| slovo | definícia |
tilt
(mass) | tilt
- naraziť, posunúť |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,kymácet pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,nahnout pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,nachýlení Zdeněk Brož |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,nachýlit pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,naklánění Zdeněk Brož |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,naklánět pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,náklon pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,naklonění Zdeněk Brož |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,nakloněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,naklonit pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,narazit pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,posunout pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,překotit Zdeněk Brož |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,převrhnout Zdeněk Brož |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,sklápět Zdeněk Brož |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,sklon pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,sklopení Zdeněk Brož |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,sklopit pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,turnaj pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,útočit pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,vrazit pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,vyklápět pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,vyklopit pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
tilt
(encz) | tilt,zápas pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
Tilt
(gcide) | Tilt \Tilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tilted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tilting.]
To cover with a tilt, or awning.
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Tilt
(gcide) | Tilt \Tilt\, v. t. [OE. tilten, tulten, to totter, fall, AS.
tealt unstable, precarious; akin to tealtrian to totter, to
vacillate, D. tel amble, ambling pace, G. zelt, Icel. t["o]lt
an ambling pace, t["o]lta to amble. Cf. Totter.]
1. To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging
liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.
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2. To point or thrust, as a lance.
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Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance. --J.
Philips.
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3. To point or thrust a weapon at. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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4. To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel
in order to render it more ductile.
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Tilt
(gcide) | Tilt \Tilt\ (t[i^]lt), n. [OE. telt (perhaps from the Danish),
teld, AS. teld, geteld; akin to OD. telde, G. zelt, Icel.
tjald, Sw. t[aum]lt, tj[aum]ll, Dan. telt, and AS. beteldan
to cover.]
1. A covering overhead; especially, a tent. --Denham.
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2. The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.
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3. (Naut.) A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning
extended over the sternsheets of a boat.
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Tilt boat (Naut.), a boat covered with canvas or other
cloth.
Tilt roof (Arch.), a round-headed roof, like the canopy of
a wagon.
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Tilt
(gcide) | Tilt \Tilt\, n.
1. A thrust, as with a lance. --Addison.
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2. A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants
attacked each other with lances; a tournament.
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3. See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary.
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4. Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask.
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Full tilt, with full force. --Dampier.
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Tilt
(gcide) | Tilt \Tilt\, v. i.
1. To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the
military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a
combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to
engage in any combat or movement resembling that of
horsemen tilting with lances.
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He tilts
With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast.
--Shak.
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Swords out, and tilting one at other's breast.
--Shak.
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But in this tournament can no man tilt. --Tennyson.
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The fleet, swift tilting, o'er the ?urges flew.
--Pope.
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2. To lean; to fall partly over; to tip.
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The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward
by the muscles of the back. --Grew.
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tilt
(wn) | tilt
n 1: a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each
other with blunted lances [syn: joust, tilt]
2: a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong
disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
[syn: controversy, contention, contestation,
disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing]
3: a slight but noticeable partiality; "the court's tilt toward
conservative rulings"
4: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from
the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship
developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy
inclination to the right" [syn: tilt, list,
inclination, lean, leaning]
5: pitching dangerously to one side [syn: rock, careen,
sway, tilt]
v 1: to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned
over the banister" [syn: lean, tilt, tip, slant,
angle]
2: heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
[syn: cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch]
3: move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out
of control" [syn: careen, wobble, shift, tilt]
4: charge with a tilt |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
full tilt
(encz) | full tilt,na plné obrátky Zdeněk Brož |
stilt
(encz) | stilt,chůda n: Zdeněk Brožstilt,kůl n: Zdeněk Brožstilt,podpěra [stav.] Oldřich Švec |
stilt plover
(encz) | stilt plover, n: |
stiltbird
(encz) | stiltbird, n: |
stilted
(encz) | stilted,afektovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožstilted,naškrobený adj: Jakub Kalousek; BOAstilted,škrobený adj: i přeneseně web |
stiltedly
(encz) | stiltedly, adv: |
stilton
(encz) | stilton,stiltonský sýr n: stilton cheese, podobný přípravou "nivě", ale
není plesnivý monkey(s) |
stilts
(encz) | stilts,chůdy n: Rostislav Svoboda |
table tilting
(encz) | table tilting, n: |
tilt angle
(encz) | tilt angle, n: |
tilt-top table
(encz) | tilt-top table, n: |
tilted
(encz) | tilted,nakloněný adj: Zdeněk Brožtilted,vydlážděný adj: Zdeněk Brožtilted,vychýlený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tilter
(encz) | tilter,sklápěč Zdeněk Brožtilter,vyklápěč Zdeněk Brož |
tilth
(encz) | tilth,obdělávaná půda Zdeněk Brožtilth,orba n: Zdeněk Brož |
tilting
(encz) | tilting,dláždění n: Zdeněk Brožtilting,dlaždice n: Zdeněk Brožtilting,klopení n: Zdeněk Brožtilting,naklánění n: Zdeněk Brož |
tilting board
(encz) | tilting board, n: |
tiltyard
(encz) | tiltyard, n: |
tip-tilted
(encz) | tip-tilted, adj: |
unstilted
(encz) | unstilted, adj: |
white-headed stilt
(encz) | white-headed stilt, n: |
stiltonský sýr
(czen) | stiltonský sýr,stiltonn: stilton cheese, podobný přípravou "nivě", ale
není plesnivý monkey(s) |
Atilt
(gcide) | Atilt \A*tilt"\, adv. [Pref. a- + tilt.]
1. In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the
action, of one making a thrust. "To run atilt at men."
--Hudibras.
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2. In the position of a cask tilted, or with one end raised.
Note: [In this sense sometimes used as an adjective.]
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Abroach, atilt, and run
Even to the lees of honor. --Beau. & Fl.
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Full tilt
(gcide) | Tilt \Tilt\, n.
1. A thrust, as with a lance. --Addison.
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2. A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants
attacked each other with lances; a tournament.
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3. See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary.
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4. Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask.
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Full tilt, with full force. --Dampier.
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Mniotilta varia
(gcide) | Warbler \War"bler\, n.
1. One who, or that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; --
applied chiefly to birds.
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In lulling strains the feathered warblers woo.
--Tickell.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small Old World
singing birds belonging to the family Sylviidae, many of
which are noted songsters. The bluethroat, blackcap, reed
warbler (see under Reed), and sedge warbler (see under
Sedge) are well-known species.
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3. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small, often bright
colored, American singing birds of the family or subfamily
Mniotiltidae, or Sylvicolinae. They are allied to the
Old World warblers, but most of them are not particularly
musical.
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Note: The American warblers are often divided, according to
their habits, into bush warblers, creeping warblers,
fly-catching warblers, ground warblers, wood warblers,
wormeating warblers, etc.
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Bush warbler (Zool.) any American warbler of the genus
Opornis, as the Connecticut warbler (Opornis agilis).
Creeping warbler (Zool.), any one of several species of
very small American warblers belonging to Parula,
Mniotilta, and allied genera, as the blue yellow-backed
warbler (Parula Americana), and the black-and-white
creeper (Mniotilta varia).
Fly-catching warbler (Zool.), any one of several species of
warblers belonging to Setophaga, Sylvania, and allied
genera having the bill hooked and notched at the tip, with
strong rictal bristles at the base, as the hooded warbler
(Sylvania mitrata), the black-capped warbler ({Sylvania
pusilla}), the Canadian warbler (Sylvania Canadensis),
and the American redstart (see Redstart).
Ground warbler (Zool.), any American warbler of the genus
Geothlypis, as the mourning ground warbler ({Geothlypis
Philadelphia}), and the Maryland yellowthroat (see
Yellowthroat).
Wood warbler (Zool.), any one of numerous American warblers
of the genus Dendroica. Among the most common wood
warblers in the Eastern States are the yellowbird, or
yellow warbler (see under Yellow), the black-throated
green warbler (Dendroica virens), the yellow-rumped
warbler (Dendroica coronata), the blackpoll ({Dendroica
striata}), the bay-breasted warbler ({Dendroica
castanea}), the chestnut-sided warbler ({Dendroica
Pennsylvanica}), the Cape May warbler ({Dendroica
tigrina}), the prairie warbler (see under Prairie), and
the pine warbler (Dendroica pinus). See also {Magnolia
warbler}, under Magnolia, and Blackburnian warbler.
[1913 Webster]Creeper \Creep"er\ (kr[=e]p"[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing.
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Standing waters are most unwholesome, . . . full of
mites, creepers; slimy, muddy, unclean. --Burton.
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2. (Bot.) A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to
the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper
(Ampelopsis quinquefolia).
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3. (Zool.) A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the
wrens. The brown or common European creeper is {Certhia
familiaris}, a variety of which (var. Americana) inhabits
America; -- called also tree creeper and creeptree.
The American black and white creeper is Mniotilta varia.
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4. A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead
of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe
to prevent one from slipping.
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5. pl. A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables
one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often {telegraph
creepers}.
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6. A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
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7. pl. An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at
the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and
bringing up what may lie there.
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8. Any device for causing material to move steadily from one
part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding
machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.
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9. pl. (Arch.) Crockets. See Crocket.
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Overtilt
(gcide) | Overtilt \O`ver*tilt"\ ([=o]`v[~e]r*t[i^]lt"), v. t.
To tilt over; to overturn.
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Sotilte
(gcide) | Sotilte \So"til*te\, n.
Subtlety. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Stilt
(gcide) | Stilt \Stilt\, n. [OE. stilte; akin to Dan. stylte, Sw. stylta,
LG. & D. stelt, OHG. stelza, G. stelze, and perh. to E.
stout.]
1. A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop
to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is
sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged
upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
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Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
--Landor.
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2. A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
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3. (Zool.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to
Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are
remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks,
stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.
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Note: The American species (Himantopus Mexicanus) is well
known. The European and Asiatic stilt ({Himantopus
candidus}) is usually white, except the wings and
interscapulars, which are greenish black. The
white-headed stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus) and the
banded stilt (Cladorhynchus pectoralis) are found in
Australia.
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Stilt plover (Zool.), the stilt.
Stilt sandpiper (Zool.), an American sandpiper
(Micropalama himantopus) having long legs. The bill is
somewhat expanded at the tip.
[1913 Webster]Stilt \Stilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stilted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stilting.]
To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.
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Stilt plover
(gcide) | Stilt \Stilt\, n. [OE. stilte; akin to Dan. stylte, Sw. stylta,
LG. & D. stelt, OHG. stelza, G. stelze, and perh. to E.
stout.]
1. A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop
to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is
sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged
upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
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Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
--Landor.
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2. A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
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3. (Zool.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to
Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are
remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks,
stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.
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Note: The American species (Himantopus Mexicanus) is well
known. The European and Asiatic stilt ({Himantopus
candidus}) is usually white, except the wings and
interscapulars, which are greenish black. The
white-headed stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus) and the
banded stilt (Cladorhynchus pectoralis) are found in
Australia.
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Stilt plover (Zool.), the stilt.
Stilt sandpiper (Zool.), an American sandpiper
(Micropalama himantopus) having long legs. The bill is
somewhat expanded at the tip.
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stilt plover
(gcide) | Stilt \Stilt\, n. [OE. stilte; akin to Dan. stylte, Sw. stylta,
LG. & D. stelt, OHG. stelza, G. stelze, and perh. to E.
stout.]
1. A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop
to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is
sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged
upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
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Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
--Landor.
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2. A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
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3. (Zool.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to
Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are
remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks,
stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.
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Note: The American species (Himantopus Mexicanus) is well
known. The European and Asiatic stilt ({Himantopus
candidus}) is usually white, except the wings and
interscapulars, which are greenish black. The
white-headed stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus) and the
banded stilt (Cladorhynchus pectoralis) are found in
Australia.
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Stilt plover (Zool.), the stilt.
Stilt sandpiper (Zool.), an American sandpiper
(Micropalama himantopus) having long legs. The bill is
somewhat expanded at the tip.
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Stilt sandpiper
(gcide) | Sandpiper \Sand"pi`per\, n.
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline
game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas,
Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family
Tringidae.
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Note: The most important North American species are the
pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also
brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the
red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin
(Tringa alpina); the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
maritima}: the red-breasted sandpiper, or knot ({Tringa
canutus}); the semipalmated sandpiper ({Ereunetes
pusillus}); the spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail
(Actitis macularia); the buff-breasted sandpiper
(Tryngites subruficollis), and the Bartramian
sandpiper, or upland plover. See under Upland. Among
the European species are the dunlin, the knot, the
ruff, the sanderling, and the common sandpiper
(Actitis hypoleucus syn. Tringoides hypoleucus),
called also fiddler, peeper, pleeps, weet-weet,
and summer snipe. Some of the small plovers and
tattlers are also called sandpipers.
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2. (Zool.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
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Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew.
Stilt sandpiper. See under Stilt.
[1913 Webster]Stilt \Stilt\, n. [OE. stilte; akin to Dan. stylte, Sw. stylta,
LG. & D. stelt, OHG. stelza, G. stelze, and perh. to E.
stout.]
1. A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop
to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is
sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged
upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
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Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
--Landor.
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2. A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
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3. (Zool.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to
Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are
remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks,
stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.
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Note: The American species (Himantopus Mexicanus) is well
known. The European and Asiatic stilt ({Himantopus
candidus}) is usually white, except the wings and
interscapulars, which are greenish black. The
white-headed stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus) and the
banded stilt (Cladorhynchus pectoralis) are found in
Australia.
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Stilt plover (Zool.), the stilt.
Stilt sandpiper (Zool.), an American sandpiper
(Micropalama himantopus) having long legs. The bill is
somewhat expanded at the tip.
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stiltbird
(gcide) | Stilt \Stilt\, n. [OE. stilte; akin to Dan. stylte, Sw. stylta,
LG. & D. stelt, OHG. stelza, G. stelze, and perh. to E.
stout.]
1. A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop
to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is
sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged
upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
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Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
--Landor.
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2. A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
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3. (Zool.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to
Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are
remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks,
stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.
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Note: The American species (Himantopus Mexicanus) is well
known. The European and Asiatic stilt ({Himantopus
candidus}) is usually white, except the wings and
interscapulars, which are greenish black. The
white-headed stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus) and the
banded stilt (Cladorhynchus pectoralis) are found in
Australia.
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Stilt plover (Zool.), the stilt.
Stilt sandpiper (Zool.), an American sandpiper
(Micropalama himantopus) having long legs. The bill is
somewhat expanded at the tip.
[1913 Webster]Stiltbird \Stilt"bird`\, n. (Zool.)
See Stilt, n., 3.
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Stiltbird
(gcide) | Stilt \Stilt\, n. [OE. stilte; akin to Dan. stylte, Sw. stylta,
LG. & D. stelt, OHG. stelza, G. stelze, and perh. to E.
stout.]
1. A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop
to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is
sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged
upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
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Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked.
--Landor.
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2. A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
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3. (Zool.) Any species of limicoline birds belonging to
Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are
remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks,
stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.
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Note: The American species (Himantopus Mexicanus) is well
known. The European and Asiatic stilt ({Himantopus
candidus}) is usually white, except the wings and
interscapulars, which are greenish black. The
white-headed stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus) and the
banded stilt (Cladorhynchus pectoralis) are found in
Australia.
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Stilt plover (Zool.), the stilt.
Stilt sandpiper (Zool.), an American sandpiper
(Micropalama himantopus) having long legs. The bill is
somewhat expanded at the tip.
[1913 Webster]Stiltbird \Stilt"bird`\, n. (Zool.)
See Stilt, n., 3.
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Stilted
(gcide) | Stilt \Stilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stilted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stilting.]
To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.
[1913 Webster]Stilted \Stilt"ed\, a.
Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a
stilted style; stilted declamation.
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Stilted arch (Arch.), an arch in which the springing line
is some distance above the impost, the space between being
occupied by a vertical member, molded or ornamented, as a
continuation of the archivolt, intrados, etc.
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Stilted arch
(gcide) | Stilted \Stilt"ed\, a.
Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a
stilted style; stilted declamation.
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Stilted arch (Arch.), an arch in which the springing line
is some distance above the impost, the space between being
occupied by a vertical member, molded or ornamented, as a
continuation of the archivolt, intrados, etc.
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Stiltify
(gcide) | Stiltify \Stilt"i*fy\, v. t. [Stilt + -fy.]
To raise upon stilts, or as upon stilts; to stilt.
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Stilting
(gcide) | Stilt \Stilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stilted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stilting.]
To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.
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Stilton
(gcide) | Stilton cheese \Stil"ton cheese"\, or Stilton \Stil"ton\, n.
A peculiarly flavored unpressed cheese made from milk with
cream added; -- so called from the village or parish of
Stilton, England, where it was originally made. It is very
rich in fat.
Thus, in the outset he was gastronomic; discussed the
dinner from the soup to the stilton. --C. Lever.
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Stilton cheese
(gcide) | Stilton cheese \Stil"ton cheese"\, or Stilton \Stil"ton\, n.
A peculiarly flavored unpressed cheese made from milk with
cream added; -- so called from the village or parish of
Stilton, England, where it was originally made. It is very
rich in fat.
Thus, in the outset he was gastronomic; discussed the
dinner from the soup to the stilton. --C. Lever.
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Stilty
(gcide) | Stilty \Stilt"y\, a.
Unreasonably elevated; pompous; stilted; as, a stilty style.
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Subtilty
(gcide) | Subtilty \Sub"til*ty\, n. [Contr. fr. subtility.]
1. The quality or state of being subtile; thinness; fineness;
as, the subtility of air or light.
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2. Refinement; extreme acuteness; subtlety.
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Intelligible discourses are spoiled by too much
subtility in nice divisions. --Locke.
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3. Cunning; skill; craft. [Obs.]
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To learn a lewd man this subtility. --Chaucer.
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4. Slyness in design; artifice; guile; a cunning design or
artifice; a trick; subtlety.
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O full of all subtility and all mischief. --Acts
xiii. 10.
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Note: In senses 2, 3, and 4 the word is more commonly written
subtlety.
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Tilt
(gcide) | Tilt \Tilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tilted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tilting.]
To cover with a tilt, or awning.
[1913 Webster]Tilt \Tilt\, v. t. [OE. tilten, tulten, to totter, fall, AS.
tealt unstable, precarious; akin to tealtrian to totter, to
vacillate, D. tel amble, ambling pace, G. zelt, Icel. t["o]lt
an ambling pace, t["o]lta to amble. Cf. Totter.]
1. To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging
liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.
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2. To point or thrust, as a lance.
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Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance. --J.
Philips.
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3. To point or thrust a weapon at. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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4. To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel
in order to render it more ductile.
[1913 Webster]Tilt \Tilt\ (t[i^]lt), n. [OE. telt (perhaps from the Danish),
teld, AS. teld, geteld; akin to OD. telde, G. zelt, Icel.
tjald, Sw. t[aum]lt, tj[aum]ll, Dan. telt, and AS. beteldan
to cover.]
1. A covering overhead; especially, a tent. --Denham.
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2. The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.
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3. (Naut.) A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning
extended over the sternsheets of a boat.
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Tilt boat (Naut.), a boat covered with canvas or other
cloth.
Tilt roof (Arch.), a round-headed roof, like the canopy of
a wagon.
[1913 Webster]Tilt \Tilt\, n.
1. A thrust, as with a lance. --Addison.
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2. A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants
attacked each other with lances; a tournament.
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3. See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary.
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4. Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask.
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Full tilt, with full force. --Dampier.
[1913 Webster]Tilt \Tilt\, v. i.
1. To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the
military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a
combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to
engage in any combat or movement resembling that of
horsemen tilting with lances.
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He tilts
With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast.
--Shak.
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Swords out, and tilting one at other's breast.
--Shak.
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But in this tournament can no man tilt. --Tennyson.
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The fleet, swift tilting, o'er the ?urges flew.
--Pope.
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2. To lean; to fall partly over; to tip.
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The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward
by the muscles of the back. --Grew.
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Tilt boat
(gcide) | Tilt \Tilt\ (t[i^]lt), n. [OE. telt (perhaps from the Danish),
teld, AS. teld, geteld; akin to OD. telde, G. zelt, Icel.
tjald, Sw. t[aum]lt, tj[aum]ll, Dan. telt, and AS. beteldan
to cover.]
1. A covering overhead; especially, a tent. --Denham.
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2. The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.
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3. (Naut.) A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning
extended over the sternsheets of a boat.
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Tilt boat (Naut.), a boat covered with canvas or other
cloth.
Tilt roof (Arch.), a round-headed roof, like the canopy of
a wagon.
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Tilt hammer
(gcide) | Tilt hammer \Tilt" ham`mer\
A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in iron works, which is
lifted or tilted by projections or wipers on a revolving
shaft; a trip hammer.
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Tilt roof
(gcide) | Tilt \Tilt\ (t[i^]lt), n. [OE. telt (perhaps from the Danish),
teld, AS. teld, geteld; akin to OD. telde, G. zelt, Icel.
tjald, Sw. t[aum]lt, tj[aum]ll, Dan. telt, and AS. beteldan
to cover.]
1. A covering overhead; especially, a tent. --Denham.
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2. The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.
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3. (Naut.) A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning
extended over the sternsheets of a boat.
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Tilt boat (Naut.), a boat covered with canvas or other
cloth.
Tilt roof (Arch.), a round-headed roof, like the canopy of
a wagon.
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Tilted
(gcide) | Tilt \Tilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tilted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tilting.]
To cover with a tilt, or awning.
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Tilter
(gcide) | Tilter \Tilt"er\, n.
1. One who tilts, or jousts; hence, one who fights.
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Let me alone to match your tilter. --Glanville.
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2. One who operates a tilt hammer.
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Tilth
(gcide) | Tilth \Tilth\, n. [AS. til?, fr. tilian to till. See Till to
cultivate.]
1. The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop;
culture; as, land is good tilth.
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The tilth and rank fertility of its golden youth.
--De Quincey.
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2. That which is tilled; tillage ground. [R.]
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And so by tilth and grange . . .
We gained the mother city. --Tennyson.
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Tilting
(gcide) | Tilt \Tilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tilted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tilting.]
To cover with a tilt, or awning.
[1913 Webster]Tilting \Tilt"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who tilts; a tilt.
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2. The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by
being forged with a tilt hammer.
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Tilting helmet, a helmet of large size and unusual weight
and strength, worn at tilts.
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Tilting helmet
(gcide) | Tilting \Tilt"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who tilts; a tilt.
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2. The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by
being forged with a tilt hammer.
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Tilting helmet, a helmet of large size and unusual weight
and strength, worn at tilts.
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Tilt-mill
(gcide) | Tilt-mill \Tilt"-mill`\, n.
A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of
tilting is carried on.
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Tilt-up
(gcide) | Tilt-up \Tilt"-up`\, n. (Zool.)
Same as Tip-up.
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Tilt-yard
(gcide) | Tilt-yard \Tilt"-yard`\, n.
A yard or place for tilting. "The tilt-yard of Templestowe."
--Sir W. Scott.
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atilt
(wn) | atilt
adj 1: departing or being caused to depart from the true
vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the
headstones were tilted" [syn: atilt, canted,
leaning, tilted, tipped] |
australian stilt
(wn) | Australian stilt
n 1: long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of
Australia [syn: stilt, Australian stilt] |
banded stilt
(wn) | banded stilt
n 1: web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral
markings [syn: banded stilt, {Cladorhyncus
leucocephalum}] |
black-necked stilt
(wn) | black-necked stilt
n 1: stilt of southwestern United States to northern South
America having black plumage extending from the head down
the back of the neck [syn: black-necked stilt,
Himantopus mexicanus] |
black-winged stilt
(wn) | black-winged stilt
n 1: stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white
plumage but with black wings [syn: black-winged stilt,
Himantopus himantopus] |
himantopus stilt
(wn) | Himantopus stilt
n 1: long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of
inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons [syn: stilt,
stiltbird, longlegs, long-legs, stilt plover,
Himantopus stilt] |
rumpelstiltskin
(wn) | Rumpelstiltskin
n 1: a dwarf in one of the fairy stories of the brothers Grimm;
tells a woman he will not hold her to a promise if she can
guess his name and when she discovers it he is so furious
that he destroys himself |
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