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Word: tiller
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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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