand; six, left shoulder with left hand; ten, both hands placed together; 7-to-4 against, tips of left hand fingers, with right hand; 5-to-2 against, breast pocket with right hand.
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Face ague (tic douloureux) is a form of neuralgia, characterised by acute lancinating pains returning at intervals, and by twinges in certain parts of the face, producing convulsive twitches in the corresponding muscles.
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A tic is an habitual, local spasmodic contraction of muscles or twitch, often in the face.
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The trigeminal nerve (or fifth cranial nerve) is the fifth of the cranial nerves which spring from the brain. The roots of the nerve pass into an enlargement, the Gasserian ganglion, from which three main branches of the nerve are given off:
- the ophthalmic nerve
- the superior maxillary nerve
- the inferior maxillary nerve
The first two divisions of the trigeminal nerve are purely sensory; the third is partially sensory and partially motor.
Tic douloureux or neuralgia of the trigeminal nerve is a very severe form of neuralgia, possibly due to an affection of the Gasserian ganglion. The condition generally begins after middle life, with sudden paroxysms of violent pain which may last for a few seconds to a minute. The muscles of the face become quite contracted and the pain is intense. The paroxysms may follow each other for a few hours, and then remission may occur for days or even months. Gradually, however, the periods of remission become shorter, and the patient may never be entirely free from pain.
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TIC is an abbreviation for TermInfo Compiler
TIC is an abbreviation for Target Integration Centre
TIC is an abbreviation for Technical Interface Concept
TIC is an abbreviation for Technical Internal Correspondence
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Tic-tac is British slang for a signal or sign.
Tic-tac is London Cockney rhyming slang for fact.
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