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Tilt
·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
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tilt
To tilt; to fight with a sword. To run full tilt against one; allusion to the ancient tilling with t...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tilt
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
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Mill
·noun To beat with the fists.
II. Mill ·noun To roll into bars, as steel.
III. Mill ·noun A <<Pugi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Mill
For grinding corn, mentioned as used in the time of Abraham (Gen. 18:6). That used by the Hebrews co...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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mill
A chisel.
to mill
To rob; also to break, beat out, or kill. I'll mill your glaze; I'll beat out yo...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mill
A boxing match, whether standing up or nailed to a chest.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Mill
The mills of the ancient Hebrews probably differed but little from those at present in use in the Ea...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Tilt hammer
·- A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in iron works, which is lifted or tilted by projections or ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tilt-up
·noun ·same·as Tip-up.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tilt-yard
·noun A yard or place for tilting.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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tilt-up
The popular name of the Sand-piper. See peet-weet.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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tilt-boat
One expressly fitted like a tilt-waggon, to preserve powder or other fragile stores from the weather...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Barker's mill
·- A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Craze-mill
·noun ·Alt. of Crazing-mill.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Crazing-mill
·noun A mill for grinding tin ore.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Mill-cake
·noun The incorporated materials for gunpowder, in the form of a dense mass or cake, ready to be sub...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Mill-sixpence
·noun A milled sixpence;
— the sixpence being one of the first English coins milled (1561).
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Walk-mill
·noun A fulling mill.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Water mill
·- A mill whose machinery is moved by water;
— distinguished from a windmill, and a steam mill.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Mill, James
(1773-1836)
Philosopher and historian, s. of a shoemaker, was b. at Montrose, and showing signs of ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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The Horse Mill
Tenement called "le Horsmylle" in Graschirchstrete in parish of St. Peter upon Cornhulle granted to ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Mill Alley
See Great Bell Alley, Coleman Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Mill Bridge
In St. Catherine's Thames Street (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
Qy. = Mille Dock.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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mill lay
To force open the doors of houses in order to rob them.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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water-mill
A woman's private parts.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wind-mill
The fundament. She has no fortune but her mills; i.e. she has nothing but her **** and a*se.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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flouring-mill
A grist mill.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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boltin-mill
a hand-mill. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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mill-holms
watery places about a mill-dam. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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smilting-mill
a furnace for melting lead-ore. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Mill, John Stuart
(1806-1873)
Philosopher, s. of the above, b. in London, was ed. by his f. with the view of making h...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Wind Mill Alley
West out of Minories. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677).
Site now occupied by offices and business...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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to go through the mill
A metaphor alluding to grain which has been through the mill. A Western editor observed that the mai...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.