TILLERS

Proper noun

Tillers

plural of Tiller

Anagrams

• Stiller, rillets, stiller, trellis

Noun

tillers

plural of tiller

Verb

tillers

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tiller

Anagrams

• Stiller, rillets, stiller, trellis

Source: Wiktionary


TILLER

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



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27 January 2025

FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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