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Tilt | 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. [1913 Webster] He tilts With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Swords out, and tilting one at other's breast. --Shak. [1913 Webster] But in this tournament can no man tilt. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] The fleet, swift tilting, o'er the ?urges flew. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. To lean; to fall partly over; to tip. [1913 Webster] The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward by the muscles of the back. --Grew. [1913 Webster] |
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