单词 | tilt |
释义 | tiltn.1 1. A covering of coarse cloth, in early quots. of hair-cloth; an awning; a booth, tent, or tabernacle. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter > a shelter > against weather or storms > roof-like covering of cloth tiltc1440 penthouse1517 entiltment1599 shamiana1609 tilt-cloth1611 awning1624 tentorium1661 tilting1720 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 488/1 Telte, or tente, tentorium. 1547 in Acts Privy Council (1890) II. 133 Tyltes of heare to couver the powder. 1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 110 On shoare wee made a Tilt with our Oares and saile. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 13) 253 The Apostle compares his life to a Tabernacle; a little shed or tilt [printed tilth], wherein the immortall soule dwels. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iv. xii. 504/1 The coffin had ouer it a tilt or stately frame of wood couered with black. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 135 Machines..fitted with tilts, that project from the sea-ward ends of them,..to screen the bathers from the view. 2. spec. An awning over a boat. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > devices to protect ship from weather > awning teld1307 tilt1611 tilt-cloth1611 awning1624 canopy1867 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. I A boate with a tilt ouer it. 1716 J. Gay Trivia i. 11 The rowing Crew To tempt a Fare, cloath all their Tilts in Blue. 1887 W. Besant World went very well Then I. ii. 53 A broad canvas tilt or awning rigged up from stem to stern. 3. An awning or cover for a cart, wagon, or motor vehicle, usually of canvas or tarpaulin. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > parts of cart or carriage > [noun] > cover or tilt overlay1456 tillet1497 tilt1620 overlayer1811 sail1850 wagon-sail1850 coverture1856 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > canopy tilt1976 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1746) III. xi. 69 The Waggon's Self was opened, without Tilt or Boughs. a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 228 They covered the Cart with a base dirty tilt made of skins. 1753 Scots Mag. Nov. 541/1 The tilt or some other conspicuous place of his waggon. 1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches ii. 141 Each wagon is provided with a raised canvas tilt to protect the traveller from sun and rain. 1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 24 My waggon..on the hinder part of which stood a tilt or tent where I slept. 1976 Milton Keynes Express 16 July 31/3 (advt.) 1975 Mini Pick-up, green, one owner, fitted tilt. 1977 ‘D. Rutherford’ Return Load iv. 77 One of his employees was fastening the blue canvas cover to the hooks on the side of one of the big, steel-framed tilts that were in such great demand for Continental journeys. 4. In Labrador and Newfoundland: A fisherman's or wood-cutter's hut; also, a lean-to shelter. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun] > herdsman's, shepherd's, etc. shiel1291 tilt1612 shepherd's hut1663 chalet1784 shanty1824 stock-hut1827 kiln-hole1828 hok1930 1612 in Dict. Newfoundland Eng. (1982) 567/2 They had made a tilte with a sayle, that they got from some Christian. 1819 L. A. Anspach Hist. Island Newfoundland 468 They call tilts temporary log houses, which they erect in the woods to pursue there their winter occupations. 1895 R. G. Taber in Outing 27 20/1 A score of shoresmen's ‘tilts’—rude turf-covered huts, some little cleaner than the Esquimaux' habitations. 1906 Toilers of Deep June 150/2 (Labrador) A few wooden ‘tilts’ nestled at the edge of the river... The ‘tilts’ are all very much alike—the general ‘living-room’,..and the beds in curtained-off recesses. The little colony..come from their homes at Cape Charles only for the winter's trapping and wood-cutting. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. tilt-maker n. ΚΠ 1847 C. G. Addison Treat. Law Contracts (1883) ii. vii. §2 921 The defendant ordered the plaintiff to make him a waggon, and..employed..a tiltmaker to put on a tilt. tilt-weaver n. ΚΠ 1579 Transcr. Faversham Parish Reg. (MS.) Erosamas Smalwodd, a tylte~weuer. tilt-window n. ΚΠ 1799 Hull Advertiser 3 Aug. 4/1 She..thrust it out at one of the tilt-windows. b. tilt-like adj. ΚΠ 1835 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. xiii. 283 The grey ruins, and the mossy, tilt-like hillocks. C2. tilt-bonnet n. a woman's or girl's bonnet in the form of a wagon-tilt, made by bending a piece of pasteboard into a half-cylinder, and covering it with linen or calico, a drawing-string holding it in shape, the material being extended to cover the crown and form a curtain (T. Hardy): cf. coal-scuttle bonnet n. at coal scuttle n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > woman's bonnet > types of > other dulcimer?1767 cottage bonnet1794 cabriolet1797 skyscraper1800 kettle-holder1813 basket-bonnet1824 kiss-me-quick1845 tilt-bonnet1874 granny bonnet1879 toque1881 rain bonnet1909 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xxv. 282 The women..wore tilt bonnets covered with nankeen. tilt-cloth n. = senses 1 – 3. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > devices to protect ship from weather > awning teld1307 tilt1611 tilt-cloth1611 awning1624 canopy1867 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter > a shelter > against weather or storms > roof-like covering of cloth tiltc1440 penthouse1517 entiltment1599 shamiana1609 tilt-cloth1611 awning1624 tentorium1661 tilting1720 1611 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. iv. 432 For a tylt cloth, 2s. 6d. 1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Witney Tilt-cloths for bargemen, are likewise made here. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from hair > [noun] hairec825 tilt-hairc1440 hairc1485 haircloth1500 hair-patch?1611 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 488/1 Telte hayyr (H., A., P. telt, hayre), gauda. 1562 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (modernized text) III. 576/1 Tilt hair. 35½ bolts @ 1/4, 94 pieces @ 11/-. tilt-roof n. ‘a round-topped roof, shaped like a tilt or wagon-cover’ (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1877). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > other sails fuk1465 tilt-sail1620 wing-sail1794 umbrella sail1900 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1746) IV. xxii. 178 The General made all the Gallies strike their Tilt-sails. tilt-wherry n. a wherry having a tilt, a tilt-boat n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > rowing boat > for passengers or goods wherry1443 tilt-boat1463 barge1470 wherry-boat1538 tilt-wherry1573 1573 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 219 ii Tylt whirreyes that caryed the Masking geare & Children. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tiltn.2 I. Senses relating to tilting as an exercise, sport, or combat. 1. a. A combat or encounter (for exercise or sport) between two armed men on horseback, with lances or similar weapons, the aim of each being to throw his opponent from the saddle; = joust n. 1; also, the exercise of riding with a lance, or the like, at a mark, as the quintain. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > [noun] > joust or tournament tournament?c1225 joust1297 tourney13.. justeningc1400 tournament of warc1400 inturnementc1440 tilt1511 jostle1607 tilting?1617 hippomachia1623 carousel1650 fortuny1676 1511 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 181 Thise iiij Knightes shall present themself..in harneys for the Tylte. 1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 13 I maie commende hym for plaiyng at weapons, for runnyng vppon a greate horse, for chargyng his staffe at the Tilt. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso (1674) i. lvii. 74 [To] spend a hundred thousand Crowns in Tilt and Turney. 1745 Sir C. Williams in H. Walpole Mem. Geo. II (1847) II. App. 396 Low pleasures, such as operas, plays, masquerades, tilts, and tournaments. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 3 Forgetful of the tilt and tournament. b. transferred and figurative. An encounter, combat, contest; a debate, public dispute or discussion. In 17–18th centuries often applied to a duel. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] i-winc888 wrestlingc890 fightc1000 flitec1000 teenOE winOE ungrithlOE wara1200 cockingc1225 strife?c1225 strivingc1275 struta1300 barratc1300 thro1303 battlec1375 contentionc1384 tuggingc1440 militationa1460 sturtc1480 bargain1487 bargaining1489 distrifea1500 concertation1509 hold1523 conflict1531 ruffle1532 tangling1535 scamblingc1538 tuilyie1550 bustling1553 tilt1567 ruffling1570 wresting1570 certationc1572 pinglinga1578 reluctation1593 combating1594 yoking1594 bandying1599 tention1602 contrast1609 colluctation1611 contestationa1616 dimication1623 rixation1623 colluctance1625 decertation1635 conflicting1640 contrasto1645 dispute1647 luctation1651 contest1665 stickle1665 contra-colluctation1674 contrasting1688 struggle1706 yed1719 widdle1789 scrambling1792 cut and thrust1846 headbutting1869 push-and-pull1881 contending1882 thrust and parry1889 aggro1973 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > instance of flitec1000 plead1379 traverse1415 controversyc1430 disputation1557 tilt1567 wrangle1579 controverse1596 velitation1607 dispute1611 rixation1623 polemic1626 fireball1638 polemy1642 risse1684 polemical1808 spar1836 row1879 set-to1898 cag1916 barge1934 yike1976 stand-up2005 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > academic or public disputation > [noun] oppositionc1451 schoolsc1475 parvis1496 debatec1500 parley1577 probleming1657 tilt1709 responsion1841 1567 G. Turberville Epit. Dame Elyzabeth Arhundle 3 Who ran hir race in vertues tylt aright, And neuer had at Fortunes hand the foyle. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 21 He would not fly the tilt nor start from any colour of accusation. 1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 27 A modish Tilt upon a foolish hot-headed Punctilio. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 39. ⁋16 We..generally conducted our Dispute and Tilt according to the last that had happen'd between Persons of Reputation. 1882 F. M. Crawford Mr. Isaacs ii I trust that our collision in the flesh has had no worse results than our tilts in print. 1906 Spectator 3 Feb. 173/2 She enjoys the tilt of rather rough speech. c. A thrust of a weapon, as at a tilt. Now only figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > attack by hostile measures or words > an attacking thrust venue1590 thrust1668 tilt1716 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > [noun] > stroke with pointed weapon stroke1297 stokea1400 foinc1450 stab1530 push1563 veny1578 stoccado1582 thrusta1586 venue1591 pink1601 longee1625 stob1653 tilt1716 lunge1748 stug1808 punzie1827 1716 J. Addison Freeholder No. 10. ⁋5 His Majesty..entertain'd him with the Slaughter of two or three of his Liege Subjects, whom he very dexterously put to Death with the Tilt of his Lance. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xiv. 82 Miss Barnevelt took a tilt in heroics. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters viii. 200 She has a tilt at him, jeering, joking, mystifying, obfuscating him. 2. A place for holding tilts or jousts; a tilting ground or yard; the lists. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > [noun] > lists or barriers listc1386 champany?a1400 rangec1440 jousting-place1480 tilt?1507 tilt-yard1528 barracec1540 barrier1581 careera1586 steccado1600 tilting-yard1606 tilting ground1850 tilting field1859 ?1507 C. Brandon et al. Iustes of Maye (de Worde) sig. A.iiv Two seruauntes of this lady of delyte Sholde be mounted, armed, and redy dyght At a tyltes ende. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 183 Vnes lices, a tylte to lerne to juste at. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xlvv The kyng..rode about the Tylt. 1564 N. Haward tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. vii. sig. N.iii He fynyshed sondry pieces of work at Rome among which was..the Tilt [L. forum transitorium], a place for men to run in. 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. ix. 35 In beaten Pathes, ore boorded Tylthes [? Tyltes] to breake their staffe-like Reeds. 3. Phr. (from sense 1 or 2). a. to run at (the) tilt: to ride in a tilt or joust. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > joust or tilt [verb (intransitive)] playeOE bourdisec1320 joustc1330 copec1350 tourney1390 coup?a1400 joustenc1400 to joust of warc1400 to run togetherc1410 bourda1500 to fight at barriers1532 runa1533 to run at (the) tilt1548 jostle1580 tilt1595 to break a treea1600 to run (or ride) a-tilt1608 to run tilt1831 1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Decurrere in armis, to renne at the tylte in harneys. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. L4 When for her sake I ran at tilt in Fraunce, And there vnhorste the duke of Cleremont. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Courir la lance, to tilt, or, to run at tilt. a1635 ‘T. Randall’ in Ann. Dubrensia (1636) sig. C4 As they at Tilt, so wee att Quintain runne. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar iii. 143 Henry II was killed running at Tilt. b. So to run a tilt (see also a-tilt adv. 2, a prep.1); also figurative. Also rarely to run tilt. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > joust or tilt [verb (intransitive)] playeOE bourdisec1320 joustc1330 copec1350 tourney1390 coup?a1400 joustenc1400 to joust of warc1400 to run togetherc1410 bourda1500 to fight at barriers1532 runa1533 to run at (the) tilt1548 jostle1580 tilt1595 to break a treea1600 to run (or ride) a-tilt1608 to run tilt1831 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. v. 11 Breake a Launce, and runne a-Tilt at Death. View more context for this quotation 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 145 If you make two such bodies..to run a tilt upon such a line of odd leastings. 1765 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) I. iv. 99 The next..exhibits two knights running a tilt on the foreground. 1831 T. Carlyle Let. 15 Aug. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1976) V. 330 With her..I was provoked.., so pert was she, to run tilt, and I fear transfix her. 1871 D. M. Mulock Fair France i. 3 Like Don Quixote with his windmill..it is running a tilt against perfectly imaginary foes. 1891 Temple Bar Sept. 102 He runs tilt against the hypocrisies of social life. c. full tilt (adverbial phr.): at full speed and with direct thrust; with utmost adverse force or impetus. Frequently in to run full tilt. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] > at full speed full speed1382 with topsailc1400 at spursa1500 on (also upon) the (spurs or) spur1525 amain1555 a main pace (also speed)1567 full tilt?a1600 upon full stretch1697 at full tilt1713 at (also on) full speed1749 (at) full split1836 full chisel1837 (at) full pelt1841 full swing1843 ventre à terre1848 full out1886 at full lick1889 hell-for-leather1889 all out1895 eyes out1895 flat out1932 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > acting vigorously or energetically [phrase] > with great vigour or energy > with utmost vigour full tilt?a1600 all out1840 full out1886 full vent1927 flat out1932 at full stretch1934 balls-out1959 ?a1600 Hist. Tom Thumb ii. 45 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) II. 213 The cook was running on full tilt, When Tom fell from the air. 1679 tr. Trag. Hist. Jetzer 24 Drawing out his knife, [he] made at her Ladyship full tilt. 1861 Temple Bar Dec. 83 Managers of schools should run full tilt at the whole scheme. 1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 145 The Earl rode full tilt at him as though he would have unhorsed him. II. The act or condition of being tilted, and related uses; inclination, slope. 4. a. The act of tilting, or fact or condition of being tilted (tilt v.1 4); a sudden or abrupt divergence from the normal vertical or horizontal position; inclination upward or downward.[Implied in quots. , 1560 at sense 4b, 1658 at sense 4b, 1706 at sense 4b ] ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [noun] > inclination from the level or slope > tilting or tipping tilting1658 canting1769 tilt1837 tip1849 tipping1853 1837 C. Babbage 9th Bridgewater Treat. App. G. 196 The variation of pressure, and the infirmity of supports broken by weights or softened by heat, to produce tilts. 1859 All Year Round 12 Nov. 67 The twinkle of his eye, and the saucy tilt of his ragged cap, spoke volumes. 1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Apr. 262/1 Until one tilt, stronger than the others, upset the lamp. 1906 Daily News 5 Mar. 6 Leaning against the wall..with his stool at a perilous tilt. b. on (also upon) the tilt: in a tilted position, like a cask or vessel raised on one end or side when nearly empty: = a-tilt adv. 1. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > obliquely [phrase] > tilted on (also upon) the tilt1560 1560 J. Heywood Fourth Hundred Epygrams xcii. sig. Bviiiv Tyll tubbe stande a tylte. 1658 T. Goodwin Fair Prospect Ded. sig. A3 When her natural strength, and Abilities began to run low, and on Tilt, as it were; Her Spiritual affections seemed as if but fresh broached. 1706 E. Baynard in J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσια Revived (rev. ed.) ii. 234 When (low drawn) Time's upon the Tilt, Few Sands and Minuts left to run. 1712 Spectator No. 292. ⁋4 Liberality..performed with such Chearfulness..that may shew Good-nature and Benevolence overflowed, and do not, as in some Men, run upon the Tilt, and taste of the Sediments of a grutching uncommunicative Disposition. c. Geology. An abrupt upheaval of strata to a considerable angle from the horizontal. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [noun] > upheaval > tilt tilt1859 1859 D. Page Handbk. Geol. Terms 354 Tilted up, applied to strata that are suddenly or abruptly thrown up at a high angle of inclination. Tilts of this nature are usually accompanied by fractures and crushings of the strata. d. gen. A slope, or sloping portion, of the surface of the ground. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] hield943 lithOE pendanta1387 bankc1390 slentc1400 shoring1567 rist1577 inclining1596 slope1626 side-slip1649 slant1655 sideling1802 hang1808 siding1852 counterslope1853 bajada1866 tilt1903 palaeoslope1957 1903 G. A. Smith in Expositor Jan. 7 This tilt towards Olivet does not exhaust the eastern bent and disposition of the city. 1910 Daily News 27 Aug. 4 As we crossed a tilt of the torn heath I saw suddenly between myself and the moon a black shapeless pile. e. Television and Cinematography. (See quot. 1959.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > production of television broadcast > [noun] > camera movement boom1931 rostrum1935 tilting1938 tilt1959 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > camera movements > [noun] panning1917 pan1922 panoraming1927 camera movement1929 zooming1934 tilting1938 tilt1959 whip-pan1960 1959 J. Halas & R. Manvell Technique Film Animation 342 Tilt, the upward or downward pivoting movement of the camera across the screen. 1963 D. Botting in A. Smith Throw out Two Hands App. i. 266 A Miller tripod with a fully fluid head..giving smooth, controlled pans and tilts even with extreme long-focus lenses. f. figurative. An inclination; a bias. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > a tendency spirita1425 inclination1526 bias?1571 vein1585 habitude1603 ply1605 nitency1662 result1663 tend1663 penchant1673 nisus1699 hank1721 squint1736 patent1836 subjectivism1845 lurch1854 biasness1872 tilt1975 1975 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 11 May 14 The contribution to the American language of other cultures has long been acknowledged..but it is unscholarly to insist on a ‘tilt’ toward minority contribution to satisfy resentment over past neglect. 1978 Time 18 Dec. 40 The pro-Soviet tilt of the new rulers in Kabul, the Afghan capital, is already stirring some recriminations in Washington. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > dregs or lees in vessel or cask drastc1000 drosenc1000 drega1300 lagsa1525 bottom1563 snuff1592 tilta1603 tilting1611 heeltap1753 dunder1774 tops and bottoms1905 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > worthless hawc1000 turdc1275 fille1297 dusta1300 lead1303 skitc1330 naught1340 vanityc1340 wrakea1350 rushc1350 dirt1357 fly's wing1377 goose-wing1377 fartc1390 chaff?a1400 nutshella1400 shalec1400 yardc1400 wrack1472 pelfrya1529 trasha1529 dreg1531 trish-trash1542 alchemy1547 beggary?1548 rubbish1548 pelfa1555 chip1556 stark naught1562 paltry?1566 rubbish1566 riff-raff1570 bran1574 baggage1579 nihil1579 trush-trash1582 stubblea1591 tartar1590 garbage1592 bag of winda1599 a cracked or slit groat1600 kitchen stuff1600 tilta1603 nothing?1608 bauble1609 countera1616 a pair of Yorkshire sleeves in a goldsmith's shop1620 buttermilk1630 dross1632 paltrement1641 cattle1643 bagatelle1647 nothingness1652 brimborion1653 stuff1670 flap-dragon1700 mud1706 caput mortuuma1711 snuff1778 twaddle1786 powder-post1790 traffic1828 junk1836 duffer1852 shice1859 punk1869 hogwash1870 cagmag1875 shit1890 tosh1892 tripe1895 dreck1905 schlock1906 cannon fodder1917 shite1928 skunk1929 crut1937 chickenshit1938 crud1943 Mickey Mouse1958 gick1959 garbo1978 turd1978 pants1994 a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 449 The tilt and lees of traditions, dregges of custome, and poyson of Popish decrees. 6. a. A contrivance used in North America in fishing through a hole in the ice, in which a stick or cross-piece is tilted up when the fish takes the hook. ΚΠ 1891 in Cent. Dict. b. On a pinball table or machine, a device that stops the game if the table or machine is jarred or lifted (see quot. 19761). Also figurative and attributive, as tilt mechanism, etc.The tilt mechanism was invented by H. Williams in 1933, and was first used on a ‘Signal’ machine manufactured by Bally Co. in 1934. Early illustrations of this use are not easy to trace. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other specific games > [noun] > others > specific part tilt mechanism1976 1934 Billboard (Cincinnati) 17 Nov. 67 (advt.) Anti-tilt.] 1953 Business Week 19 Dec. 55/2 Tilt, says Court… A federal court handed down a ruling that would put a pinball machine in the same category as a slot machine if a player gets a cash payoff. 1972 G. L. Morrisey Appraisal & Devel. through Objectives & Results v. 62 We should bear in mind that a performance expectation or standard is a red flag. It says, ‘Whoa! Stop! Tilt! Something's wrong!’ 1976 H. McKeown Pinball Portfolio viii. 156/2 If a table is moved too much during a game in an effort to alter the course of the ball, a tilt mechanism cancels either the whole game or the ball in play. 1976 H. McKeown Pinball Portfolio viii. 156/2 When the game is tilted all the lights go out and the word tilt is illuminated in the backflash glass. 1983 Times 30 Dec. 22/7 The pinball machine flashes ‘tilt’. c. to (light up and) say ‘tilt’, to register by one's look or reaction that something is wrong. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > doubt, be uncertain [verb (intransitive)] > express doubt perhaps1783 humph1814 vague1880 umph1894 to (light up and) say ‘tilt’1974 1953 [see sense 6b]. 1972 [see sense 6b]. 1974 L. Deighton Spy Story xvi. 173 Anything concerning submarines made Dawlish light up and say tilt. 1980 G. Hammond Reward Game xi. 157 ‘No, we've already been offered forty by Frank Hutch—’ ‘That should make him light up and say “Tilt”,’ Keith said with satisfaction. 1984 L. Deighton Mexico Set viii. 113 ‘It's nothing to do with virtue and evil… It's a game of chance.’ ‘Is there nothing that lights up and says ‘tilt’ when you cheat?’ 7. In Newfoundland: a pier on which fishermen unload and dress their fish. ΚΠ 1891 in Cent. Dict. 8. Short for tilt-hammer n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > forging equipment > forge-hammer tilt-hammer1773 trip-hammer1781 forge-hammer1815 skelper1831 tilt1831 oliver1846 set-hammer1855 helve-hammer1858 striker1869 belly-helve1881 society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun] > hammer > mechanical and power hammers > types of tilt-hammer1773 trip-hammer1781 tilt1831 Nasmyth1845 oliver1846 helve-hammer1858 striker1869 belly-helve1881 chipping hammer1988 1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 241 The annexed figure is the plan of a tilt. 1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 167 [By] welding and forging by the heavy hammer, reducing by a tilt and rolling down to the smallest description of rod, a most excellent, tenacious, and dense body of iron is thus obtained. 1896 Daily News 27 Jan. 8/5 The activity at the forges, rolling mills, and tilts where large quantities..are prepared. III. A bird, named after its jerking motion. 9. The stilt or long-legged plover of North America. Cf. tilt-up n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Recurvirostridae > genus Himantopus (stilt) Himantopus1753 long-legged plover1766 stilt-plover1779 Longshanks1804 stilt1831 tilt1831 stilt-bird1835 stilt-shank1852 1831 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. III. 77 The name by which this bird is known on the seacoast is the stilt or tilt, or long-shanks. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Lawyer. 1. (Himantopus nigricollis.) The black-necked Stilt..known also by the names of Tilt and Longshanks. Compounds C1. General attributive. See also tilt-hammer n., tilt-yard n. tilt-day n. ΚΠ 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 174 At the next Tilte-day following. tilt-horse n. ΚΠ 1560 J. Heywood Fourth Hundred Epygrams vi. sig. Aivv A Tylte horse, alias a beere horse to bee, Which woludst thou bee? C2. tilt cab n. a cab of a lorry, etc., which can tilt forwards. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > truck or lorry > cab or type of cab cab1916 cab-over1943 tilt cab1963 1963 Lebende Sprachen 8 166/1 Tilt cab. 1977 Horse & Hound 10 June 42/1 (advt.) Container 21ft Williams with Luton for tilt cab, metal framed and in sound order. tilt-cart n. a cart of which the body can be tilted so as to empty out the contents. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > dumper or tipper tumbril1440 tumbling car1811 tilt-cart1834 dumper1856 tipper1920 1834 J. B. Buckstone Wreck Ashore ii. iii. 40 I ha' just brought him home from the Physickiners in a tilt cart. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 660 If they are tilt or coup-carts, he elevates the front a few inches. tilt-forge n. a forge in which a tilt-hammer is used. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with metal > [noun] > forge or smithy > types of smithy mill1523 bloom-smithy1601 tilt-forge1836 tilt house1864 goldsmithy1878 1836 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 39 339 We passed some usines, tilt-forges, where the makers of nails [etc.] use the power to tilt hammers of small water wheels placed on one of the..streams. tilt guard n. see under tilt-yard n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for guard duty > others Tilt Yard guard1528 safeguard1609 Irish guard1642 water-guard1776 forage-guard1819 tilt guard1894 1894 Times 28 May 6/1 The 2nd Life Guards, furnishing the tilt guard, sent a squadron of about 50 of all ranks. 1909 Daily Chron. 20 Feb. 5/3 What we call the Horse Guards, which was then called the Tilt Yard (where the guard, I think, is still called the Tilt guard). tilt house n. = tilt-mill n. (b). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with metal > [noun] > forge or smithy > types of smithy mill1523 bloom-smithy1601 tilt-forge1836 tilt house1864 goldsmithy1878 1864 G. L. M. Strauss et al. England's Workshops 90 Two hammer or tilt houses. tiltmeter n. Geology an instrument for measuring changes in the steepness of a slope. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring gradient clinometer1811 angle-meter1841 inclinometer1852 gradiometer1899 gradometer1901 tiltmeter1937 1937 Nature 10 Apr. 616/1 In both the Tango and Ito districts, tiltmeters..were erected. 1980 New Scientist 26 June 388/2 Everything that is happening to Mount St Helens is a ‘classroom’ experience for geologists and scientists scrambling to gather as much data as they can with seismic recording instruments, tiltmeters, and water level gauges. tilt-mill n. (a) the machinery for working a tilt-hammer; (b) a building in which a tilt-hammer is worked. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > forging equipment > forge-hammer > machinery for hammer-mill1610 forge-mill1728 tilt-mill1825 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 337 The tilt-mills employed in the manufacture of steel. tilt-rod n. a curved rod projecting from the rear of a tricycle so as to catch the ground in the event of the machine being tilted backward. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > parts and equipment of cycles > parts of tricycle tilt-wheel1886 tilt-rod1912 1912 J. T. Fowler Let. to Editor (O.E.D. Archive) Modern tricycles cannot be tilted backward, and so do not require tilt-rods. tilt-staff n. a staff used instead of a lance in tilting. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > [noun] > equipment spear of peacea1400 timberc1400 tilting-staff1602 Saracen1637 tilt-staff1651 tilting armour1819 tilting-helmet1846 tilting-lance1863 tilting spear- 1651 W. Sanderson Aulicus Coquinariæ 69 He medled not with the Tilt-staff. tilt-top adj. having a top that tilts. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective] > of or relating to the top > having (a) top(s) > specific coped1611 drum-headed1664 red-topped1701 mushroom-headed1832 tilt-top1940 1940 J. I. Crump & N. Maul Our Airliners vii. 138 For this disassembling operation, the engine is bolted on a portable tilttop table. 1973 Canad. Antiques Collector Jan. 12/1 A birch tilt-top candlestand with an oval top. tilt-wheel n. (a) a little wheel at the end of the tilt-rod of a tricycle; (b) U.S. a steering wheel that tilts. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > parts and equipment of cycles > parts of tricycle tilt-wheel1886 tilt-rod1912 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > steering, suspension, or wheels > steering wheel > type of tilt-wheel1886 1886 Cyclists' Touring Club Gaz. IV. 144 Tilt wheels loose are very noisy. 1974 State (Columbia, S. Carolina) 15 Feb. 19- b/7 (advt.) Power steering, power brakes, tilt wheel, vinyl roof, rally wheels. tilt-wing adj. and n. (designating) an aircraft with wings that tilt. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > with wings of adjustable sweep or tilt tilt-wing1953 swing wing1965 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [adjective] > having specific type or position of wings multiplane1897 monoplane1907 all-wing1919 mid-wing1934 delta-winged1950 tilt-wing1953 stub-winged1957 wet wing1961 1953 W. A. Shrader Fifty Years of Flight 124/2 Spratt Aircraft Co...test-flies another in a series of tilt-wing flying boats designed by George Spratt. 1963 Times 2 Dec. 9/7 Two prototypes of a twin-engined ‘tilt-wing’ short and vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft. 1970 New Scientist 23 Apr. 173/1 Several tilt-wings have flown satisfactorily. Draft additions 1993 tilt rotor n. Aeronautics = tilting rotor at tilting adj. Additions b; hence, an aircraft fitted with these; frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > rotary wing aircraft > [noun] rotorcraft1929 tilt rotor1961 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > rotary wing aircraft > [adjective] rotary-wing1908 tilt rotor1961 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > rotary wing aircraft > [noun] > parts of rotary wing aircraft > rotor ascensional screw1901 lifting screw1902 rotor1915 windmill1931 tilting rotor1940 tilt rotor1961 1961 P. W. Brooks Mod. Airliner vi. 153 Various categories of V.T.O.L. aircraft..Tilt-rotor convertiplane (1954). Transcendental Model 1- g, Bell xv-3. 1963 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 67 363/1 The unloaded rotor, the tilt rotor, various ducted fans, fans in wings, and so forth, were eliminated and the final selection was the tilt-wing. 1976 J. Fay Helicopter (ed. 3) ix. 147 In the tilt-rotor machine the rotors are mounted at the tips of relatively small wings. 1987 New Scientist 1 Oct. 38/1 The designers of the new hybrid call their aircraft a tiltrotor. It takes off as a helicopter, the rotors on the wing then tilt..so that the aircraft can fly as a conventional turboprop aircraft. Draft additions December 2006 tilt switch n. a switch which permits a current to pass only when tilted (or not tilted) beyond a certain angle. ΚΠ 1946 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 59 587 Fastened to the lower lever are three mercury tilt-switches. Two of these switches operate shielded lights on the experimenter's..control table. 1979 Daily Tel. 29 Aug. 3/2 There was speculation in military circles..that the bomb which killed Lord Mountbatten was activated by a ‘tiltswitch’ device like the one used in the murder of Mr Airey Neave. 2004 K. Smith Environmental Hazards (ed. 4) vii. 138 Automatic avalanche detectors, using tilt switches, are suspended from a cableway near to the road over the most active avalanche track. Draft additions September 2018 tilt shot n. Cinematography a camera shot which pivots up or down in a vertical plane. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > production of television broadcast > [noun] > shot > types of shot long shot1858 close-up1913 medium shot1925 travelling shot1927 medium close-up1933 reverse angle1933 three-shot1934 tilt shot1934 reaction shot1937 tracking shot1940 Dutch angle1947 two-shot1949 mid shot1953 freeze1960 freeze-frame1960 freeze-shot1960 frozen-frame1960 pack shot1960 noddy1982 arc shot1989 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > shot > [noun] > types of long shot1858 glass shot1908 close-up1913 aerial shot1920 angle shot1922 medium shot1925 far-away1926 travelling shot1927 zoom1930 zoom shot1930 process shot1931 close-medium shot1933 medium close-up1933 reverse angle1933 reverse shot1934 three-shot1934 tilt shot1934 medium-close shot1937 reaction shot1937 tracking shot1940 pan shot1941 stock shot1941 Dutch angle1947 cheat shot1948 establishing shot1948 master-scene1948 trucking shot1948 two-shot1949 bridging shot1951 body shot1952 library shot1953 master shot1953 mid shot1953 MS1953 pullback1957 MCU1959 noddy1982 arc shot1989 pop shot1993 1934 Movie Makers June 249/2 The frame was clipped from footage of a pause at the end of a tilt shot of one of the numerous towers that are found in Sweden. 1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Dec. 1437/4 He has preferred a montage of head-and-shoulder portraits, enlivened by some gentle panning and the occasional tilt-shot. 2007 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 1 Sept. t17 This black and white mystery is big on atmosphere, short on exposition and opens with an eight-minute tilt shot that creeps..up..the..prow..of..a..ship. Draft additions June 2020 at full tilt: at full speed; with maximum energy or force; at full capacity.Cf. earlier full tilt at sense 3c. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] > at full speed full speed1382 with topsailc1400 at spursa1500 on (also upon) the (spurs or) spur1525 amain1555 a main pace (also speed)1567 full tilt?a1600 upon full stretch1697 at full tilt1713 at (also on) full speed1749 (at) full split1836 full chisel1837 (at) full pelt1841 full swing1843 ventre à terre1848 full out1886 at full lick1889 hell-for-leather1889 all out1895 eyes out1895 flat out1932 1713 tr. P. Poiret Divine Œconomy I. xv. 245 The Desire of the Soul..can make but one Step more..: 'tis to run at full tilt, as I may say, and, like a Desperado, make a last Effort with Ardour. 1831 Q. Rev. 45 252 The Movement [for parliamentary reform] is still on the advance, and just now at full tilt. 1976 U.S. News & World Rep. (Nexis) 5 Jan. 48 In Wilmington, auto factories are operating at full tilt, and the Chrysler assembly plant plans to add 400 workers in January. 2004 Sunday Times Trav. Feb. 40/3 Our guide let him drive the boat at full tilt down the Mary River. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † tiltn.3 slang. Obsolete. A cant name for some species of rogue. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun] harlot?c1225 truantc1290 shreward1297 boyc1300 lidderon13.. cokinc1330 pautenerc1330 bribera1387 bricouna1400 losarda1400 rascal?a1400 custronc1400 knapea1450 sloven?a1475 limmerc1485 knavatec1506 smaik?1507 smy?1507 koken?a1513 swinger1513 Cock Lorel?1518 pedlar's French1530 varletc1540 losthope?c1550 makeshift1554 wild rogue1567 miligant1568 rogue1568 crack-halter1573 rascallion1582 schelm1584 scoundrel1589 scaba1592 bezonian1592 slave1592 rampallion1593 Scanderbeg1601 roly-poly1602 canter1608 cantler1611 gue1612 fraudsman1613 Cathayana1616 crack-hempa1616 foiterer1616 tilt1620 picaro1622 picaroon1629 sheepmanc1640 rapscallion1648 scaramouch1677 fripon1691 trickster1711 shake-bag1794 sinner1809 cad1838 badmash1843 scattermouch1892 jazzbo1914 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal harlot?c1225 knavec1275 truantc1290 shreward1297 boinarda1300 boyc1300 lidderon13.. cokinc1330 pautenerc1330 bribera1387 bricouna1400 losarda1400 rascal?a1400 knapea1450 lotterela1450 limmerc1485 Tutivillus1498 knavatec1506 smy?1507 koken?a1513 swinger1513 Cock Lorel?1518 pedlar's French1530 cust1535 rabiator1535 varletc1540 Jack1548 kern1556 wild rogue1567 miligant1568 rogue1568 tutiviller1568 rascallion1582 schelm1584 scoundrel1589 rampallion1593 Scanderbeg1601 scroyle1602 canter1608 cantler1611 skelm1611 gue1612 Cathayana1616 foiterer1616 tilt1620 picaro1622 picaroon1629 sheepmanc1640 rapscallion1648 marrow1656 Algerine1671 scaramouch1677 fripon1691 shake-bag1794 badling1825 tiger1827 two-for-his-heels1837 ral1846 skeezicks1850 nut1882 gun1890 scattermouch1892 tug1896 natkhat1901 jazzbo1914 scutter1940 bar steward1945 hoor1965 1620 T. Dekker Dreame sig. E3v Base Heapes tumbled together,..High-way-standers, Foists, Nips, and Iylts, Prinadoes, Bawdes, Pimpes, Panders. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2018). tiltv.1 I. To push over, and related uses. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inversion > invert [verb (transitive)] > cause to fall tilta1400 waltc1400 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > capsize or upset overcastc1230 overturnc1300 overthrowc1330 to-turna1382 overwhelm?a1400 tilta1400 tipa1400 welt?a1400 overtiltc1400 tirvec1420 reverse?a1439 devolvec1470 subvert1479 welter?a1505 renverse1521 tumble1534 verse1556 upturn1567 overwhirl1577 rewalt1587 subverse1590 overset1599 overtumble1600 walt1611 to fetch up1615 ramvert1632 treveer1636 transvolve1644 capsize1788 upset1806 keel1828 overwelt1828 pitch-pole1851 purl1856 a1400–50 Alexander 1303 Sone þe top of þe toure he tiltis in-to þe watir. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1213 Ouer-tok hem, as tyd, tult hem of sadeles. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 832 Þe trestes tylt to þe woȝe & þe table boþe. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1704/1 He..sayd to his wife; Mistres Ales what milke haue you giuen me here? wherewithal she tylted [1587 tilted] it ouer with her hand, saying, I wene nothing can please you. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > topple over welt13.. tiltc1390 overfalla1400 waltc1400 tirvec1425 top over tervea1450 overtumble1487 overwelta1522 to fall over1541 top1545 topple1600 tramble1609 tope1796 tottle1830 overtopple1855 whemmel1895 pitch-pole1896 c1390 (?c1350) Joseph of Arimathie (1871) l. 100 Feole temples þer-inne tulten to þe eorþe, for heore false ymages þat þei on leeueden. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 1144 Untenderly fro þe toppe thai tiltin to-gederz. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 361 Truly þis ilk toun schal tylte to grounde. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 252 With-outen towche of any tothe he [Jonah] tult in his [the whale's] þrote. 3. intransitive. To move unsteadily up and down; esp. of waves or a ship at sea, to pitch. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)] hobblec1330 wave1406 stamperc1450 fleet15.. titubate1540 wamble1589 tilt1594 vacillate1598 waggle1611 wimple1819 wangle1820 waver1841 lurch1851 woggle1871 teeter1904 1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido i. i Phrygian ships..so wrack'd and welter'd by the waves, As every tide tilts 'twixt their oaken sides. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. ii. 6 What obseruation mad'st thou in this case? Oh, his hearts Meteors tilting in his face? View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 747 The floating Vessel..with beaked prow Rode tilting o're the Waves. View more context for this quotation 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. 289 And tilting o'er the bay the vessels ride. 1826 A. A. Watts Death Pompey v A bark comes tilting through the spray. 1856 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay V. 238 To and fro, up and down, did I tilt upon those mountainous seas. 1878 H. B. Stowe Poganuc People xxviii. 238 The..tree..where the bobolink was tilting up and down. II. To cause to lean, and related uses. 4. a. transitive. To cause to lean abruptly from the vertical or incline abruptly from the horizontal; to slope, slant; to tilt up, to raise one end or side above the other, to tip up. Also figurative.In Geology used in passive of strata inclined abruptly upwards from their horizontal position: cf. tilt n.2 4c. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline [verb (transitive)] > place in a sloping position > tilt sway1570 tilt1594 tip1624 tope1684 cant1711 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > tend or incline [verb (transitive)] > tend, lead, or conduce to forwenda1325 tend1560 sway1570 affect1612 to trench on or upon1622 apta1640 predeterminea1667 to go far to1668 to run into ——1753 orient1952 tilt1976 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 59 It is also very good to tilt your beere, when the Vessel is little more then halfe drawn off, for so you shall draw your beere good euen to the latter end. 1607 T. Middleton Michaelmas Terme iv. sig. H3 Giue her a little more ayre, tilt vp her head. 1807 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 97 199 By gently lifting up or tilting the lens. 1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 340 Sedimentary beds tilted up, and more or less contorted on the flanks of the mountains. 1868 F. H. Joynson Metals in Constr. 19 Where the waggons are tilted and their contents shot out. 1908 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 319/2 His helmet tilted well to the rear to screen his neck. 1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 12 Nov. 1/3 The UN [sc. Union Nationale] will have taken seats from the Liberals and acted as spoiler in many other ridings, tilting the victory toward the Parti Quebecois. 1979 N.Y. Post 8 Aug. 2/5 Yesterday Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan charged that the U.S. was tilting its policy toward the PLO to appease Saudi Arabia and insure a steady flow of oil at reasonable prices. b. intransitive. To move into a slanted position or direction; to incline, slope, slant, heel over, tip up. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > incline or be oblique [verb (intransitive)] > slope > tilt tilt1626 tip1666 cant1702 topc1860 trip1869 careen1883 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > tend or incline [verb (intransitive)] wryc888 driveOE drawc1175 rine?c1225 soundc1374 tendc1374 lean1398 clinea1400 movec1450 turnc1450 recline?a1475 covet1520 intend?1521 extenda1533 decline?1541 bow1562 bend1567 follow1572 inflecta1575 incline1584 warpa1592 to draw near1597 squint1599 nod1600 propend1605 looka1616 verge1664 gravitate1673 set1778 slant1850 trend1863 tilt1967 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §155 Keeping it even, that it may not tilt on either side. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 202 Letting the hither side of the Board rest upon the hither Ledge of the Rincing-Trough; that the Form may tilt downwards. 1795 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 408 The tube..by its great weight..will..tilt backwards. 1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. 274 He accidentally set his foot upon a loose plank, which tilted up, and he fell into the water. 1909 Daily Chron. 24 Feb. 1/5 South Africa also tilts to the east in summer and to the west in winter. This is probably traceable to the seasonal rainfall. 1967 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 10 Nov. 2/9 During the India-Pakistan war, President Nixon ordered assistance to one side... Press reports at the time said Mr. Nixon wanted to ‘tilt’ in favour of Pakistan. 1978 Guardian Weekly 22 Jan. 17/3 Officials tend to tilt toward secrecy from a parochial view of their responsibilities. c. transitive. To pour or empty out (the contents of a vessel), or cause them to flow to one side, by tilting the vessel. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or fact of pouring or being poured > pour [verb (transitive)] > out > specifically by tilting a vessel hieldc1200 tilt1614 the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > empty > empty (contents) > by tilting or tipping tip1838 canta1845 tilt1865 1614 [implied in: T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow (4th impr.) sig. F Her bodie is the tilted Lees of pleasure. (at tilted adj.2 2)]. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xii. 113 He poured the wine into his mouth, tilted it into his right cheek. 1865 G. H. Lewes in Fortn. Rev. 2 702 To tumble out their sentences as they would tilt stones from a cart. 1883 J. T. Taylor Hardwich's Man. Photogr. Chem. (ed. 9) 281 Tilt the developing fluid backwards and forwards upon the film for about thirty seconds. 1899 Daily News 20 Nov. 7/5 They object to being tilted out of a truck like potatoes out of a sack. d. Television and Cinematography. To move (a camera) in a vertical plane. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > production of television broadcast > transmit by television [verb (transitive)] > camera movement tilt1915 pan1930 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > camera movements > move camera [verb (transitive)] tilt1915 pan1930 zoom1944 1915 A. Lockett in B. E. Jones Cinematograph Bk. iv. 26 Tilting the camera causes convergence of upright lines. III. [ < tilt n.2 1] Senses relating to the exercise, sport, or contest of tilting. 5. a. intransitive. To engage in a tilt or joust; to joust. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contend [verb (intransitive)] winc888 fightc900 flitec900 wraxlec1000 wrestlea1200 cockc1225 conteckc1290 strivec1290 struta1300 topc1305 to have, hold, make, take strifec1374 stightlea1375 debatec1386 batea1400 strugglec1412 hurlc1440 ruffle1440 warc1460 warslea1500 pingle?a1513 contend1529 repugn1529 scruggle1530 sturtc1535 tuga1550 broilc1567 threap1572 yoke1581 bustle1585 bandy1594 tilt1595 combat1597 to go (also shake, try, wrestle) a fall1597 mutiny1597 militate1598 combatizec1600 scuffle1601 to run (or ride) a-tilt1608 wage1608 contesta1618 stickle1625 conflict1628 stickle1647 dispute1656 fence1665 contrast1672 scramble1696 to battle it1715 rug1832 grabble1835 buffet1839 tussle1862 pickeer1892 passage1895 tangle1928 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > joust or tilt [verb (intransitive)] playeOE bourdisec1320 joustc1330 copec1350 tourney1390 coup?a1400 joustenc1400 to joust of warc1400 to run togetherc1410 bourda1500 to fight at barriers1532 runa1533 to run at (the) tilt1548 jostle1580 tilt1595 to break a treea1600 to run (or ride) a-tilt1608 to run tilt1831 1595 T. Edwards Narcissus in Cephalus & Procris (1882) 62 Although he differs much from men Tilting under Frieries. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Courir la lance, to tilt, or, to run at tilt. 1622 in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) II. 305 He ran at the ring, and tilted with the Lord Montjoy. 1694 J. Collier Misc. iv. 37 'Tis not yet the Fashion for Women of Quality to Tilt. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 26 But in this tournament can no man tilt, Except the lady he loves best be there. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fence [verb (intransitive)] playeOE skirmisha1387 to play at bucklersa1500 swash1556 fencea1616 tilt1699 wrench1771 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew To tilt, to fight with a Rapier. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Tilt, to run at Tilts, to fence or thrust with Swords or Foils. c. transferred and figurative. To engage in a contest; to combat, encounter, contend (with); to strike or thrust at with a weapon, to charge or impinge against. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] assail?c1225 to set on ——c1290 saila1300 to turn one's handc1325 lashc1330 to set against ——c1330 impugnc1384 offendc1385 weighc1386 checka1400 to lay at?a1400 havec1400 to set at ——c1430 fraya1440 rehetea1450 besail1460 fray1465 tuilyie1487 assaulta1500 enterprise?1510 invade1513 sturt1513 attempt1546 lay1580 tilt1589 to fall aboard——1593 yoke1596 to let into1598 to fall foul1602 attack1655 do1780 to go in at1812 to pitch into ——1823 tackle1828 vampire1832 bushwhack1837 to go for ——1838 take1864 pile1867 volcano1867 to set about ——1879 vampirize1888 to get stuck into1910 to take to ——1911 weigh1941 rugby-tackle1967 rugger-tackle1967 society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > compete or rival [verb (intransitive)] envyc1369 to try (also play, prove, etc.) masteriesa1393 strive?c1450 pingle?a1513 marrow1567 corrive1586 contend1589 tilt1589 to drop vie(s)1599 to prove conclusions1601 to try (a) conclusion1601 rival1608 wage1608 campa1614 vie1615 buzzle1638 side1641 rival1656 urge1691 compete1796 rivalize1800 the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > strike at swipc1380 lasha1400 foundc1420 drivec1540 dent1580 tilt1589 snap1631 spar1755 peg1828 slap1842 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. I Her eyes were like the fierie torches tilting against the Moone. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 483 Loe, he is tilting straight. View more context for this quotation 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. i. 157 He tilts With piercing steele at bold Mercutios breast. View more context for this quotation 1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. i. 17 Against whose naked brest The surges tilted. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) London 194 With which Horn he tilteth at his prey. 1733 A. Pope 1st Satire 2nd Bk. Horace Imitated ii. i. 11 Satire's my Weapon, but I'm too discreet To run a Muck, and tilt at all I meet. 1809 N. Pinkney Trav. South of France 25 I resolved..never to tilt with a French lady in compliment. 1908 E. Fowler Between Trent & Ancholme 12 Coifi struck down the idol..tilting at it with his spear. d. To ‘charge’ into a place or on some one; to run against, rush or burst in, through, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and violently driveeOE fallOE reseOE routOE rashOE swip?c1225 weothec1275 startlec1300 lushc1330 swapc1386 brusha1400 spurna1400 buschc1400 frushc1400 rushc1405 rushle1553 rouse1582 hurl1609 powder1632 slash1689 stave1819 tilt1831 bulge1834 smash1835 storm1837 stream1847 ripsnort1932 slam1973 1831 T. L. Peacock Crotchet Castle xviii He..seized a long lance, threw open the gates, and tilted out on the rabble. 1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1857) ii. 21 Not at all sure that I might not tilt against old John in the dark. 1873 W. D. Howells Chance Acquaintance iv. 96 Tilting along through the crowd with a half-staggering run. 6. transitive (loose uses): a. To poise (the lance) for a thrust. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make attack [verb (intransitive)] onreseeOE onslayc1275 entera1425 to be upon (also on) a person's jack1588 endeavour?1589 to fall aboard1591 to let fly1611 strikea1616 to lift (up) the hand(s, (occasionally one's arm)1655 to fall on board (of)1658 tilt1708 to walk into ——1794 to run in1815 to peg it1834 to sail in1856 to wade in1863 to light in1868 to roll into ——1888 to make for ——1893 1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 603 Sons against Fathers tilt the fatal Lance. c1870 B. Harte Twenty Years in Poems (1886) 36 The apple-blooms shook on the hill; And the mullein-stalks tilted each lance. b. To tilt at; to rush at, charge; to drive or thrust by tilting. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > make hostile approach to runOE to seek on (also upon)c1230 pursuec1300 yerna1400 seek1487 visitc1515 coast1531 accost1597 to come at ——1601 to make against ——1628 to make at ——1637 tilt1796 rush1823 to come for ——1870 to move in1941 bum-rush1988 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > tilt at [verb (transitive)] runa1533 tilt1796 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 465 Shooting at a mark or tilting it with darts. 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall xxiv Never so happy as when they can tilt a gentleman logician out of his saddle. 1893 Cornhill Mag. June 597 The wood~cock often disport themselves,..tilting one another with ruffled plumage. c. To drive or thrust with violence. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > push > with force or violence thrustc1175 thrutchc1275 thringa1300 threstc1300 stetec1330 chok?a1400 runa1425 chop1562 tilt1582 jam1836 swag1958 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 11 A tempest..Oure ships to Libye land with rough extremitye tilted. 1694 J. Collier Misc. iv. 21 If it was the Custom to Tilt your Head against a Post. IV. [ < tilt-hammer n.] 7. transitive. To forge or work with a tilt-hammer. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > forge or shape > in specific way batterc1380 beat1483 peena1522 hammer1522 malleate1598 extenuate1599 upset1678 planish1688 to set down1703 foliate1704 raise1774 skelp1803 tilt1825 jump1851 cold-hammer1858 stub1869 upend1932 ding1939 coin1940 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 770 It is cast into ingots, which by gentle heating and careful hammering, are tilted into bars. 1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 241 All steel, whether cast or skear, which is to be used for the best articles, should be tilted to the strength required. 1889 Q. Rev. July 137 When ‘piled’ and ‘tilted’; that is..cut up into short lengths, laid in bundles, reheated, welded, and consolidated into a solid mass under the tilt hammer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tiltv.2 transitive. To cover with a tilt or awning. (Chiefly in past participle) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > seek (refuge) [verb (transitive)] > shelter > shelter from weather > with an awning tilt1499 teld?1553 awn1844 1499 [implied in: Promptorium Parvulorum (Pynson) sig. qvi/2 Teltinge, gaudacio. (at tilting n.2)]. 1568 V. Skinner tr. R. González de Montes Discouery Inquisition of Spayne f. 32v To row vpon the riuer in Barges tilted with purple and silke. 1587 M. Grove Pelops & Hippodamia (1878) 22 Omaus king doth stay Ere this time long in closet tilte To heare what we can say. 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 295 A great barke..very well tilted and dressed. 1818 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 87 479 Felt, with which they tilted their waggons. 1839 Sat. Mag. Supp., June 253/2 The cart is tilted with canes and straw neatly wattled. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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