Tilt-hammer
11Tilt — Tilt, n. 1. A thrust, as with a lance. Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament. [1913 Webster] 3. See {Tilt hammer}, in the Vocabulary. [1913 Webster] 4.… …
12Tilt-mill — n. A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on. [1913 Webster] …
13tilt — v. & n. v. 1 intr. & tr. assume or cause to assume a sloping position; heel over. 2 intr. (foll. by at) strike, thrust, or run at, with a weapon, esp. in jousting. 3 intr. (foll. by with) engage in a contest. 4 tr. forge or work (steel etc.) with …
14tilt — I. n. 1. Covering overhead, tent. 2. Awning, canopy. 3. Thrust, pass, allonge, lunge. 4. Encounter, combat (as a practice of arms). joust. 5. Slant (as of a barrel for discharging a liquor), slope, inclination, cant. 6. Tilt hammer …
15hammer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. strike, beat, drum, pound, ram. n. mallet, gavel, sledge. See impulse, repetition, instrumentality. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. maul, mallet, mace, club, gavel, sledge, peen, rammer, ram, flatter, nailer* …
16Full tilt — Tilt Tilt, n. 1. A thrust, as with a lance. Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament. [1913 Webster] 3. See {Tilt hammer}, in the Vocabulary. [1913 Webster] …
17Tilt — This unusual medieval surname is almost certainly occupational. It is a dialectally transposed variant spelling of the 12th century English Tyleman , a maker or fitter of tiles. Oddly the original Olde English meaning was an agricultural… …
18Trip hammer — A trip hammer (alt. helve hammer) is a massive powered hammer, usually raised by a cam and then released to fall under the force of gravity. Historically, trip hammers were often powered by a water wheel, known to be used in China as long ago as… …
19trip-hammer — n. Tilt hammer, tilt …
20Foot hammer — Foot Foot (f[oo^]t), n.; pl. {Feet} (f[=e]t). [OE. fot, foot, pl. fet, feet. AS. f[=o]t, pl. f[=e]t; akin to D. voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. f[=o]tr, Sw. fot, Dan. fod, Goth. f[=o]tus, L. pes, Gr. poy s, Skr. p[=a]d, Icel. fet step, pace… …
