To tilt; to fight with a sword. To run full tilt against one; allusion to the ancient tilling with the lance.
·noun A thrust, as with a lance. II. Tilt ·vt To point or thrust a weapon at. III. Tilt ·vt To poi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A small canopy extended over the stern-sheets of a boat, supported by iron or wood work, to keep off...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in iron works, which is lifted or tilted by projections or ...
·noun A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on. ...
·noun ·same·as Tip-up. ...
·noun A yard or place for tilting. ...
The popular name of the Sand-piper. See peet-weet. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
One expressly fitted like a tilt-waggon, to preserve powder or other fragile stores from the weather...