TIPTOE (2)

Tip″toe′ (?), a. 1. 1. Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as possible; lifted up; exalted; also, alert.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. Shak. Above the tiptoe pinnacle of glory. Byron. 2. 2. Noiseless; stealthy. “With tiptoe step.” Cowper.
Tiptoe mirth, the highest degree of mirth. Sir W. Scott.