cultivator, tiller
(noun) a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)
tiller
(noun) lever used to turn the rudder on a boat
tiller
(noun) someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)
tiller
(noun) a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass
stool, tiller
(verb) grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Tiller (plural Tillers)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tiller is the 4463rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7954 individuals. Tiller is most common among White (75.62%) and Black/African American (19.81%) individuals.
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tiller (plural tillers)
A person who tills; a farmer.
A machine that mechanically tills the soil.
• (machine): cultivator
tiller (plural tillers)
(obsolete) A young tree.
A shoot of a plant which springs from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sapling; a sucker.
tiller (third-person singular simple present tillers, present participle tillering, simple past and past participle tillered)
(intransitive) To produce new shoots from the root or from around the bottom of the original stalk; stool.
tiller (plural tillers)
(archery) The stock; a beam on a crossbow carved to fit the arrow, or the point of balance in a longbow.
(nautical) A bar of iron or wood connected with the rudderhead and leadline, usually forward, in which the rudder is moved as desired by the tiller (FM 55-501).
(nautical) The handle of the rudder which the helmsman holds to steer the boat, a piece of wood or metal extending forward from the rudder over or through the transom. Generally attached at the top of the rudder.
A handle; a stalk.
The rear-wheel steering control, aboard a tiller truck.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A small drawer; a till.
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Source: Wiktionary
Till"er, n. Etym: [From Till, v. t.]
Definition: One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.
Till"er, n. Etym: [AS. telgor a small branch. Cf. Till to cultivate.]
1. (Bot.) (a) A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker. (b) A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump.
2. A young timber tree. [Prov. Eng.] Evelyn.
Till"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tillered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tillering.]
Definition: 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. [Sometimes written tillow.]
Till"er, n. Etym: [From OE. tillen, tullen, to draw, pull; probably fr. AS. tyllan in fortyllan to lead astray; or cf. D. tillen to lift up. Cf. Till a drawer.]
1. (Naut.)
Definition: 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.
2. The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself. [Obs.] You can shoot in a tiller. Beau. & Fl.
3. The handle of anything. [Prov. Eng.]
4. A small drawer; a till. Dryden. Tiller rope (Naut.), a rope for turning a tiller. In a large vessel it forms the connection between the fore end of the tiller and the steering wheel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
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