2. Verb. (third-person singular of tilt) ¹
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Definition of Tilts
1. tilt [v] - See also: tilt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tilts
Literary usage of Tilts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Evolution of Worlds by Percival Lowell (1909)
"4 ON THE PLANETS' ORBITAL tilts The tilts of the plane of rotation of the Sun
... These tilts suggest something, doubtless, but it is by no means clear what ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"In a concluding section Rich tilts against the extravagance of English women's
dress, and incidentally tells a story of a king of Scotland somewhat ..."
3. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"blems, curious impresses, gaudy masks, tilts, tournaments, &C., they have their
wakes, Whitsun-ales, shepherd's feasts, meetings on holidays, country dances ..."
4. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer by Richard Burn (1820)
"... tilts over all the gunpowder therein contained : Also no gunpowder shall be
conveyed in any barge, boat, or other vessel by water, (except in vessels ..."
5. Annals of the American Revolution: Or, A Record of the Causes and Events by Jedidiah Morse (1824)
"... appointing the thirteenth day oí December " as a day of general thanksgiving
and prayer, on account of tilts signal interposition of divine Providence. ..."
6. The California earthquake of April 18, 1906: Report of the state earthquake by Andrew Cowper Lawson, Harry Fielding Reid (1910)
"SEPARATION OF LINEAR DISPLACEMENTS AND tilts. A rigid body can be moved from one
position in a plane to any other by means of a linear displacement and a ..."
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