Tiller (n.) 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. Cf. 2d Helm, 1.
Tiller (n.) The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself.
Tiller (n.) The handle of anything.
Tiller (n.) A small drawer; a till.
Tilley () Alt. of Tilley seed
Tilley seed () The seeds of a small tree (Croton Pavana) common in the Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those of Croton Tiglium.
Tillmen (pl. ) of Tillman
Tillman (n.) A man who tills the earth; a husbandman.
Tillodont (n.) One of the Tillodontia.
Tillodontia (n. pl.) An extinct group of Mammalia found fossil in the Eocene formation. The species are related to the carnivores, ungulates, and rodents. Called also Tillodonta.
Tillet (n.) A bag made of thin glazed muslin, used as a wrapper for dress goods.
Tillow (v. i.) See 3d Tiller.
Tilly-vally (interj., adv., or a.) A word of unknown origin and signification, formerly used as expressive of contempt, or when anything said was reject as trifling or impertinent.
Tilmus (n.) Floccillation.
Tilt (n.) A covering overhead; especially, a tent.
Tilt (n.) The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.
Tilt (n.) A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat.
Tilted (imp. & p. p.) of Tilt
Tilting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tilt
Tilt (v. t.) To cover with a tilt, or awning.
Tilt (v. t.) To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.
Tilt (v. t.) To point or thrust, as a lance.
Tilt (v. t.) To point or thrust a weapon at.
Tilt (v. t.) To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile.
Tilt (v. i.) 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.
Tilt (v. i.) To lean; to fall partly over; to tip.
Tilt (n.) A thrust, as with a lance.
Tilt (n.) A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament.
Tilt (n.) See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary.
Tilt (n.) Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask.
Tilter (n.) One who tilts, or jousts; hence, one who fights.
Tilter (n.) One who operates a tilt hammer.
Tilth (n.) The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture; as, land is good tilth.
Tilth (n.) That which is tilled; tillage ground.
Tilt hammer () 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.
Tilting (n.) The act of one who tilts; a tilt.
Tilting (n.) The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer.
Tilt-mill (n.) A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on.
Til tree () See Teil.
Tilt-up (n.) Same as Tip-up.
Tilt-yard (n.) A yard or place for tilting.
Timal (n.) The blue titmouse.
Timaline (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Timalus or family Timalidae, which includes the babblers thrushes, and bulbuls.
Timbal (n.) A kettledrum. See Tymbal.
Timber (n.) 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.
Timber (n.) The crest on a coat of arms.
Timber (v. t.) To surmount as a timber does.
Timber (n.) That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3.
Timber (n.) The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
Timber (n.) Fig.: Material for any structure.
Timber (n.) A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding.
Timber (n.) Woods or forest; wooden land.
Timber (n.) A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united.
Timbered (imp. & p. p.) of Timber
Timbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Timber
Timber (v. t.) To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
Timber (v. i.) To light on a tree.
Timber (v. i.) To make a nest.
Timbered (a.) Furnished with timber; -- often compounded; as, a well-timbered house; a low-timbered house.
Timbered (a.) Built; formed; contrived.
Timbered (a.) Massive, like timber.
Timbered (a.) Covered with growth timber; wooden; as, well-timbered land.
Timberhead (n.) The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.; -- called also kevel head.
Timbering (n.) The act of furnishing with timber; also, timbers, collectively; timberwork; timber.
Timberling (n.) A small tree.
Timbermen (pl. ) of Timberman
Timberman (n.) A man employed in placing supports of timber in a mine.
Timberwork (n.) Work made of timbers.
Timbre (n.) See 1st Timber.
Timbre (n.) The crest on a coat of arms.
Timbre (n.) The quality or tone distinguishing voices or instruments; tone color; clang tint; as, the timbre of the voice; the timbre of a violin. See Tone, and Partial tones, under Partial.
Timbrel (n.) A kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highest antiquity.
Timbreled (a.) Alt. of Timbrelled
Timbrelled (a.) Sung to the sound of the timbrel.
Timburine (n.) A tambourine.
Times (pl. ) of Time
Time (n.) Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.
Time (n.) A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as, the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be.
Time (n.) The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived; age; period; era; as, the Spanish Armada was destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; -- often in the plural; as, ancient times; modern times.
Time (n.) The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a person has at his disposal.
Time (n.) A proper time; a season; an opportunity.
Time (n.) Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition.
Time (n.) Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition; addition of a number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four times; four times four, or sixteen.
Time (n.) The present life; existence in this world as contrasted with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite, duration.
Time (n.) Tense.
Time (n.) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or triple time; the musician keeps good time.
Timed (imp. & p. p.) of Time
Timing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Time
Time (v. t.) To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly.
Time (v. t.) To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
Time (v. t.) To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen.
Time (v. t.) To measure, as in music or harmony.
Time (v. i.) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
Time (v. i.) To pass time; to delay.
Timeful (a.) Seasonable; timely; sufficiently early.
Time-honored (a.) Honored for a long time; venerable, and worthy of honor, by reason of antiquity, or long continuance.
Timekeeper (n.) A clock, watch, or other chronometer; a timepiece.
Timekeeper (n.) A person who keeps, marks, regulates, or determines the time.
Timekeeper (n.) A person who keeps a record of the time spent by workmen at their work.
Timekeeper (n.) One who gives the time for the departure of conveyances.