tilt: difference between revisions

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[slope]] or [[incline]] (something); to [[slant]]. {{defdate|1590}}

#: {{ux|en|'''Tilt''' the barrel to pour out its contents.}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To be at an angle. {{defdate|1620}}

#* {{RQ:Grew Cosmo}}

#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet|3|1|passage=He '''tilts''' / With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast.}}

#* {{RQ:Tennyson MOG}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[point]] or [[thrust]] a [[weapon]] at.

#* {{RQ:Beaumont Fletcher Comedies and Tragedies|The Woman's Prize|passage=And he should '''tilt''' her?}}