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Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those of Croton Tiglium. [Written also tilly.]

A man who tills the earth; a husbandman. [Obs.] Tusser.

One of the Tillodontia.

formation. The species are related to the carnivores, ungulates, and rodents. Called also Tillodonta.

A bag made of thin glazed muslin, used as a wrapper for dress goods. McElrath.

See 3d Tiller.

e of contempt, or when anything said was reject as trifling or impertinent. [Written also tille-vally, tilly-fally, tille-fally, and otherwise.] Shak.

Floccillation.

cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat. Tilt boat (Naut.), a boat covered with canvas or other cloth. -- Tilt roof (Arch.), a round-headed roof, like the canopy of a wagon.

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.

A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on.

Same as Tip-up.

A yard or place for tilting. "The tilt-yard of Templestowe." Sir W. Scott.

One who tilts, or jousts; hence, one who fights. Let me alone to match your tilter. Glanville.

The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture; as, land is good tilth. The tilth and rank fertility of its golden youth. De Quincey.

The act of one who tilts; a tilt.

A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow.

Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.

Having acute lobes, as some leaves.

With almighty power.