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  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tilt  \Tilt\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tilted};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Tilting}.] 
  To  cover  with  a  tilt,  or  awning. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tilt  \Tilt\,  v.  t.  [OE.  tilten,  tulten  to  totter,  fall,  AS 
  tealt  unstable,  precarious;  akin  to  tealtrian  to  totter,  to 
  vacillate,  D.  tel  amble,  ambling  pace,  G.  zelt,  Icel.  t["o]lt 
  an  ambling  pace,  t["o]lta  to  amble.  Cf  {Totter}.] 
  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.  --J. 
  Philips. 
 
  3.  To  point  or  thrust  a  weapon  at  [Obs.]  --Beau.  &  Fl 
 
  4.  To  hammer  or  forge  with  a  tilt  hammer;  as  to  tilt  steel 
  in  order  to  render  it  more  ductile. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tilt  \Tilt\,  n.  [OE.  telt  (perhaps  from  the  Danish),  teld,  AS 
  teld,  geteld  akin  to  OD  telde,  G.  zelt,  Icel.  tjald  Sw 
  t["a]lt,  tj["a]ll,  Dan.  telt,  and  ASThe  beteldan  to  cover.] 
  1.  A  covering  overhead;  especially,  a  tent.  --Denham. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tilt  \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.  --Shak. 
 
  Swords  out  and  tilting  one  at  other's  breast. 
  --Shak. 
 
  But  in  this  tournament  can  no  man  tilt.  --Tennyson. 
 
  The  fleet,  swift  tilting,  o'er  the  ?urges  flew. 
  --Pope. 
 
  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  --Grew. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tilt  \Tilt\,  n. 
  1.  A  thrust,  as  with  a  lance.  --Addison. 
 
  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.  --Dampier. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tilt 
  n  1:  a  combat  between  two  mounted  knights  tilting  against  each 
  other  with  blunted  lances  [syn:  {joust}] 
  2:  a  dispute  where  there  is  strong  disagreement;  "they  were 
  involved  in  a  violent  argument"  [syn:  {controversy},  {contention}, 
  {contestation},  {argument},  {arguing}] 
  3:  a  slight  but  noticeable  partiality;  "the  court's  tilt  toward 
  conservative  rulings" 
  4:  the  property  possessed  by  a  line  or  surface  that  departs 
  from  the  vertical;  "the  tower  had  a  pronounced  tilt";  "the 
  ship  developed  a  list  to  starboard";  "he  walked  with  a 
  heavy  inclination  to  the  right"  [syn:  {list},  {inclination}, 
  {lean},  {leaning}] 
  5:  pitching  dangerously  to  one  side  [syn:  {rock},  {careen},  {sway}] 
  v  1:  to  incline  or  bend  from  a  vertical  position:  "She  leaned 
  over  the  banister."  [syn:  {lean},  {tip},  {slant},  {angle}] 
  2:  heel  over  [syn:  {cant},  {cant  over},  {slant},  {pitch}] 
  3:  move  sideways  or  in  an  unsteady  way  as  of  a  ship  or  a 
  vehicle  out  of  control  [syn:  {careen},  {sway},  {wobble},  {shift}] 
  4:  charge  with  a  tilt,  as  in  a  a  joust 




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