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T0215400 (tĭlt)v. tilt·ed, tilt·ing, tilts v.tr.1. To cause to slope, as by raising one end; incline: tilt a soup bowl; tilt a chair backward. See Synonyms at slant.2. To cause to be advantageous to one party rather than another: a development that tilted the balance of trade in their favor.3. a. To aim or thrust (a lance) in a joust.b. To charge (an opponent); attack.4. To forge with a tilt hammer.v.intr.1. To slope; incline: The field tilts toward the river.2. To have a preference, favor, or be inclined toward something: She recently tilted toward vegetarianism.3. To be advantageous to one side over another, as in a dispute: "The battle ... was beginning to tilt again in the Confederates' favor" (Stephen W. Sears).4. a. To fight with lances; joust.b. To engage in a combat or struggle; fight: tilting at injustices.n.1. The act of tilting or the condition of being tilted.2. a. An inclination from the horizontal or vertical; a slant: adjusting the tilt of a writing table.b. A sloping surface, as of the ground.3. a. A tendency to favor one side in a dispute: the court's tilt toward conservative rulings.b. A preference, inclination, or bias: "pitilessly illuminates the inaccuracies and tilts of the press" (Nat Hentoff).4. a. A medieval sport in which two mounted knights with lances charged together and attempted to unhorse one another.b. A thrust or blow with a lance.5. A combat, especially a verbal one; a debate.6. A tilt hammer.7. New England See seesaw.Idioms: at full tilt At full speed: a tank moving at full tilt. on tilt In a reckless manner, especially playing poker recklessly after experiencing bad or good luck.

[Middle English tilten, to cause to fall, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

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T0215400 (tĭlt)n. A canopy or an awning for a boat, wagon, or cart.tr.v. tilt·ed, tilt·ing, tilts To cover (a vehicle) with a canopy or an awning.

[Middle English telte, tent, from Old English teld.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tilter - someone who engages in a tilt or joustchallenger, competitor, contender, rival, competition - the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
	2.	tilter - a device for emptying a cask by tilting it without disturbing the dregsdevice - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"

Tilter

(Russian kantomtel’; from Polish kantować, German kanten, “to turn over”), a mechanism for turning over (tilting) objects during their manufacture, transport, or packing. Tilters are used in forging and pressing shops, foundries, and other types of shops, as well as at warehouses for loading and unloading operations and at places where various products are packed.

The simplest chain tilter, which is used in forge shops, is suspended from the hook of an overhead-travel hoisting crane. An electric motor with a worm reducer, mounted on a rectangular frame, has an output shaft with a sprocket that drives a closed chain loop. A forging is attached to the chain and turns when the chain is moved. These tilters have load lifting capacities of up to 200 tons. More complex tilters known as manipulators (suspended and ground types) are widely used in forging and rolling shops. Suspension-type manipulators are mounted on a monorail trolley that moves along the shop on a rail located beneath the ceiling. The ground-type manipulator is a traveling bridge along which a yoke with pincer-type holding devices moves in a horizontal direction. The yoke can rotate around its own axis and can move vertically. These tilters have lifting capacities ranging from 0.75 to 75 tons.

Tilters consisting of two roller conveyers inclined at an angle, each of which can be turned to a horizontal position, are used for tilting rolls made of sheet steel. Such tilters as crank-guide swivel heads, lever mechanisms, and turning carriages are used during the welding of complex frames, beams, tanks, and the like. Tilters in the form of pushers and pull-out devices, which turn boxes moving on a conveyer by 90°, are used in machinesfor packing finished products into containers, boxes, liners, andso on. The use of tilters with vacuum-type holding devices willmake possible the handling of sheet-type, flat-type, and other types of components (for instance, in printing, light industry, and the food industry).

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