sb. Chiefly poet. Also 6 tyar(e, 7–9. tiare, (7 theare). [Anglicized f. TIARA, prob. after F. tiare (14th c. in Godef., Compl.).]
1. = TIARA sb. 1. (In quot. 1513 attrib.)
1513. Douglas, Æneis, VII. v. 126. The gret king Priame … His ceptre als, and eik his tyar [ed. 1553 tyare] hat, Hallowit quhayrwyth at sacrifice he sat.
1614. Selden, Titles Hon., 24. The King of Bulgarie … had also his Crown of Gold, his Tiar of Silk, and Red Shoes.
1725. Pope, Odyss., X. 651. A tiar wreath’d her head with many a fold.
1818. Milman, Samor, 226. When the Median’s brow the massy tiar Let fall.
2. = TIARA sb. 2.
1616. Sheldon, Miracles Antichr., 165. His triple Tiare and Crowne.
1624. Darcie, Birth of Heresies, xii. 51. The Myter or Theare, and some other decorations.
1841. Fraser’s Mag., XXIV. 26. His triple tiare Is flung at his feet.
3. = TIARA sb. 4. Also fig. (In early instances perh. confused with TIRE sb.1)
1660. Jer. Taylor, Duct. Dubit., II. iii. rule ix. § 29. The spirit of humility and wisedome … ought to be the investiture of a Christians heart and the tiar of his head.
1667. Milton, P. L., III. 625. Of beaming sunnie Raies, a golden tiar Circl’d his [an angel’s] head.
1802. in Spirit Pub. Jrnls., VI. 204. Head-dress a tiar of diamonds on purple velvet.
1819. Keats, Lamia, 58. Sprinkled with stars, like Ariadne’s tiar.
1886. W. Alexander, St. Augustine’s Holiday, etc., 191. With sackcloth cast above the tiar of gold.
Hence Tiar v., Tiared ppl. a. = TIARA v., TIARAED.
1824. New Monthly Mag., X. 334. Where the tiar’d Pharaohs sleep.
1882. J. Walker, Jaunt to Auld Reekie, 172. Red-hatting thy cardinals and tiaring thy popes.
