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A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in iron works, which is lifted or tilted by projections or wipers on a revolving shaft; a trip hammer.
A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on.
Same as Tip-up.
A yard or place for tilting.
of Tilt
One who tilts, or jousts; hence, one who fights.
One who operates a tilt hammer.
The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture; as, land is good tilth.
That which is tilled; tillage ground.
of Tilt
The act of one who tilts; a tilt.
The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer.
A kind of carriage. See Whiskey.
The blue titmouse.
Of or pertaining to the genus Timalus or family Timalidae, which includes the babblers thrushes, and bulbuls.
A kettledrum. See Tymbal.
A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer.
The crest on a coat of arms.
To surmount as a timber does.
That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3.