tillage (tilaj)

[Early mod. E. also tyllage; Fuller , Ch. Hist., IV. iii. 40. ( Davies .) planted. 5. To the time of; until: as, I waited till five o'clock. He put his men in order, and maintain'd the fight till Evening. Milton , Hist. Eng., v. Till int, into. Whan he came till the castell in , His dearest awa was gane. Rosmer Hafmand (Child's Ballads, I. 257). Till intot, unto; up (or down) to. I with al good conscience haue lyued bifore God til into this day. Wyclif , Acts xxiii. 1. Till now. See now. - Till then. See then . - Till tot, until. It was sett for trespa ing til to the seed come. until. Wyclif, Gal. iii. 19. II. conj. To the time that; to the time when; By wi ynge of this wenche I wrougt, here wordes were so swete, Tyl I forzat zouthe, and garn in-to elde. First Cain is born, to tillage all a dicted; Then Able, most to keeping flocks affected. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Handy-Crafts. Statutes of Tillage, in Eng . hist ., several statutes for the encouragement of tillage, especially of the reigns of Henry VII., Henry VIII., and Elizabeth. tillage-rake (til'āj-rāk), n. In her . , a bearing representing an ordinary agricultural rake, or the head of one: usually the teeth or points are more curved than in the actual implement. till-alarm (til'a-lärm"), n. A device for sound- ing an alarm when a drawer, as a money-drawer or till, is opened. Tillandsia (ti-land'zi-ä), n. [NL. (Linnæus, 1727), named after Tillands , a Swedish botanist.] 1. A genus of plants, of the order Bro meliaceæ , the pineapple family, type of the tribe Till and sieæ. It is characterized by flowers with free petals and stamens, and by numerous linear seeds produced at the base into a long stalk append aged with threads resembling pappus. There are about 220 species, natives of tropical and subtropical America. They are polymorphous plants, usually epiphytic, sometimes growing on rocks, but York Plays , p. 44. rarely in the soil. They bear narrow entire leaves, and are Piers Plowman (B), xi. 59. I sall the socoure for certayne, Tille alle thi care awey be kaste. IMG:content-0424.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0425.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0426.png:[blocks in formation] tiller-rope (til'ér-rōp), п. Naut.: (a) A rope tilsentt, tilsont, n. Same as tinsel2 . serving the same purpose as a tiller-chain. (b) In small ve els, a rope leading from the tiller- head to each side of the deck, to a ist in steer- ing in rough weather. tillet1+ (til'et), n. [Early mod. E. also teylet- (tree); tillet , the linden-tree, tilia , the linden-tree: see Tilia , teil .) The linden: in the compound tillet -tree. tillet2+ (til'et), n. [Early mod. E. also tyllet ; perhaps a var. of toilet .] A piece of coarse material used as a wrapper or covering. Item: A scarlet cloke faced wth gray with the tillet . Inventory of Sir Thomas Ramsey (1590) (Archæologia, [XL. 327). tilt1 (tilt), v. [ tylten , tulten , tyltan (by mutation from * tealtian ) = OHG * zelten , amble (in deriv. zeltāri , MHG. G. zelter , an ambler, a horse that ambles), = Icel. tölta , amble, = Sw. tulta , waddle; from the adj. seen in AS. tealt , unsteady, unstable, tottering. Cf. D. tel - ganger for * telt - ganger , an ambler; MHG. zelt , G. dial. zelt , pace, amble; Icel. * tölt , pace, amble, in hof - tölt , lit. 'hoof-tilt'; root unknown. Connection with till3 , 'draw' or 'lift,' is improb- able.] I. in trans . 11. To totter; tumble; fall; be overthrown. Whon he com in-to the lond leeue thou for so the, Feole temples ther-inne tulten to the eorthe. Tilletia (ti-lē'shi-ä), n. [NL. (Tulasne, 1854).] A genus of ustilagineous fungi; the stinking 2. To move unsteadily; to . smut, characterized by having the teleutospores simple, produced separately as outgrowths from the gelatinized mycelium, and when mature pulverulent. T. tritici is the well-known stink- ing smut of cereals. See smut , 3, and bunt4 , 1. tillet-treet (til'et-trē), n. [Formerly also tey- let-tree; tillet + tree.] The linden. They use their cordage of date tree leaves and the thin barks of the Linden or Tillet tree . Holland , tr. of Pliny, xix. 2. ( Davies .) tilley-seed, n. See tilly -seed. tillie-vallie, tillie-wallie (til'i-val'i, -wal'i), interj . Same as tilly - vally . [Scotch.] till-lock (til'lok); n. A lock especially adapted for tills or money-drawers. tillmant (til'man), n . [Early mod. E. also til- man; till + man .] A man who tills the earth; a husbandman. Now every grayne almest hath floures swete, Untouched now the Tilman lete hem growe. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 149. tillodont (til'ō-dont), a. and n. I. a. Of or pertaining to the Tillodontia . Tillodontia (til-ō-don's hi-ä), n . pl . [NL., Gr. τίλλειν , pluck, tear, + ὀδούς (όδοντ-) = Ε. tooth .] A remarkable group of fo il peri odactyl ani- mals from the Middle and Lower Eocene of North America, represented by generalized or synthetic types which seem to combine some characters of ungulates, rodents, and carn i- vores. As an order it is represented by the family Tillodontidæ . Also Tillodonta . Tillodontidæ (til-ō-don'ti-dē), n. pl. [NL., Tillodontia + -idæ .] A family of extinct mam- mals, representing the Tillodontia . Till other i ide (tilo-the-ri'i-do), n. pl. [ Tillo- therium + -idæ .] A family of fo il mammals, represented by the genus Tillotherium . Tillotherium (til-ō-the'ri-um), n. [NL. (Marsh, 1873), τίλλειν , pluck, tear, + θηρίον , a wild beast.] 1. A genus of Eocene American mam- mals, referred to the Tillodontia : probably the same as An chip pod us . T. fodiens had a skeleton resembling that of carnivores; the skull like that of a bear; molars as in ungulates; rodent-like incisors; the femur with three trochanters; the feet plantigrade, with five clawed digits; and scaphoid and lunar carpals distinct. 2. [l. c.] An animal of this genus. tillow (til'ō), v. i. A corruption of tiller3 . tills tills (tilz), n. pl . [Shortened from lentils , on the ground that Lent "agreeth not with the mat- ter."] The lentil. [Old prov. Eng.] tillt (tilt). Till (or to) it. See till2 , prep., 1. [Scotch.] tilly (til'i), a. [ till4 +-y1.] Having the char- acter of till or boulder-clay: as, soil resting on tilly-fallyt, interj . See tilly - vally . tilly-seed (til'i-sed), n. [Also tilley - seed ; tilly ( Tiglium 1) + seed .] The seed of a tree formerly distinguished as Croton Pavana , but found to be not different from C. Tiglium , whose seeds yield croton-oil. tilly-vally (til'i-val'i), interj . [Also (Sc.) tillie- vallie, tillie - wallie , and formerly tilly - fally ; ori- gin obscure.] An interjection, equivalent to Tilly - fally , Sir John, ne'er tell me; your ancient swag- gerer comes not in my doors. Shak ., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 4. 90. tilmus (til'mus), n. [NL., τιλμός , a pulling, tearing (of the hair), τίλλειν , pluck, pull, tear.] In med ., floccillation, or picking of bedclothes. See floccillation . til-oil (til'oil), n . Same as teel -oil. See oil and sesame. IMG:content-0427.png:[blocks in formation] in combat or the tourney; rush with poised weapon; fight; contend; rush. Our Gla is heer a bright and glist'ring shield; Our Satten, steel; the Musick of the Field Doth rattle like the Thunders dread full roar; Death tilteth heer. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Vocation. Swords out, and tilting one at other's breast. Now Mortals that hear How we Tilt and Carrier 5. To rush; charge; burst into a place. [Col- loq.] The small young lady tilted into the buttery after my H. B. Stowe , Oldtown, xx. grandmother, with the flushed cheeks and triumphant air of a victor. 2. To raise or hold poised in preparation for attack. Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance. J. Philips , Cider, ii. 603. 3. To attack with a lance or spear in the ex- ercise called the tilt.-4. To hammer or forge with a tilt-hammer or tilt: as, to tilt steel to render it more ductile. Tilted steel. Same as shear- steel. To tilt up, in geol ., to turn up or cause to incline, and, as this word is more generally used, at a somewhat steep angle. Two or three of his liege subjects, whom he very dex- Add is on, Freeholder, No. 10. good horsman, to teache noble men and gentlemen to runne at Ringe, Tilte , Towrney, and cowrse of the fielde. Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S.), p. 4. See at the Southern Isles the tides at tilt to run. Drayton, Polyolbion, ii. 219. The tilt was now opened, and certain masqued knights appeared in the course. I. D'Israeli , Calam. of Authors, II. 224. IMG:content-0428.png:[blocks in formation] The hammering under the heavy tilt condenses the metal, and causes the dro and scale to fly off. W. W. Greener, The Gun, p. 221. 6. A mechanical device for fishing through an opening in the ice. A simple tilt is a lath or narrow board with a hole bored through one end, through which a round stick is run, both ends of the board resting Bryant, Song of the Sower. IMG:content-0429.png:[blocks in formation] Tu er, Husbandry, March's Abstract. tilt-yard (tilt'yärd), n. A place for tilting, differing from the lists in being permanent. The outer court of a castle was often used as the tilt-yard. When Solyman ouerthrew King Lewis of Hungarie, he carried away three Images of cunning worke in Bra e, Hercules with his Club, Apollo with to short end of lath, and a fish is hooked his weight tips up the larger end, thus indicating that he is caught. An improved tilt consists of an upright with an arm over which the line pa es down into the water. When a fish bites, the line is cast off, and the arm falls and automatically hoists a little flag on the upright as a signal. There are many other modifications of the same device. Also called tilter, tilt - up, and tip - up. 7. A pier, built of brush and stone, on which fishermen unload and dre their fish. [Newfoundland.]-Full tilt, at full speed and with direct thrust; without wavering; direct and with full force: as, to run full tilt against something. The beast... comes full tilt at the Canoa. Dampier, Voyages, an. 1676. Full tilt against their foes, Where thickest fell the blows, And war cries mingling rose, "St. George!" "St. Denys!" R. H. Stoddard, Ballad of Crecy.