Tiler Til"er noun [ Of uncertain origin, but probably from English
tile , noun ]
A doorkeeper or attendant at a lodge of Freemasons. [ Written also
tyler .]
Tilery Til"er·y noun ;
plural Tileries . [ From
Tile ; confer French
tuilerie , from
tuile a tile, Latin
tegula .]
A place where tiles are made or burned; a tile kiln.
Tileseed Tile"seed` noun (Botany) Any plant of the genus Geissois , having seeds overlapping like tiles on a roof.
Tilestone Tile"stone` noun 1. (Geol.) A kind of laminated shale or sandstone belonging to some of the layers of the Upper Silurian. 2. A tile of stone.
Tilia Til"i·a noun [ Latin , linden. Confer
Teil .]
(Botany) A genus of trees, the lindens, the type of the family Tiliaceæ , distinguished by the winglike bract coalescent with the peduncle, and by the indehiscent fruit having one or two seeds. There are about twenty species, natives of temperate regions. Many species are planted as ornamental shade trees, and the tough fibrous inner bark is a valuable article of commerce. Also, a plant of this genus.
Tiliaceous Til`i·a"ceous adjective [ Middle English
tilia the linden tree.]
(Botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants ( Tiliaceæ ) of which the linden ( Tilia ) is the type. The order includes many plants which furnish a valuable fiber, as the jute.
Tiling Til"ing noun 1. A surface covered with tiles, or composed of tiles. They . . . let him down through the tiling .
Luke v. 19. 2. Tiles, collectively.
Till Till noun [ Abbrev. from
lentil .]
A vetch; a tare. [ Prov. Eng.]
Till Till noun [ Properly, a drawer, from Middle English
tillen to draw. See
Tiller the lever of a rudder.]
A drawer. Specifically:
(a) A tray or drawer in a chest. (b) A money drawer in a shop or store. Till alarm ,
a device for sounding an alarm when a money drawer is opened or tampered with.
Till Till noun 1. (Geol.) A deposit of clay, sand, and gravel, without lamination, formed in a glacier valley by means of the waters derived from the melting glaciers; -- sometimes applied to alluvium of an upper river terrace, when not laminated, and appearing as if formed in the same manner. 2. A kind of coarse, obdurate land. Loudon.
Till Till preposition [ Middle English
til , Icelandic
til ; akin to Danish
til , Swedish
till , OFries.
til , also to Anglo-Saxon
til good, excellent, German
ziel end, limit, object, Old High German
zil , Goth.
tils , ga
tils , fit, convenient, and English
till to cultivate. See
Till ,
transitive verb ]
To; unto; up to; as far as; until; -- now used only in respect to time, but formerly, also, of place, degree, etc., and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England and Ireland; as, I worked till four o'clock; I will wait till next week. He . . . came till an house.
Chaucer. Women, up till this
Cramped under worse than South-sea-isle taboo.
Tennyson. Similar sentiments will recur to every one familiar with his writings -- all through them till the very end.
Prof. Wilson. Till now ,
to the present time. --
Till then ,
to that time.
Till Till conj. As far as; up to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; that is, to the time specified in the sentence or clause following; until. And said unto them, Occupy till I come.
Luke xix. 13. Mediate so long till you make some act of prayer to God.
Jer. Taylor. There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived.
Macaulay. » This use may be explained by supposing an ellipsis of
when , or
the time when , the proper conjunction or conjunctive adverb begin
when .
Till Till transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Tilled ;
present participle & verbal noun Tilling .] [ Middle English
tilen ,
tilien , Anglo-Saxon
tilian ,
teolian , to aim, strive for, till; akin to Old Saxon
tilian to get, Dutch
telen to propagate, German
zielen to aim,
ziel an end, object, and perhaps also to English
tide ,
time , from the idea of something fixed or definite. Confer
Teal ,
Till ,
preposition .]
1. To plow and prepare for seed, and to sow, dress, raise crops from, etc., to cultivate; as, to till the earth, a field, a farm. No field nolde [ would not] tilye .
P. Plowman. the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Gen. iii. 23. 2. To prepare; to get. [ Obsolete]
W. Browne.
Till Till intransitive verb To cultivate land. Piers Plowman.
Tillable Till"a·ble adjective Capable of being tilled; fit for the plow; arable.
Tillage Till"age noun 1. The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground in a proper state for the growth of crops. 2. A place tilled or cultivated; cultivated land. Syn. -- Cultivation; culture; husbandry; farming; agriculture.
Tillandsia Til·land"si·a noun [ New Latin So named after Prof.
Tillands , of Abo, in Finland.]
(Botany) A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides , called long moss , black moss , Spanish moss , and Florida moss , has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses.
Tillandsia Til·land"si·a noun [ New Latin , after Prof.
Tillands , of Abo, in Finland.]
(Botany) An immense genus of epiphytic bromeliaceous plants confined to tropical and subtropical America. They usually bear a rosette of narrow overlapping basal leaves, which often hold a considerable quantity of water. The spicate or paniculate flowers have free perianth segments, and are often subtended by colored bracts. Also, a plant of this genus.
Tiller Till"er noun [ From
Till ,
transitive verb ]
One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.
Tiller Till"er noun [ Anglo-Saxon
telgor a small branch. Confer
Till to cultivate.]
1. (Botany) (a) A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker. (b) A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump. 2. A young timber tree. [ Prov. Eng.]
Evelyn.
Tiller Till"er intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Tillered ;
present participle & verbal noun Tillering .]
To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers ; some spread plants by tillering . [ Sometimes written
tillow .]
Tiller Till"er noun [ From Middle English
tillen ,
tullen , to draw, pull; probably from Anglo-Saxon
tyllan in for
tyllan to lead astray; or confer Dutch
tillen to lift up. Confer
Till a drawer.]
1. (Nautical) A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of Rudder . Confer 2d Helm , 1. 2. The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself. [ Obsolete]
You can shoot in a tiller .
Beau. & Fl. 3. The handle of anything. [ Prov. Eng.]
4. A small drawer; a till. Dryden. Tiller rope (Nautical) ,
a rope for turning a tiller. In a large vessel it forms the connection between the fore end of the tiller and the steering wheel.
Tilley Til"ley noun , or
Til"ley seed` (Botany) The seeds of a small tree ( Croton Pavana ) common in the Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those of Croton Tiglium . [ Written also
tilly .]
Tillman Till"man noun ;
plural Tillmen A man who tills the earth; a husbandman. [ Obsolete]
Tusser.
Tillodont Til"lo·dont noun One of the Tillodontia.
Tillodontia Til`lo·don"ti·a noun plural (Paleon.) An extinct group of Mammalia found fossil in the Eocene formation. The species are related to the carnivores, ungulates, and rodents. Called also Tillodonta .
Tillot Til"lot (tĭl"lŏt)
noun A bag made of thin glazed muslin, used as a wrapper for dress goods. McElrath.
Tillow Til"low intransitive verb See 3d Tiller .
Tilly-vally Til"ly-val`ly interj., adverb , or adjective A word of unknown origin and signification, formerly used as expressive of contempt, or when anything said was rejected as trifling or impertinent. [ Written also
tille-vally ,
tilly-fally ,
tille-fally , and otherwise.]
Shak.
Tilmus Til"mus noun [ New Latin , from Greek
tilmo`s , from
ti`llein to pluck, pull.]
(Medicine) Floccillation.
Tilt Tilt (tĭlt)
noun [ Middle English
telt (perhaps from the Danish),
teld , Anglo-Saxon
teld , ge
teld ; akin to OD.
telde , German
zelt , Icelandic
tjald , Swedish
tält ,
tjäll , Danish
telt , and Anglo-Saxon be
teldan to cover.]
1. A covering overhead; especially, a tent. Denham. 2. The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon. 3. (Nautical) A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat. Tilt boat (Nautical) ,
a boat covered with canvas or other cloth. --
Tilt roof (Architecture) ,
a round-headed roof, like the canopy of a wagon.
Tilt Tilt transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Tilted ;
present participle & verbal noun Tilting .]
To cover with a tilt, or awning.
Tilt Tilt transitive verb [ Middle English
tilten ,
tulten , to totter, fall, Anglo-Saxon
tealt unstable, precarious; akin to
tealtrian to totter, to vacillate, Dutch
tel amble, ambling pace, German
zelt , Icelandic
tölt an ambling pace,
tölta to amble. Confer
Totter .]
1. To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel. 2. To point or thrust, as a lance. Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance.
J. Philips. 3. To point or thrust a weapon at. [ Obsolete]
Beau. & Fl. 4. To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile.
Tilt Tilt intransitive verb 1. To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances. He tilts
With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast.
Shak. Swords out, and tilting one at other's breast.
Shak. But in this tournament can no man tilt .
Tennyson. The fleet, swift tilting , o'er the ...urges flew.
Pope. 2. To lean; to fall partly over; to tip. The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward by the muscles of the back.
Grew.
Tilt Tilt noun 1. A thrust, as with a lance. Addison. 2. A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament. 3. See Tilt hammer , in the Vocabulary. 4. Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask. Full tilt ,
with full force. Dampier.
Tilt hammer Tilt" ham`mer A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in iron works, which is lifted or tilted by projections or wipers on a revolving shaft; a trip hammer.
Tilt-mill Tilt"-mill` noun A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on.
Tilt-up Tilt"-up` noun (Zoology) Same as Tip-up .
Tilt-yard Tilt"-yard` noun A yard or place for tilting. "The
tilt-yard of Templestowe."
Sir W. Scott.
Tilter Tilt"er noun 1. One who tilts, or jousts; hence, one who fights. Let me alone to match your tilter .
Glanville. 2. One who operates a tilt hammer.
Tilth Tilth noun [ Anglo-Saxon
til... , from
tilian to till. See
Till to cultivate.]
1. The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture; as, land is good tilth . The tilth and rank fertility of its golden youth.
De Quincey. 2. That which is tilled; tillage ground. [ R.]
And so by tilth and grange . . .
We gained the mother city.
Tennyson.
Tilting Tilt"ing noun 1. The act of one who tilts; a tilt. 2. The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer. Tilting helmet ,
a helmet of large size and unusual weight and strength, worn at tilts.
Tim-whiskey Tim"-whis`key noun A kind of carriage. See Whiskey . Southery.
Timal Ti"mal noun (Zoology) The blue titmouse. [ Prov. Eng.]
Timaline Tim"a·line adjective (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the genus Timalus or family Timalidæ , which includes the babblers thrushes, and bulbuls.
Timbal Tim"bal noun A kettledrum. See Tymbal .
Timbale Tim`bale" noun [ French, prop., a kettledrum; -- so named from the form of the mold used. Confer
Timbal .]
(Cookery) A seasoned preparation, as of chicken, lobster, cheese, or fish, cooked in a drum-shaped mold; also, a pastry case, usually small, filled with a cooked mixture.
Timber Tim"ber noun [ Probably the same word as
timber sort of wood; confer Swedish
timber , LG.
timmer , Middle High German
zimber , German
zimmer , French
timbre , Late Latin
timbrium . Confer
Timmer .]
(Com.) A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer . [ Written also
timbre .]
Timber Tim"ber noun [ French
timbre . See
Timbre .]
(Her.) The crest on a coat of arms. [ Written also
timbre .]
Timber Tim"ber transitive verb To surmount as a timber does. [ Obsolete]
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