Definition of tilt

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

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Quodlibet :: Quodlibet (n.) A nice point; a subtilty; a debatable point.
Tilt :: Tilt (v. t.) To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile..
Johnsonese :: "Johnsonese (n.) The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words..
Tilt :: Tilt (n.) A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament..
Tilt Hammer :: 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..
Tilt :: Tilt (n.) A covering overhead; especially, a tent..
Stime :: Stilty (a.) Unreasonably elevated; pompous; stilted; as, a stilty style..
Tilter :: Tilter (n.) One who tilts, or jousts; hence, one who fights..
Dump :: Dump (v. t.) To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand, coal, etc..
Subtilty :: Subtilty (n.) Cunning; skill; craft.
Refine :: Refine (v. i.) To affect nicety or subtilty in thought or language.
Joust :: Joust (v. i.) A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field.
Stiltify :: Stilted (a.) Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation..
Oliver :: Oliver (n.) A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot..
Tilt-mill :: Tilt-mill (n.) A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on..
Subtilization :: Subtility (n.) Subtilty.
Scholasticism :: Scholasticism (n.) The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy.
Tilt :: Tilt (n.) Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask..
Hogback :: Hogback (n.) A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides..
Stiltbird :: Stilt (v. t.) To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts..
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