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Tilt   /tɪlt/   Listen
noun
Tilt  n.  
1.
A covering overhead; especially, a tent.
2.
The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.
3.
(Naut.) A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat.
Tilt boat (Naut.), a boat covered with canvas or other cloth.
Tilt roof (Arch.), a round-headed roof, like the canopy of a wagon.


Tilt  n.  
1.
A thrust, as with a lance.
2.
A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament.
3.
See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary.
4.
Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask.
Full tilt, with full force.


verb
Tilt  v. t.  (past & past part. tilted; pres. part. tilting)  To cover with a tilt, or awning.


Tilt  v. t.  
1.
To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.
2.
To point or thrust, as a lance. "Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance."
3.
To point or thrust a weapon at. (Obs.)
4.
To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile.


Tilt  v. i.  
1.
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. "He tilts With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast." "Swords out, and tilting one at other's breast." "But in this tournament can no man tilt."
2.
To lean; to fall partly over; to tip. "The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward by the muscles of the back."





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"Tilt" Quotes from Famous Books



... way," as Blount uttered an ejaculation of disgust. "He ran full tilt into me and when I tried to arrest him he drew his revolver on me. By good luck I got him ...
— The Perils of Pauline • Charles Goddard
... hands in his pockets, and stared out of the window which looked down from a seemingly great height over the turquoise sea. He could see a train from Italy tearing along a curve of the green and golden coast, like a dark knight charging full tilt toward the foe, a white plume swept back from his helmet. Suddenly the smooth blue surface of the sea was broken by the rush of a motor-boat practising for a forthcoming race, a mere buzzing feather ...
— The Guests Of Hercules • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
... state of health rendered it necessary that a dray should be prepared for his transport, and I requested Mr. Browne to superintend every possible arrangement for his comfort. A dray was accordingly lined with sheep skins, and had a flannel tilt, as the nights were exceedingly cold, and he could not be moved to a fire. I had also a swing cot made, with pullies to raise him up when he should feel disposed to ...
— Expedition into Central Australia • Charles Sturt
... fled—fled down a path leading somewhere or nowhere, till she found herself at the other side of the house, and ran full tilt against Bessie, who was coming out to see what was happening. For sounds carried far in the clear frosty air, and visitors were an event at the little ...
— Robin Redbreast - A Story for Girls • Mary Louisa Molesworth
... big, Irish heart, and it swelled with indignation when Scotty was put up for execution. She shrewdly guessed that McAllister was nearing the limit of his strength, and thought she might try a tilt with him. So as he tramped angrily up and down the platform, she reached out, when his back was turned, and whisked ...
— The Silver Maple • Marian Keith


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