Category:Tiller

Till"er, n. Etym: [from till, v. t.]

Defn: one who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.

Tiller Till"er, n. Etym: [as. telgor a small branch. Cf. Till to cultivate.]

1. (bot.) (a) a shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the Original stalk; a sucker. (b) a sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump.

2. A young timber tree. [prov. Eng.] Evelyn.

Tiller Till"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tillered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tillering.]

Defn: to put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of The original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by Tillering. [sometimes written tillow.]

Tiller Till"er, n. Etym: [from oe. tillen, tullen, to draw, pull; probably Fr. As. tyllan in fortyllan to lead astray; or cf. D. tillen to lift Up. Cf. Till a drawer.]

1. (naut.)

Defn: a lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for Turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; In large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical Appliances. See illust. of rudder. Cf. 2d helm, 1.

2. The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow Itself. [obs.] You can shoot in a tiller. Beau. & fl.

3. The handle of anything. [prov. Eng.]

4. A small drawer; a till. Dryden. Tiller rope (naut.), a rope for Turning a tiller. In a large vessel it forms the connection between The fore end of the tiller and the steering wheel.