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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Luff :: Luff (v. i.) To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearer the wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail nearer the wind.
Instilllator :: Instilllator (n.) An instiller.
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..
Artillery :: Artillery (n.) Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows..
Potale :: Potale (n.) The refuse from a grain distillery, used to fatten swine..
Distilleries :: Distilleries (pl. ) of Distiller.
Drill :: Drill (n.) The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as, infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill..
Husbandman :: Husbandman (n.) A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground.
Peasant :: Peasant (n.) A countryman; a rustic; especially, one of the lowest class of tillers of the soil in European countries..
Tiller :: Tiller (n.) A small drawer; a till.
Cannonade :: Cannonade (v. t.) To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.
Uniform :: Uniform (a.) A dress of a particular style or fashion worn by persons in the same service or order by means of which they have a distinctive appearance; as, the uniform of the artillery, of the police, of the Freemasons, etc..
Artillerist :: Artillerist (n.) A person skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; an artilleryman.
Cannon :: Cannon (n.) A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.
Tillering :: Tillering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tille.
Distiller :: Distiller (n.) The condenser of a distilling apparatus.
Ship :: Ship (v. t.) To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder..
Back :: Back (n.) A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc..
Rudderhead :: Rudderhead (n.) The upper end of the rudderpost, to which the tiller is attached..
Tiller :: Tiller (n.) The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself..
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