What is the meaning of TILT. Phrases containing TILT
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The midway point between a vessel's center of buoyancy when upright and her center of buoyancy when tilted.
to come across, meet.
a small stove used in schooners’ cabins and fore-castles, also in small houses and tilts. A “Beehive†stove
(telt) a long house in the woods; a tent; a temporary shelter
Lying
On tilt is American slang for unsteady, unbalanced.
Tilting a ship on its side, usually when beached, to clean or repair the hull below the water line. Also known as to "heave down".
Someone gets caught lying (courtesy of Jim Hip)
Tilt is British slang for an erection.
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imp. & p. p.
of Tilt
n.
The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer.
n.
The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture; as, land is good tilth.
n.
Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask.
n.
A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like.
n.
The act of one who tilts; a tilt.
n.
A yard or place for tilting.
n.
A round of iron on the shaft of a tilting spear, to protect the hand.
v. t.
To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile.
n.
To perform in tournaments; to tilt.
v. t.
To cover with a tilt, or awning.
n.
A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on.
n.
See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Tilt
n.
One who tilts, or jousts; hence, one who fights.
n.
One who operates a tilt hammer.
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.
v. t.
To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.
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