TILL, til, _n._ a money-box or drawer in a desk, counter, or trunk. [M. E.
_tillen_, to draw out--A.S. _tyllan_, in _for-tyllan_, to draw aside.]
TILL, til, _prep._ to the time of.--_adv._ to the time when: to the degree
that. [Old Northumbrian _til_--Scand., Ice. _til_.]
TILL, til, _v.t._ to cultivate.--_adj._ TILL'ABLE, arable.--_ns._ TILL'AGE,
act or practice of tilling: husbandry: a place tilled; TILL'ER; TILL'ING.
[A.S. _tilian_, to till--_til_, good, a limit; Ger. _zielen_, to arrange.]
TILL, til, _n._ the usual name in Scotland for _Boulder-clay_, a
widely-distributed stony clay, usually tough and hard, unquestionably the
result of glaciation, probably being merely the bottom-moraine or
ground-moraine of extinct glaciers.
TILLANDSIA, ti-land'zi-a, _n._ a genus of mainly epiphytic plants of the
pine-apple family (_Bromeliaceæ_). [From the Swedish botanist, _Tillands_.]
TILLER, til'[.e]r, _n._ the handle or lever for turning a rudder.--_ns._
TILL'ER-CHAIN, -ROPE, the chain or rope uniting the fore-end of the tiller
with the steering-wheel. [M. E. _tillen_, to draw out--A.S. _tyllan_. Cf.
_Till_ (1).]
TILLY-VALLY, til'i-val'i, _n._ (_Shak._) an expression of contempt at what
has been said.--Also TILL'IE-VALL'IE.
TILT, tilt, _n._ the canvas covering of a cart or wagon: an awning in a
boat.--_v.t._ to cover with an awning. [A.S. _teld_--_teldan_, to cover;
cog. with Ger. _zelt_.]
TILT, tilt, _v.i._ to ride against another and thrust with a lance: to
thrust or fight with a lance or rapier: to fall into a sloping posture, to
heel over.--_v.t._ to point or thrust with, as a lance: to slant: to raise
one end of: to forge with a tilt-hammer.--_n._ a thrust: in the Middle
Ages, an exercise in which combatants rode against each other with lances:
inclination forward, dip, slant.--_ns._ TILT'ER; TILT'-HAMM'ER, a heavy
hammer used in ironworks, which is tilted or lifted by means of projections
on the axis of a wheel; TILT'ING; TILT'-YARD, a place for tilting. [A.S.
_tealt_, tottering; Ice. _tölta_, to trot; Ger. _zelter_.]
TILTH, tilth, _n._ cultivation: cultivated land: the depth of soil turned
up in cultivation. [From _till_ (3).]
TIMARIOT, ti-mä'ri-ot, _n._ a soldier of the Turkish feudal militia. [Turk.
_t[=i]m[=a]r_.]