tilt : Idioms & Phrases

• with full force.

Webster 1913

• noun manipulation of a table during a seance; attributed to spirits
  table turning; table lifting; table tipping.
  

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• noun the angle a rocket makes with the vertical as it curves along its trajectory
  

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• (Naut.), a boat covered with canvas or other cloth.

Webster 1913

Tilt" ham`mer

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1. A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in iron works, which is lifted or tilted by projections or wipers on a revolving shaft; a trip hammer.

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• (Arch.), a round-headed roof, like the canopy of a wagon.

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Tilt"-mill` noun

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1. A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on.

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• noun a pedestal table whose top is hinged so that it can be tilted to a vertical position
  tip-top table; tip table.
  

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Tilt"-up` noun

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1. (Zoöl.) Same as Tip-up.

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Tilt"-yard` noun

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1. A yard or place for tilting. "The tilt-yard of Templestowe." Sir W. Scott.

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• noun a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
  teeter; teeter-totter; teetertotter; seesaw; dandle board; teeterboard.
  

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• adjective satellite (used of noses) turned up at the end
  retrousse; upturned.
  
  • a retrousse nose
  • a small upturned nose

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