Tilt

n.	1.	A covering overhead; especially, a tent.
	2.	The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.
	3.	(Naut.) A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat. Tilt boat (Naut.) a boat covered with canvas or other cloth. Tilt roof (Arch.) a round-headed roof, like the canopy of a wagon.
v. t.	1.	To cover with a tilt, or awning. [imp. & p. p. Tilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tilting.]
	1.	To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.
	2.	To point or thrust, as a lance. Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance. - J. Philips.
	3.	To point or thrust a weapon at.
	4.	To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile.
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. He tilts With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast. - Shak. Swords out, and tilting one at other's breast. - Shak. But in this tournament can no man tilt. - Tennyson. The fleet, swift tilting, o'er the urges flew. - Pope.
	2.	To lean; to fall partly over; to tip. The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward by the muscles of the back. - Grew.
n.	1.	A thrust, as with a lance.
	2.	A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament.
	3.	See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary.
	4.	Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask. Full tilt with full force. - Dampier.

Noun	1.	tilt - a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances Synonyms: joust
	2.	tilt - a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument" Synonyms: contestation, controversy, disceptation, arguing, argument, contention, disputation
	3.	tilt - a slight but noticeable partiality; "the court's tilt toward conservative rulings"
	4.	tilt - the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right" Synonyms: lean, list, leaning, inclination
	5.	tilt - pitching dangerously to one side Synonyms: careen, sway, rock
Verb	1.	tilt - to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" Synonyms: lean, angle, slant, tip
	2.	tilt - heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting" Synonyms: cant, cant over, slant, pitch
	3.	tilt - move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control" Synonyms: careen, wobble, shift
	4.	tilt - charge with a tilt

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