Category:Tile

Tile, v. t. Etym: [see 2d tiler.]

Defn: to protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.

Tile Tile, n. Etym: [oe. tile, tigel, as. tigel, tigol, fr. L. tegula, From tegere to cover. See thatch, and cf. Tegular.]

1. A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs Of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mantel Works.

2. (arch.) (a) a small slab of marble or other material used for flooring. (b) a plate of metal used for roofing.

3. (metal.)

Defn: a small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to Cover vessels in which metals are fused.

4. A draintile.

5. A stiff hat. [colloq.] Dickens. Tile drain, a drain made of tiles. -- tile earth, a species of strong, clayey earth; stiff and stubborn Land. [prov. Eng.] -- tile kiln, a kiln in which tiles are burnt; a Tilery. -- tile ore (min.), an earthy variety of cuprite. -- tile red, light red like the color of tiles or bricks. -- tile tea, a kind of hard, flat brick tea. See brick tea, under Brick.

Tile Tile, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tiling.]

1. To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.

2. Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles. The muscle, sinew, and vein, which tile this house, will come again. Donne.