Ticked

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tick \Tick\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ticked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Ticking}.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. D. tikken, LG.
     ticken.]
     1. To make a small or repeating noise by beating or
        otherwise, as a watch does; to beat.
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     2. To strike gently; to pat.
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              Stand not ticking and toying at the branches.
                                                    --Latimer.
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