[F. tige stalk:—L. tībia shank, pipe.] The shaft of a column; also transf., in a fire-arm or cartridge, see quot. 1877; in Bot., see quot. 1900. Tige-arm, a fire-arm fitted with a tige (Cent. Dict., 1891).
1664. Evelyn, trans. Freart’s Archit., 126. That round and long Cylinder diversly named by Authors, Scapus, Vivo, Tige, Shaft, Fust, Trunke.
1710. J. Harris, Lex. Techn., II. Tige, in Architecture, is the Shaft of a Column from the Astragal to the Capital.
1727–41. Chambers, Cycl., Tige, in architecture, a French term for the shaft or fust of a column, comprehended between the astragal and the capital.
1877. Knight, Dict. Mech., Tige,… a stem or stalk. A pin at the base of the breech in the Thouvenin system of fire-arms, for expanding the base of the ball; an anvil or support for the cap or primer in a central-fire cartridge.
1900. B. D. Jackson, Gloss. Bot. Terms, 271/1. Tige,… stem.
