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Webster 1913 Edition

Tilt

Tilt

(tĭlt)
,
Noun.
[OE.
telt
(perhaps from the Danish),
teld
, AS.
teld
, ge
teld
; akin to OD.
telde
, G.
zelt
, Icel.
tjald
, Sw.
tält
,
tjäll
, Dan.
telt
, and AS. be
teldan
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.

Tilt

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tilted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tilting
.]
To cover with a tilt, or awning.

Tilt

,
Verb.
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.
tölt
an ambling pace,
tölta
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
.

Tilt

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare
Swords out, and
tilting
one at other's breast.
Shakespeare
But in this tournament can no man
tilt
.
Tennyson.
The fleet, swift
tilting
, o'er the [GREEK]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.

Tilt

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tilt

TILT

, n.
1.
A tent; a covering over head.
2.
The cloth covering of a cart or wagon.
3.
The cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning of canvas or other cloth, extended over the stern sheets of a boat.

TILT

,
Verb.
T.
To cover with a cloth or awning.

TILT

,
Noun.
[See the verb.] A thrust; as a tilt with a lance.
1.
Formerly, a military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; as tilts and tournaments.
2.
A large hammer; a tilt-hammer; used in iron manufactures.
3.
Inclination forward; as the tilt of a cask; or a cask is a-tilt.

TILT

,
Verb.
T.
[L. tollo.]
1.
To incline; to raise one end, as a cask, for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.
2.
To point or thrust, as a lance.
Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance.
3.
To hammer or forge with a tilt-hammer or tilt; as, to tilt steel to render it more ductile.
4.
To cover with a tilt.

TILT

,
Verb.
I.
To run or ride and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting at each other on horseback.
1.
To fight with rapiers.
Swords out and tilting one at other's breast.
2.
To rush, as in combat.
3.
To play unsteadily; to ride, float and toss.
The fleet swift tilting o'er the surges flew.
4.
To lean; to fall, as on one side.
The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward by the muscles of the back.

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