tiln.1
/tɪl/, U.S. /tɪl/ East India.
The Indian name of the plant Sesamum indicum; chiefly attributive or in combination, as til seed; til oil n. (also til-seed oil) the oil obtained by bruising the seeds. black til = ramtil n., Guizotia oleifera (formerly called Verbesina sativa).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plant, nut, or bean yielding oil > [adjective]
sesamine1608
kukui1825
til1840
Bassic1863
kaya1889
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plant, nut, or bean yielding oil > [noun] > sesame plant or seed
sesamec1440
gingellya1544
sesamum1577
sergelim1588
sesamine1607
oily corn1671
purging grain1688
oily-grain1753
vanglo1756
benne1769
sesamus1813
til1840
sim-sim1917
1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 417/1 India, whence..sesamum or til seed is..largely imported, as well as from Egypt.
1849 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §951 Teel seeds, the produce of Sesamum orientale, supply a bland oil.
1854 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (ed. 3) 414 It is..inferior..to the oil of til (sesamum).
c1865 H. Letheby in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 101/2 Sessama, gingilie, or teal oil.
a1875 Table Customs-Duties British India Oils, Jinjili or Til.
1905 Statesman 23 Aug. 5/4 The Sesamum (Til or Jinjili) crop of the season.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
tiln.2
A lauraceous tree, Oreodaphne fetens, of the Canary Islands and Madeira; also its wood, which has a fetid smell. Chiefly attributive, as til-tree, til-wood.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [adjective]
softwood1539
citrean1616
pepperidge1689
purple heart1769
narra1779
leafy1810
saffraan1819
quandong1836
padauk1839
tamanu1839
titoki1842
til1858
odum1887
sapele1904
broad-leaved1905
peroba1920
ocote1926
pyinkado1934
ponderosa1937
ahuehuete1948
Mansonia1958
obeche1958
podo1961
black-gum1969
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > African
shittima1382
citrus1555
cam-wood1699
jacaranda1753
kokerboom1774
quiver tree1789
geelhout1790
rooihout1790
yellowwood1790
mat-wood1792
assegai1793
assegai tree1793
hardpear1801
rooi els1801
argan1809
beaver-wood1810
mat tree1812
saffraan1819
salie1819
sneezewood1834
African teak1842
hyawaballi1851
sage-wood1854
mvule1858
til1858
yari-yari1858
cannibal stinkwood1859
kiaat1862
knobwood1862
milkwood1862
tryssil1862
sulphur-tree1863
khaya1864
cailcedra1866
flat-crown1868
umzimbeet1870
kuka1882
odum1887
iroko1890
opepe1891
Natal mahogany1904
muhimbi1906
obeche1906
agba1908
makoré1915
afara1920
agboin1920
abura1921
podo1922
afrormosia1923
guarea1936
Mansonia1936
dahoma1955
utile1956
1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom 623 Til-wood, produced by G[œppertia] fœtens, a native of the Canaries, has a most disagreeable odour.
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Oreodaphne (Laurus) fœtens, Fetid Laurel, or Til-tree.
1885 A. Brassey In Trades 30 The black Til..or native laurel.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
'tilconj.
/tɪl/, U.S. /tɪl/ = till conj.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > antecedence [preposition] > until
toc1000
fortc1200
tillc1330
hentc1426
pending1837
'til1939
1939 P. G. Perrin Index to Eng. 606 Till, until, ('til), these three words are not distinguishable in meaning. Since 'til in speech sounds the same as till and looks slightly odd on paper, it may well be abandoned.
1956 H. Kurnitz Invasion of Privacy iii. 27 You sit on your tail 'til they come up with another story.
1978 M. Duffy Housespy v. 126 I shall have to tell the P.M. but not 'til I'm sure.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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