tiling
(noun) the application of tiles to cover a surface
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tiling (countable and uncountable, plural tilings)
A covering of tiles.
(uncountable) The act of applying tiles.
(geometry) A tessellation; the covering of a plane with shapes, without overlaps or gaps.
(comptheory) A technique for optimizing loops by partitioning the iteration space into smaller chunks or blocks that will more easily fit in a cache.
tiling
present participle of tile
• liting
Source: Wiktionary
Til"ing, n.
1. A surface covered with tiles, or composed of tiles. They . . . let him down through the tiling. Luke v. 19.
2. Tiles, collectively.
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
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
