[f. TICK sb.3 or v.1 + -ED.] a. Formed or represented by a series of ticks: as ‘a ticked line,’ one formed thus …… .
1833. Richardson, Merc. Mar. Arch., 22. A ticked line through all these spots will form the cant frame.
[1850. Rudim. Navig. (Weale), 93. A batten … will form the ticked curve A D B.
b. Marked or marked off with a tick.
1863. Therry, Australia (title-p.), A supplementary chapter on Transportation and the Ticked-off System.
