English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Tikus (n.)

The bulau.

Til (prep. & conj.)

See Till.

Til tree

See Teil.

Tilburies (pl. )

of Tilbury

Tilbury (n.)

A kind of gig or two-wheeled carriage, without a top or cover.

Tilde (n.)

The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words [thus, , /], indicating that, in pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y.

Tile (v. t.)

To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.

Tile (n.)

A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mantel works.

Tile (n.)

A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring.

Tile (n.)

A plate of metal used for roofing.

Tile (n.)

A small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.

Tile (n.)

A draintile.

Tile (n.)

A stiff hat.

Tile (v. t.)

To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.

Tile (v. t.)

Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles.

Tile-drain (v. t.)

To drain by means of tiles; to furnish with a tile drain.

Tiled (imp. & p. p.)

of Tile

Tilefish (n.)

A large, edible, deep-water food fish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) more or less thickly covered with large, round, yellow spots.

Tiler (n.)

A man whose occupation is to cover buildings with tiles.

Tiler (n.)

A doorkeeper or attendant at a lodge of Freemasons.