Noun
pitching dangerously to one side

Noun
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"

Noun
a slight but noticeable partiality; "the court''s tilt toward conservative rulings"

Noun
a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"

Noun
a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances

Verb
charge with a tilt

Verb
heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"

Verb
move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"

Verb
to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"

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n.
A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

n.
The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.

n.
A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat.

v. t.
To cover with a tilt, or awning.

v. t.
To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.

v. t.
To point or thrust, as a lance.

v. t.
To point or thrust a weapon at.

v. t.
To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile.

v. i.
To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances.

v. i.
To lean; to fall partly over; to tip.

n.
A thrust, as with a lance.

n.
A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament.

n.
See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary.

n.
Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask.

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Tilt

Tilt , n. [OE. telt (perhaps from the Danish), teld, AS. teld, geteld; akin to OD. telde, G. zelt, Icel. tjald, Sw. t'84lt, tj'84ll, Dan. telt, and ASThe beteldan to cover.] 1. A covering overhead; especially, a tent. Denham. 2. The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon. 3. (Naut.) A 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.

Tilt

Tilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tilting.] To cover with a tilt, or awning.

Tilt

Tilt, v. t. [OE. tilten, tulten, to totter, fall, AS. tealt unstable, precarious; akin to tealtrian to totter, to vacillate, D. tel amble, ambling pace, G. zelt, Icel. t'94lt an ambling pace, t'94lta to amble. Cf. Totter.] 1. To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel. 2. To point or thrust, as a lance.

Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance.

3. To point or thrust a weapon at. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. 4. To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile.

Tilt

Tilt, v. i. 1. To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances.

He tilts With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast.

Swords out, and tilting one at other's breast.

But in this tournament can no man tilt.

The fleet, swift tilting, o'er the urges flew.

2. To lean; to fall partly over; to tip.

The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward by the muscles of the back.

Tilt

Tilt , n. 1. A thrust, as with a lance. Addison. 2. A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament. 3. See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary. 4. Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask. Full tilt, with full force. Dampier.

A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

To cover with a tilt, or awning.

To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.

To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances.

A thrust, as with a lance.