ATILT

atilt, canted, leaning, tilted, tipped

(adjective) departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; “the leaning tower of Pisa”; “the headstones were tilted”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

atilt (not comparable)

At an angle from the vertical or horizontal.

Synonym: tilted

Adverb

atilt (not comparable)

At an angle from the vertical or horizontal; at the point of falling over.

Tilting or as if tilting (charging with a lance, like a knight on horseback in a joust).

Preposition

atilt

Diagonally over or across.

Synonym: aslant

Anagrams

• T-tail

Source: Wiktionary


A*tilt", adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + tilt.]

1. In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the action, of one making a thrust. "To run atilt at men." Hudibras.

2. In the position of a cask tilted, or with one end raised.

Note: [In this sense sometimes used as an adjective.] Abroach, atilt, and run Even to the lees of honor. Beau. & Fl.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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