English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Tileries (pl. )

of Tilery

Tilery (n.)

A place where tiles are made or burned; a tile kiln.

Tilestone (n.)

A kind of laminated shale or sandstone belonging to some of the layers of the Upper Silurian.

Tilestone (n.)

A tile of stone.

Tiliaceous (a.)

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Tiliaceae) of which the linden (Tilia) is the type. The order includes many plants which furnish a valuable fiber, as the jute.

Tiling (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Tile

Tiling (n.)

A surface covered with tiles, or composed of tiles.

Tiling (n.)

Tiles, collectively.

Till (n.)

A vetch; a tare.

Till (n.)

A drawer.

Till (n.)

A tray or drawer in a chest.

Till (n.)

A money drawer in a shop or store.

Till (n.)

A deposit of clay, sand, and gravel, without lamination, formed in a glacier valley by means of the waters derived from the melting glaciers; -- sometimes applied to alluvium of an upper river terrace, when not laminated, and appearing as if formed in the same manner.

Till (n.)

A kind of coarse, obdurate land.

Till (v. t.)

To; unto; up to; as far as; until; -- now used only in respect to time, but formerly, also, of place, degree, etc., and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England and Ireland; as, I worked till four o'clock; I will wait till next week.

Till (conj.)

As far as; up to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; that is, to the time specified in the sentence or clause following; until.

Till (prep.)

To plow and prepare for seed, and to sow, dress, raise crops from, etc., to cultivate; as, to till the earth, a field, a farm.

Till (prep.)

To prepare; to get.

Till (v. i.)

To cultivate land.

Tillable (a.)

Capable of being tilled; fit for the plow; arable.