Tile

tīl, n. a piece of baked clay used for covering roofs, floors, .: a tube or pipe of baked clay used in drains: ( slang ) a tall cylindrical silk hat.— v.t. to cover with tiles: to drain by means of tiles: to secure against the intrusion of unauthorised persons by placing a person at the door of a lodge or close meeting.— ns. Tī′ler , one who makes or who lays tiles: the keeper of the door in a Freemasons' lodge—also Ty′ler ; Tile′-red , a brownish-red, the colour of baked tiles; Tī′lery , a place where tiles are made; Tile′-stone , a tile: ( pl. , geol. ) the uppermost group of the Silurian period, consisting of a reddish, thin-bedded, slightly micaceous sandstone; Tī′ling , a roof of tiles: tiles in general.— Dutch tiles , enamelled earthenware tiles, usually blue, with scriptural subjects, for chimney pieces, . [A.S. tigele —L. tegula — tegĕre , to cover.]