Definition of tilt

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Tilt (n.) A thrust, as with a lance..

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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..
Refinement :: Refinement (n.) That which is refined, elaborated, or polished to excess; an affected subtilty; as, refinements of logic..
Tilt :: Tilt (v. t.) To point or thrust, as a lance..
Tilt :: Tilt (n.) A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat.
Atilt :: Atilt (adv.) In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the action, of one making a thrust..
Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
Tilting :: Tilting (n.) The act of one who tilts; a tilt.
Quillet :: Quillet (n.) Subtilty; nicety; quibble.
Quintain :: Quintain (n.) An object to be tilted at; -- called also quintel.
Logical :: Logical (a.) Of or pertaining to logic; used in logic; as, logical subtilties..
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..
Tilt :: Tilt (n.) The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.
Quiddit :: Quiddit (n.) A subtilty; an equivocation.
Tip :: Tip (v. t.) To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart..
Subtle :: Subtilty (n.) Slyness in design; artifice; guile; a cunning design or artifice; a trick; subtlety.
Scholasticism :: Scholasticism (n.) The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy.
Hogback :: Hogback (n.) A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides..
Johnsonese :: "Johnsonese (n.) The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words..
Cockbill :: Cockbill (v. t.) To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning..
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..
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