Chapter 1735

&hand; It was discovered off the Eastern coast of the United States in 1880, and was abundant in 1881, but is believed to have become extinct in 1882.

Tiler <Xpage=1508>

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

Bancroft.

Tiler <Xpage=1508>

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

Tilery <Xpage=1508>

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.

Tilestone <Xpage=1508>

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.

Tiliaceous <Xpage=1508>

Til`i*a"ceous (?) , a. [OE. tilia the linden tree.] (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants ( Tiliace\'91 ) of which the linden ( Tilia ) is the type. The order includes many plants which furnish a valuable fiber, as the jute.

Tiling <Xpage=1508>

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.

Till <Xpage=1508>

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

Till <Xpage=1508>

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 or store.

Till alarm , a device for sounding an alarm when a money drawer is opened or tampered with.

Till <Xpage=1508>

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 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 <Xpage=1508>

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 , ga tils , fit, convenient, and E. till to cultivate. See Till , v. t. ] 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.

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Till <Xpage=1509>

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.

&hand; This use may be explained by supposing an ellipsis of when , or the time when , the proper conjunction or conjunctive adverb begin when .

Till <Xpage=1509>

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, G. zielen to aim, ziel an end, object, and perhaps also to E. tide , time , from the idea of something fixed or definite. Cf. Teal , Till , prep. .] 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. [Obs.]

W. Browne.

Till <Xpage=1509>

Till , v. i. To cultivate land.

Piers Plowman.

Tillable <Xpage=1509>

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

Tillage <Xpage=1509>

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 cultivated; cultivated land.

Syn. -- Cultivation; culture; husbandry; farming; agriculture.

Tillandsia <Xpage=1509>

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 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.

Tiller <Xpage=1509>

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

Tiller <Xpage=1509>

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 or young tree that springs from a root or stump.

2. A young timber tree. [Prov. Eng.]

Evelyn.

Tiller <Xpage=1509>

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 ; some spread plants by tillering . [Sometimes written tillow .]

Tiller <Xpage=1509>

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

2. The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself. [Obs.]

You can shoot in a tiller . Beau. & Fl.

3. The handle of anything. [Prov. Eng.]

4. A small drawer; a till.

Dryden.

Tiller rope (Naut.) , 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, n., &or; Tilley seed <Xpage=1509>

Til"ley (?) , n. , &or; Til"ley seed` (?) . (Bot.) 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 <Xpage=1509>

Till"man (?) , n. ; pl. Tillmen (<?/) . A man who tills the earth; a husbandman. [Obs.]

Tusser.

Tillodont <Xpage=1509>

Til"lo*dont (?) , n. One of the Tillodontia.

Tillodontia <Xpage=1509>

Til`lo*don"ti*a (?) , n. pl. (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 .

Tillet <Xpage=1509>

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

McElrath.

Tillow <Xpage=1509>

Til"low (?) , v. i. See 3d Tiller .

Tilly-vally <Xpage=1509>

Til"ly-val`ly (?) , 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. [Written also tille-vally , tilly-fally , tille-fally , and otherwise.]

Shak.

Tilmus <Xpage=1509>

Til"mus (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to pluck, pull.] (Med.) Floccillation.

Tilt <Xpage=1509>

Tilt (?) , n. [OE. telt (perhaps from the Danish), teld , AS. teld , ge teld ; akin to OD. telde , G. zelt , Icel. tjald , Sw. t\'84lt , tj\'84ll , Dan. telt , and ASThe be teldan to cover.] 1. A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

Denham.

2. The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.

3. (Naut.) A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat.

Tilt boat (Naut.) , a boat covered with canvas or other cloth. -- Tilt roof (Arch.) , a round-headed roof, like the canopy of a wagon.

Tilt <Xpage=1509>

Tilt , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tilted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tilting .] To cover with a tilt, or awning.

Tilt <Xpage=1509>

Tilt , v. t. [OE. tilten , tulten , to totter, fall, AS. tealt unstable, precarious; akin to tealtrian to totter, to vacillate, D. tel amble, ambling pace, G. zelt , Icel. t\'94lt an ambling pace, t\'94lta to amble. Cf. 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. [Obs.]

Beau. & Fl.

4. To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile .

Tilt <Xpage=1509>

Tilt , v. i. 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 <Xpage=1509>

Tilt (?) , n. 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.

Tilter <Xpage=1509>

Tilt"er (?) , n. 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 <Xpage=1509>

Tilth (?) , n. [AS. til<?/ , fr. 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.

Tilt hammer <Xpage=1509>

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.

Tilting <Xpage=1509>

Tilt"ing (?) , n. 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.

Tilt-mill <Xpage=1509>

Tilt"-mill` (?) , n. A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on.

Til tree <Xpage=1509>

Til" tree` (?) . (Bot.) See Teil .

Tilt-up <Xpage=1509>

Tilt"-up` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Tip-up .

Tilt-yard <Xpage=1509>

Tilt"-yard` (?) , n. A yard or place for tilting. "The tilt-yard of Templestowe."

Sir W. Scott.

Timal <Xpage=1509>

Ti"mal (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]

Timaline <Xpage=1509>

Tim"a*line (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the genus Timalus or family Timalid\'91 , which includes the babblers thrushes, and bulbuls.

Timbal <Xpage=1509>

Tim"bal (?) , n. A kettledrum. See Tymbal .

Timber <Xpage=1509>

Tim"ber (?) , n. [Probably the same word as timber sort of wood; cf. Sw. timber , LG. timmer , MHG. zimber , G. zimmer , F. timbre , LL. timbrium . Cf. 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 <Xpage=1509>

Tim"ber , n. [F. timbre . See Timbre .] (Her.) The crest on a coat of arms. [Written also timbre .]

Timber <Xpage=1509>

Tim"ber , v. t. To surmount as a timber does. [Obs.]

Timber <Xpage=1509>

Tim"ber , n. [AS. timbor , timber , wood, building; akin to OFries. timber , D. timmer a room, G. zimmer , OHG. zimbar timber, a dwelling, room, Icel. timbr timber, Sw. timmer , Dan. t\'94mmer , Goth. timrjan to build, timrja a builder, L. domus a house, Gr. <?/ house, <?/ to build, Skr. dama a house. \'fb62. Cf. Dome , Domestic .] 1. 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.

And ta'en my fiddle to the gate, . . . And fiddled in the timber ! Tennyson.

2. The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.

3. Fig.: Material for any structure.

Such dispositions are the very errors of human nature; and yet they are the fittest timber to make politics of. Bacon.

4. 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.

So they prepared timber . . . to build the house. 1 Kings v. 18.

Many of the timbers were decayed. W. Coxe.

5. Woods or forest; wooden land. [Western U.S.]

6. (Shipbuilding) 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.

Timber and room . (Shipbuilding) Same as Room and space . See under Room . -- Timber beetle (Zo\'94l.) , any one of numerous species of beetles the larv\'91 of which bore in timber; as, the silky timber beetle ( Lymexylon sericeum ) . -- Timber doodle (Zo\'94l.) , the American woodcock. [Local, U.S.] -- Timber grouse (Zo\'94l.) , any species of grouse that inhabits woods, as the ruffed grouse and spruce partridge; -- distinguished from prairie grouse . -- Timber hitch (Naut.) , a kind of hitch used for temporarily marking fast a rope to a spar. See Illust . under Hitch . -- Timber mare , a kind of instrument upon which soldiers were formerly compelled to ride for punishment. Johnson . -- Timber scribe , a metal tool or pointed instrument for marking timber. Simmonds . -- Timber sow . (Zo\'94l.) Same as Timber worm , below. Bacon . -- Timber tree , a tree suitable for timber. -- Timber worm (Zo\'94l.) , any larval insect which burrows in timber. -- Timber yard , a yard or place where timber is deposited.

Timber <Xpage=1509>

Tim"ber (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Timbered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Timbering .] To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.

His bark is stoutly timbered . Shak.

Timber <Xpage=1509>

Tim"ber , v. i. 1. To light on a tree. [Obs.]

2. (Falconry) To make a nest.

Timbered <Xpage=1509>

Tim"bered (?) , a. 1. Furnished with timber; -- often compounded; as, a well- timbered house; a low- timbered house .

L'Estrange.

2. Built; formed; contrived. [R.]

Sir H. Wotton.

3. Massive, like timber. [Obs.]

His timbered bones all broken, rudely rumbled. Spenser.

4. Covered with growth timber; wooden; as, well- timbered land .

Timberhead <Xpage=1509>

Tim"ber*head` (?) , n. (Naut.) The top end of a timber, rising above the gunwale, and serving for belaying ropes, etc.; -- called also kevel head .

Timbering <Xpage=1509>

Tim"ber*ing , n. The act of furnishing with timber; also, timbers, collectively; timberwork; timber.

Timberling <Xpage=1509>

Tim"ber*ling (?) , n. [ Timber + -ling .] A small tree. [Eng.]

Timberman <Xpage=1509>

Tim"ber*man (?) , n. ; pl. Timbermen (<?/) . (Mining) A man employed in placing supports of timber in a mine.

Weale.

Timberwork <Xpage=1509>

Tim"ber*work` (?) , n. Work made of timbers.

Timbre <Xpage=1509>

Tim"bre (?) , n. See 1st Timber .

Timbre <Xpage=1509>

Tim"bre , n. [F., a bell to be struck with a hammer, sound, tone, stamp, crest, in OF., a timbrel. Cf. Timbrel .] 1. (Her.) The crest on a coat of arms.