tilt : Idioms & Phrases
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Full tilt
- with full force.
Webster 1913
table tilting
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noun manipulation of a table during a seance; attributed to spirits
table turning; table lifting; table tipping.
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tilt angle
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noun the angle a rocket makes with the vertical as it curves along its trajectory
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Tilt boat
(Naut.) , a boat covered with canvas or other cloth.
Webster 1913
tilt hammer
Tilt" ham`mer
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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.
Webster 1913
Tilt roof
(Arch.) , a round-headed roof, like the canopy of a wagon.
Webster 1913
tilt-mill
Tilt"-mill` noun
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A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on.
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tilt-top table
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noun a pedestal table whose top is hinged so that it can be tilted to a vertical position
tip-top table; tip table.
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tilt-up
Tilt"-up` noun
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(Zoöl.) Same as Tip-up .
Webster 1913
tilt-yard
Tilt"-yard` noun
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A yard or place for tilting. "The tilt-yard of Templestowe." Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1913
tilting board
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noun a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
teeter; teeter-totter; teetertotter; seesaw; dandle board; teeterboard.
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tip-tilted
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adjective satellite (used of noses) turned up at the end
retrousse; upturned.
- a retrousse nose
- a small upturned nose