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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School :: School (n.) One of the seminaries for teaching logic, metaphysics, and theology, which were formed in the Middle Ages, and which were characterized by academical disputations and subtilties of reasoning..
Subtilty :: Subtilty (n.) The quality or state of being subtile; thinness; fineness; as, the subtility of air or light..
Tilt :: Tilt (v. t.) To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel..
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 (v. i.) To lean; to fall partly over; to tip.
Tilt :: Tilt (n.) A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament..
Quintain :: Quintain (n.) An object to be tilted at; -- called also quintel.
Tilting :: Tilting (n.) The act of one who tilts; a tilt.
Chopine :: Chopine (n.) A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more..
Longshanks :: Longshanks (n.) The stilt.
Tilt-up :: Tilt-up (n.) Same as Tip-up.
Tilt :: Tilt (n.) Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask..
Quiddit :: Quiddit (n.) A subtilty; an equivocation.
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..
Hogback :: Hogback (n.) A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides..
Finesse :: Finesse (a.) Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem.
Stilting :: Stilted (imp. & p. p.) of Stil.
Trip Hammer :: Trip hammer () A tilt hammer.
Lawyer :: Lawyer (n.) The black-necked stilt. See Stilt.
Atilt :: Atilt (adv.) In the position of a cask tilted, or with one end raised. [In this sense sometimes used as an adjective.].
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