Tilt
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

2. (n.) The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.

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

4. (v. t.) To cover with a tilt, or awning.

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

6. (v. t.) To point or thrust, as a lance.

7. (v. t.) To point or thrust a weapon at.

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

9. (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.

10. (v. i.) To lean; to fall partly over; to tip.

11. (n.) A thrust, as with a lance.

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

13. (n.) See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary.

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

Library

Paul at Athens
... I. We have, first, the conciliatory prelude. It is always a mistake for the apostle
of a new truth to begin by running a tilt at old errors. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/paul at athens.htm

The Death of Saint Andrew.
... A grand tournament was also given in Saint Andrew's honour, at which the aged Knight
sat as umpire, though he wisely refrained from running a tilt, much as his ...
/.../kingston/the seven champions of christendom/chapter twenty the death of.htm

The Knight of God
... "I go forth," he said, "to gather. Many a knight and noble bold,. They shall tilt
at joust and tourney,. Whilst fair eyes behold. And the bravest and the noblest ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bevan/three friends of god/chapter lii the knight of.htm

Prayerful About Everything.
... anxiety upon Him because He careth for you."[22] The force of the French version
is said to be "unloading your anxiety upon Him." Back the cart up, tilt it over ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on service/prayerful about everything.htm

The Tragic Break in the Plan.
... fresh tilt over Sabbath question, Luke 13:10-17."cunning attempt to get Him into
Judea, Luke 13:31."Feast of Dedication, John 10:22-40."Lazarus, John 11:1 ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks about jesus/3 the tragic break in.htm

The Knight of God
... "I go forth," he said, "to gather. Many a knight and noble bold; They shall tilt
at joust and tourney,. Whilst fair eyes behold. "And the bravest and the noblest ...
/.../bevan/hymns of ter steegen suso and others/the knight of god.htm

The Warfare of Christian Service
... that Lord, and has felt that His commandments are the supreme authority in his own
individual life, when he goes out into society, comes full tilt against a ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the warfare of christian service.htm

The Murderous Rejection.
... A tempting lawyer's question brings out the beautiful Samaritan parable. The old
Sabbath question provokes a fresh tilt with a synagogue ruler. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks about jesus/the murderous rejection.htm

The Bible --The Background and the Picture.
... Such is its wonderful latitude and longitude that, in order to carry it out, it
sometimes becomes necessary to tilt a nation into a sea of blood and replace it ...
/.../the biblethe background and the.htm

Fourth Tractate. Our Tutelary Spirit.
... spirit of the previous life pays the penalty: the evil-liver loses grade because
during his life the active principle of his being took the tilt towards the ...
/.../plotinus/the six enneads/fourth tractate our tutelary spirit.htm

Thesaurus
Tilt (2 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To cover with a tilt, or awning. 5. (vt) To incline; to tip; to raise
one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel. ...
/t/tilt.htm - 8k

Tilters (1 Occurrence)
... Jeremiah 48:12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send
unto him them that tilt up, and they shall tilt him up; and they shall empty ...
/t/tilters.htm - 6k

Tilting (1 Occurrence)
... & vb. n.) of Tilt. 2. (n.) The act of one who tilts; a tilt. 3. (n.) The process
by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer. ...
/t/tilting.htm - 7k

Shatter (26 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 48:12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send
unto him them that tilt up, and they shall tilt him up; and they shall empty ...
/s/shatter.htm - 14k

Loop
... 11). Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A mass of iron in a pasty condition
gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls. 2. (n ...
/l/loop.htm - 7k

Tip (17 Occurrences)
... 9. (vt) To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask;
to tip a cart. 10. (vi) To fall on, or incline to, one side. 11. ...
/t/tip.htm - 13k

Tilon (1 Occurrence)

/t/tilon.htm - 6k

Resources
What is the Majority Text? | GotQuestions.org

Tilt: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Tilt (2 Occurrences)

Job 38:37
Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 48:12
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will send unto him them that pour off, and they shall pour him off; and they shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles in pieces.
(See JPS RSV)

Subtopics

Tilt

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Tilters (1 Occurrence)

Tilting (1 Occurrence)

Shatter (26 Occurrences)

Loop

Tip (17 Occurrences)

Tilon (1 Occurrence)

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