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ˈtip-ˌtilted, a.
[f. tip n.1 + tilted ppl. a.2]
Having the tip ‘tilted’, i.e. turned up. Hence tip-ˈtilt v., trans. to turn up at the tip.
1872Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 576 And lightly was her slender nose Tip-tilted like the petal of a flower. 1877Mrs. Forrester Mignon II. 51 Mignon ‘tiptilts’ her nose. 1882A. Edwardes Ballroom Repent I. 12 A Diana with..a tip-tilted nose. 1884Sir C. W. Wilson in Q. Statem. Palestine Explor. Fund Jan. 48 The tip-tilted shoes are the ordinary sandals of the country. |