English English Dictionary

The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground in a proper state for the growth of crops.

A place tilled or cultivated; cultivated land.

A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses.

of Till

One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.

A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker.

A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump.

A young timber tree.

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.

A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of Rudder. Cf. 2d Helm, 1.

The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself.

The handle of anything.

A small drawer; a till.

of Tiller

of Tiller

A bag made of thin glazed muslin, used as a wrapper for dress goods.

Alt. of Tilley seed

The seeds of a small tree (Croton Pavana) common in the Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those of Croton Tiglium.

of Till

A man who tills the earth; a husbandman.