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Word: tiller (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A handle; a stalk.
  • A machine that mechanically tills the soil.
  • A person who tills; a farmer.
  • archery The stock; a beam on a crossbow carved to fit the arrow, or the point of balance in a longbow.
  • nautical A bar of iron or wood connected with the rudderhead and leadline, usually forward, in which the rudder is moved as desired by the tiller (FM 55-501).
  • nautical Part of the rudder the helm holds to steer the boat, a piece of wood or metal extending forward from the rudder over or through the transom. Generally attached at the top of the rudder.
  • obsolete A young tree.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To put forth new shoots.

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