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in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances. He tilts With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast. Shak. Swords out, and tilting one at other's breast. Shak. But in this tournament can no man tilt. Tennyson. The fleet, swift tilting, o'er the Pope.

A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware. "Tailors and tinkers." Piers Plowman.

y a carriage mounted on track rails. It is used esp. for setting heavy masonry blocks for piers, breakwaters, etc.

A knoll or hill. [Obs.] "A tower on a toft." Piers Plowman.

A toll gatherer. "Tollers in markets." Piers Plowman.

A projecting member resembling a tenon, but fitting into a mortise that is only sunk, not pierced through.

A shell longer than a deck-piercing shell, with thinner walls and a larger cavity for the bursting charge, which consists of about 130 pounds of high explosive. It has no soft cap, and is intended to effect its damage by the powerful explosion which follows on slight resistance. It is used chiefly in 12-inch mortars.…

To fasten; to take effect; to make impression. [R.] Strong waters pierce metals, and will touch upon gold, that will not touch upon silver. Bacon.

One who transcribes, or writes from a copy; a copier; a copyist.

To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as, to transfix one with a dart.

The act of transfixing, or the state of being transfixed, or pierced. Bp. Hall.

A viaduct, pier, scaffold, or the like, resting on trestles connected together.

In a triangular manner; in the form of a triangle. Dampier.

sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit. It is happier sometimes to be cheated than not to trust. Johnson. To trust in, To trust on, to place confidence in,; to rely on; to depend. "Trust in the Lord, and do good." Ps. xxxvii. 3. "A priest . . . on whom we trust." Chaucer. Her wi…

A long, narrow sword; a rapier. [Obs.] Shak. He wore large hose, and a tuck, as it was then called, or rapier, of tremendous length. Sir W. Scot.

rance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and serves as a gill.

The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation. Turret clock, a large clock adapted for an elevated position, as in the tower of a church. -- Turret head (Mach.), a vertical cylindrical revolving tool holder for bringing different tools into action successi…

One who catches turtles or tortoises. "The Jamaica turtlers." Dampier.

A treasurer; a keeper. "Tutour of your treasure." Piers Plowman.

To lose. [Obs. or Scot.] "His bliss gan he tyne." Piers Plowman. Sir W. Scott.