Definition of tilt

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Tilt (v. t.) To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel..

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Refine :: Refine (v. i.) To affect nicety or subtilty in thought or language.
Tilt :: Tilt (v. t.) To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile..
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..
Stiltbird :: Stilt (v. t.) To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts..
Subtle :: Subtilty (n.) Slyness in design; artifice; guile; a cunning design or artifice; a trick; subtlety.
Subtilization :: Subtility (n.) Subtilty.
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..
Scholastic :: Scholastic (a.) Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal..
Subtilty :: Subtilty (n.) Refinement; extreme acuteness; subtlety.
Stilted :: Stiltbird (n.) See Stilt, n., 3..
Cronel :: Cronel (n.) The iron head of a tilting spear.
Refinement :: Refinement (n.) That which is refined, elaborated, or polished to excess; an affected subtilty; as, refinements of logic..
Stilty :: Stiltify (v. t.) To raise upon stilts, or as upon stilts; to stilt..
Hogback :: Hogback (n.) A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides..
Stilted :: Stilt (n.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks, stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer..
Overtilt :: Overtilt (v. t.) To tilt over; to overturn.
Strike :: Strike (n.) The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum. It is at right angles to the dip..
Trolly :: Trolly (n.) A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like..
Tilt :: Tilt (n.) Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask..
Vamplate :: Vamplate (n.) A round of iron on the shaft of a tilting spear, to protect the hand..
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