What is the meaning of TILL. Phrases containing TILL
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Thomas Tilling was London Cockney rhyming slang for a shilling.
a youngster who has graduated in the school of winter experience thus: himself not knowing how severely frost could freeze and whiten his nose, his companions kept him in ignorance till he suffered the ordeal “unknowest.â€Â They enjoyed the joke at his expense, and surprised him by applying snow to the part. Then, with a clap on the back, told him he was a youngster no more but a whitenose
A white or khaki coloured floppy cap, usually worn by rich old men and Canadian Sailors. "Tilly" is a brand name.
Water which collects in the bilge or bottom of a ship or other vessel. It is often allowed to remain till it becomes very offensive.
n cash register. The device at the checkout of a shop upon which the assistant works out how much you have to pay, and which contains the money paid by other customers. That has to be the most long-winded and hapless definition I’ve written lately. The word “till” is used in the U.S. but refers to the removable drawer tray in the machine, not the whole device.
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v. t.
One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.
a.
Capable of being tilled; fit for the plow; arable.
n.
A place tilled or cultivated; cultivated land.
imp. & p. p.
of Till
n.
The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground in a proper state for the growth of crops.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Tiller
prep.
To plow and prepare for seed, and to sow, dress, raise crops from, etc., to cultivate; as, to till the earth, a field, a farm.
n. pl.
An extinct group of Mammalia found fossil in the Eocene formation. The species are related to the carnivores, ungulates, and rodents. Called also Tillodonta.
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.
n.
A small drawer; a till.
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of Tillman
v. i.
See 3d Tiller.
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of Till
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.
n.
One of the Tillodontia.
n.
A man who tills the earth; a husbandman.
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v. t.
To; unto; up to; as far as; until; -- now used only in respect to time, but formerly, also, of place, degree, etc., and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England and Ireland; as, I worked till four o'clock; I will wait till next week.
n.
A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses.
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