In seismology, to tip; incline from the vertical as the result of a movement of the earth's crust.
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One of the small log-huts of the Labrador hunters.
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A sloping position; inclination forward, backward, or to one side: as, the tilt of a cask; to give a thing a tilt.
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A thrust.
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An exercise consisting in charging with the spear, sharp or blunted, whether against an antagonist or against a mark, such as the quintain.
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plural The dregs of beer or ale; washings of beer-barrels.
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A tilt-hammer.
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A mechanical device for fishing through an opening in the ice.
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A pier, built of brush and stone, on which fishermen unload and dress their fish.
To furnish with an awning or tilt, as a wagon or a boat.
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In seismology, that component of an earth-tremor which throws upright objects out of the vertical plane.
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A see-saw; a plank tilting on a narrow support in the middle.
To totter; tumble; fall; be overthrown.
To move unsteadily; toss.
To heel over; lean forward, back, or to one side; assume a sloping position or direction.
To charge with the lance; join in a tilting contest, or tilt; make rushing thrusts in or as in combat or the tourney; rush with poised weapon; fight; contend; rush.
To rush; charge; burst into a place.
To incline; cause to heel over; give a slope to; raise one end of: as, to tilt a barrel or cask in order to facilitate the emptying of it; to tilt a table.
To raise or hold poised in preparation for attack.
To attack with a lance or spear in the exercise called the tilt.
To hammer or forge with a tilt-hammer or tilt: as, to tilt steel to render it more ductile.