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Tillage
(n.)
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.
Tillage
(n.)
A place tilled or cultivated; cultivated land.
Tillandsia
(n.)
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.
Tilled
(imp. & p. p.)
of Till
Tiller
(v. t.)
One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.
Tiller
(n.)
A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of
the original stalk; a sucker.
Tiller
(n.)
A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump.
Tiller
(n.)
A young timber tree.
Tiller
(v. i.)
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.
Tiller
(n.)
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.
Tiller
(n.)
The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the
bow itself.
Tiller
(n.)
The handle of anything.
Tiller
(n.)
A small drawer; a till.
Tillered
(imp. & p. p.)
of Tiller
Tillering
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Tiller
Tillet
(n.)
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.
Tilling
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Till
Tillman
(n.)
A man who tills the earth; a husbandman.