Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - tilt
Tilt
tilt
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 a tilt-hammer. --n. 1 the act or an instance of tilting. 2 a sloping position. 3 (of medieval knights etc.) the act of charging with a lance against an opponent or at a mark, done for exercise or as a sport. 4 an encounter between opponents; an attack esp. with argument or satire (have a tilt at). 5 = tilt-hammer. Phrases and idioms full (or at full) tilt 1 at full speed. 2 with full force. tilt-hammer a heavy pivoted hammer used in forging. tilt-yard hist. a place where tilts (see sense 3 of n.) took place. Derivatives tilter n. Etymology: ME tilte perh. f. an OE form rel. to tealt unsteady f. Gmc: weapon senses of unkn. orig.
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English teld, telte tent, canopy, from Old English teld; akin to Old High German zelt tent Date: 15th century a canopy for a wagon, boat, or stall, II. transitive verb Date: 15th century to cover or provide with a ~, III. noun Etymology: 4~ Date: 1507 1. a contest on horseback in which two combatants charging with lances or similar weapons try to unhorse each other ; joust, a tournament of ~s, 2. dispute, contention, speed, 3. the act of ~ing ; the state or position of being ~ed, a sloping surface, slant, bias , any of various contests resembling or suggesting ~ing with lances, ~ adjective IV. verb Etymology: Middle English tulten, ~en to fall over, cause to fall, from Old English *tyltan, *tieltan, akin to Old English tealt unstable, tealtian to totter Date: 1594 transitive verb to cause to have an inclination, 2. to point or thrust in or as if in a ~ , to charge against , intransitive verb 1. to move or shift so as to lean or incline ; slant, to incline, tend, or become drawn toward an opinion, course of action, or one side of a controversy, 2. to engage in a combat with lances ; joust, to make an impetuous attack , ~able adjective ~er noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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