Definition of tilt

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Tilt (n.) See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary..

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Cant :: Cant (v. t.) To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship..
Scholastic :: Scholastic (a.) Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal..
Creeper :: Creeper (n.) A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is C. familiaris, a variety of which (var. Americana) inhabits America; -- called also tree creeper and creeptree. The American black and white creeper is Mniotilta varia..
Joust :: "Joust (v. i.) To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt..
Stilt :: Stilt (n.) A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm..
Tilth :: Tilth (n.) The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture; as, land is good tilth..
Tilting :: Tilting (n.) The act of one who tilts; a tilt.
Tilt :: Tilt (v. t.) To cover with a tilt, or awning..
Morne :: Morne (n.) A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.
Tilter :: Tilter (n.) One who tilts, or jousts; hence, one who fights..
Trip Hammer :: Trip hammer () A tilt hammer.
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..
Quodlibet :: Quodlibet (n.) A nice point; a subtilty; a debatable point.
Quiddit :: Quiddit (n.) A subtilty; an equivocation.
Tilt :: Tilt (n.) The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.
Stilt :: Stilting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stil.
Tilt :: Tilt (v. i.) To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances..
Atilt :: Atilt (adv.) In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the action, of one making a thrust..
Tilt :: Tilt (v. t.) To point or thrust, as a lance..
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..
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