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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act denoted by the verb tilt, in seismology, any motion of the earth's crust which produces an inclination of objects from the vertical position.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of one who tilts; a tilt.
  • noun The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer.
  • noun a helmet of large size and unusual weight and strength, worn at tilts.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of tilt.
  • noun The motion of something that tilts; a tilt.
  • noun The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer.

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