In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
tiled
(adjective) covered or furnished with tiles; “baths with tiled walls”; “a tiled kitchen”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tiled
simple past tense and past participle of tile
tiled (not comparable)
Constructed from, or decorated with tiles
• lited, tilde
Source: Wiktionary
Tile, v. t. Etym: [See 2d Tiler.]
Definition: To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.
Tile, n. Etym: [OE. tile, tigel, AS. tigel, tigol, fr. L. tegula, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, and cf. Tegular.]
1. A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mantel works.
2. (Arch.) (a) A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring. (b) A plate of metal used for roofing.
3. (Metal.)
Definition: A small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.
4. A draintile.
5. A stiff hat. [Colloq.] Dickens. Tile drain, a drain made of tiles.
– Tile earth, a species of strong, clayey earth; stiff and stubborn land. [Prov. Eng.] -- Tile kiln, a kiln in which tiles are burnt; a tilery.
– Tile ore (Min.), an earthy variety of cuprite.
– Tile red, light red like the color of tiles or bricks.
– Tile tea, a kind of hard, flat brick tea. See Brick tea, under Brick.
Tile, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tiling.]
1. To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.
2. Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles. The muscle, sinew, and vein, Which tile this house, will come again. Donne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2024
(verb) hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; “The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.