Webster's Dictionary 1913

2809

Tile (3)

Tile, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Tiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tiling.] 1. To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.2. Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles.The muscle, sinew, and vein,Which til...

2810

Tile-drain

Tile″–drain′ (?), v. t. To drain by means of tiles; to furnish with a tile drain.

2811

Tilefish

Tile″fish′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A large, edible, deep-water food fish (Lopholatilus chamæleonticeps) more or less thickly covered with large, round, yellow spots.☞ It was discovered o...

2812

Tiler

Til″er (?), n. A man whose occupation is to cover buildings with tiles. Bancroft.

2813

Tiler (2)

Til″er, n. [Of uncertain origin, but probably from E. tile, n.] A doorkeeper or attendant at a lodge of Freemasons. [Written also tyler.]

2814

Tilery

Til″er‐y (?), n.; pl.Tileries (#). [From Tile; cf. F. tuilerie, fr. tuile a tile, L. tegula.] A place where tiles are made or burned; a tile kiln.

2815

Tileseed

Tile″seed′ (?), n.(Bot.) Any plant of the genus Geissois, having seeds overlapping like tiles on a roof.

2816

Tilestone

Tile″stone′ (?), n. 1. (Geol.) A kind of laminated shale or sandstone belonging to some of the layers of the Upper Silurian.2. A tile of stone.

2817

Tilia

‖Til″i‐a (?), n. [L., linden. Cf. Teil.] (Bot.) A genus of trees, the lindens, the type of the family Tiliaceæ, distinguished by the winglike bract coalescent with the peduncle,...

2818

Tiliaceous

Til′i‐a″ceous (?), a. [OE. tilia the linden tree.] (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Tiliaceæ) of which the linden (Tilia) is the type. The ord...

2819

Tiling

Til″ing (?), n. 1. A surface covered with tiles, or composed of tiles.They... let him down through the tiling. Luke v. 19.2. Tiles, collectively.

2820

Till

Till (?), n. [Abbrev. from lentil.] A vetch; a tare.

2821

Till (2)

Till, n. [Properly, a drawer, from OE. 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 o...

2822

Till (3)

Till, n. 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 app...

2823

Till (4)

Till, prep. [OE. til, Icel. til; akin to Dan. til, Sw. till, OFries. til, also to AS. til good, excellent, G. ziel end, limit, object, OHG. zil, Goth. tils, gatils, fit, conveni...

2824

Till (5)

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 un...

2825

Till (6)

Till, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Tilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tilling.] [OE. tilen, tilien, AS. tilian, teolian, to aim, strive for, till; akin to OS. tilian to get, D. telen to propagate...

2826

Till (7)

Till, v. i. To cultivate land. Piers Plowman.

2827

Tillable

Till″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being tilled; fit for the plow; arable.

2828

Tillage

Till″age (?), n. 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 ...

2829

Tillandsia

‖Til‐land″si‐a (?), n. [NL. So named after Prof. Tillands, of Abo, in Finland.] (Bot.) A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical...

2830

Tillandsia (2)

‖Til‐land″si‐a (?), n. [NL., after Prof. Tillands, of Abo, in Finland.] (Bot.) An immense genus of epiphytic bromeliaceous plants confined to tropical and subtropical America. T...

2831

Tiller

Till″er (?), n. [From Till, v. t.] One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.

2832

Tiller (2)

Till″er, n. [AS. telgor a small branch. Cf. Till to cultivate.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker. (b) A sprout...

2833

Tiller (3)

Till″er, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Tillered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tillering.] To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; ...

2834

Tiller (4)

Till″er, n. [From OE. tillen, tullen, to draw, pull; probably fr. AS. tyllan in fortyllan to lead astray; or cf. D. tillen to lift up. Cf. Till a drawer.] 1. (Naut.) A lever of ...

2835

Tillet

Til″let (?), n. A bag made of thin glazed muslin, used as a wrapper for dress goods. McElrath.