Definition of tiller

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Tiller (n.) A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of Rudder. Cf. 2d Helm, 1..

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Instilllator :: Instilllator (n.) An instiller.
Fieldpiece :: Fieldpiece (n.) A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun..
Cannonry :: Cannonry (n.) Cannon, collectively; artillery..
Ship :: Ship (v. t.) To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder..
Unship :: Unship (v. t.) To remove or detach, as any part or implement, from its proper position or connection when in use; as, to unship an oar; to unship capstan bars; to unship the tiller..
Finestiller :: Finestiller (n.) One who finestills.
Telltale :: Telltale (n.) A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm..
Saker :: Saker (n.) A small piece of artillery.
Battery :: Battery (v. t.) A company or division of artillery, including the gunners, guns, horses, and all equipments. In the United States, a battery of flying artillery consists usually of six guns..
Artillery :: Artillery (n.) Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds..
Distiller :: Distiller (n.) The condenser of a distilling apparatus.
Artillerist :: Artillerist (n.) A person skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; an artilleryman.
Husband :: Husband (n.) A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman.
Tiller :: Tiller (v. t.) One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.
Point-blank :: Point-blank (n.) With artillery, the point where the projectile first strikes the horizontal plane on which the gun stands, the axis of the piece being horizontal..
Cannonade :: Cannonade (v. t.) To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.
Bombardier :: Bombardier (n.) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner.
Tiller :: Tiller (n.) A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump.
Fire :: Fire (v. i.) To discharge artillery or firearms; as, they fired on the town..
Tiller :: Tiller (v. i.) To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by tillering..
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