tile (2)

[Etym. doubtful.] In Freemason and other lodges, the door of the lodge. [TILE (2), v.] pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, põt, IMG:content-1125.png:[blocks in formation] B. In trans.: To lead. "From Douere in to Chestre tilleth Watling strete." Robert of Gloucester , p. 8. till (2), *til-ie, *tul-1-en. *tyll, v . t . & i . [A. S. tilian , teolian =to labor, to strive after, to till land, from til =good, excellent, profitable; cogn. with Dut. telen to breed, to till, to cultivate; Ger. zielen to aim at, from ziel ; O. H. Ger. zil =an aim, a mark.] A. Transitive : "The Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden to till the ground from whence he was taken."- Genesis iii. 23. *2. To procure, to prepare, to set. "He cannot pipe nor sing, Nor neatly dre a spring, feet and the leaves three feet long, with expanded bases, which retain any rain falling upon them; the bases then swell and form a bottle, contracted at the neck, and holding about a quart of water, of which animals and travelers make use during drought. T. monostachya , the Single-spiked Til- landsia, also has reservoirs of water. till-er (1), *til-i-er, *tyl-i-er, subst . [English till (2), v.; -er.] One who tills or cultivates land; a husbandman, a farmer. "The lofty site, by Nature framed, to tempt, Amid a wilderne of rocks and stones, The tiller's hand." IMG:content-1126.png:[blocks in formation] "But the rain made an a Of tilt and canva ." "The second tilt they together rode, They proved their manhood best." pa es through an eye in the helve, and is secured by a key. The base of the anvil is of cast-iron, and the paned of wrought-iron, faced with steel. The head is raised by a series of cams upon a cast-iron collar e, called the cam-ring bag, fixed on the shaft f , which is provided with a heavy fly-wheel. The hammer has usually a drop of 16 to 24 inches, and strikes 75 to 100 blows per minute. When not in use it is propped up by the support g . The power is applied and regulated by the use of a foot-treadle of running around the bed of the hammer in such a manner that the operator can stand in front or on either side. tilt-mill, s . A building where a tilt-hammer is used. tilt-steel, s . Forged or hammered steel. IMG:content-1127.png:[blocks in formation] ti-mā-li-a, s. [Etym doubtful.] Ornith.: The type-genus of Timaliine (q. v.), IMG:content-1128.png:[blocks in formation] joust, as in a tournament. 4. To fight; to thrust in general. "Swords out and tilting one at other's breast." Shakesp.: Othello , ii. 3. 5. To lean or be inclined forward; to rise or fall into a slanting position; to fall as on one side. (Frequently with up .) IMG:content-1129.png:[blocks in formation] "Many a bold tilter , who mi ed the mark with the spear-point, had his head dashed against it in his blun- dering career."- Knight : Pictorial Hist . Eng ., ii. 876. 2. One who tilts or inclines anything. 3. One who hammers with a tilt or tilt-hammer. IMG:content-1130.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1131.jpg:[graphic] 1. The act or operation of tilling or preparing the hewn timber is forty cubic feet, and a load of ground for a crop; tillage, husbandry. "Her plenteous womb Expre ed its full tilth and husbandry." "O'er the rough tilth he cast his eyes around, And soon the plow of adamant he found." 4. The degree or depth of soil turned by the plow or spade; that available soil on the earth's surface which the roots of crops strike. tilt-ing, pr . par . or a. [TILT, v.] tilting-fillet, s. [ARRIS-FILLET.] tilting-helmet, subst . A large helmet sometimes worn over the other at tournaments. IMG:content-1132.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1133.jpg:[blocks in formation] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia timber-and-room *5. The materials for any structure. (Used also figuratively, as in the example.) "Such dispositions are the very errors of human nature; and yet they are the fittest timber to make politics of, like to knee timber that is good for ships to be to ed, but not for houses that shall stand firm." -Bacon. 6. The body, stem, or trunk of a tree. "We take From every tree lop, bark, and part o' the timber." Shakesp.: Henry VIII., i. 2. 7. A leg. ( Naut. slang.) II. Technically: 1. Mining : Planks set to support the roof and sides of a gallery or drift. A set of timbers consists of the cap or head-piece, two uprights, legs, or stanchions, and the sleeper or sill. 2. Ship build .: One of the curved frames which form the ribs of a ship. They are built up of several pieces. The floor-timbers are between the keel and keelson, and the outward and upward exten sion-pieces are futtocks, first, second, third, . The portions extending above the deck-level are the top-timbers. (Usually in the plural.) B. As adj .: Made or constructed of wood; as, a timber house, timber work. Timbers in the head: Ship build .: Pieces of timber with one end bearing on the upper cheeks, and the other extended to the main rail of the head. IMG:content-1135.png:[blocks in formation] timber-man, s. Mining: The man employed in placing supports of timber in the mine. *timber-mare, subst . A sort of wooden horse on which soldiers were made to ride as a punishment. timber-measure, s . [TIMBER, 8. , A. 1. 1.] timber-merchant, s. A dealer in timber. timber-scribe, s. A race-knife (q. v.).