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Webster 1913 Edition
Tiller
1.
(Bot.)
(a)
A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker.
(b)
A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump.
2.
A young timber tree.
[Prov. Eng.]
Evelyn.
Till′er
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tillered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tillering
.] 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
. [Sometimes written
tillow
.] Till′er
,Noun.
[From OE.
tillen
, tullen
, to draw, pull; probably fr. AS. tyllan
in fortyllan
to lead astray; or cf. D. tillen
to lift up. Cf. Till
a drawer.] 1.
(Naut.)
2.
The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself.
[Obs.]
You can shoot in a
tiller
. Beau. & Fl.
3.
The handle of anything.
[Prov. Eng.]
4.
A small drawer; a till.
Dryden.
Tiller rope
(Naut.)
, a rope for turning a tiller. In a large vessel it forms the connection between the fore end of the tiller and the steering wheel.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tiller
TILL'ER
,Noun.