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Webster 1913 Edition
Tile
Tile
,Verb.
T.
[See 2d
Tiler
.] To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated;
as, to
. tile
a Masonic lodgeTile
,Noun.
1.
A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mantel works.
2.
(Arch.)
(a)
A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring.
(b)
A plate of metal used for roofing.
3.
(Metal.)
A small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.
4.
A draintile.
5.
A stiff hat.
[Colloq.]
Dickens.
Tile drain
, a drain made of tiles.
– Tile earth
, a species of strong, clayey earth; stiff and stubborn land.
[Prov. Eng.]
– Tile kiln
, a kiln in which tiles are burnt; a tilery.
– Tile ore
(Min.)
, an earthy variety of cuprite.
– Tile red
, light red like the color of tiles or bricks.
– Tile tea
, a kind of hard, flat brick tea. See
Brick tea
, under Brick
.Tile
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tiled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tiling
.] 1.
To cover with tiles;
as, to
. tile
a house2.
Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles.
The muscle, sinew, and vein,
Which
Which
tile
this house, will come again. Donne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tile
TILE
,Noun.
1.
A plate or piece of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings. The pins for fastening tiles are made of oak or fir.
2.
In metallurgy, a small flat piece of dried earth, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.3.
A piece of baked clay used in drains.TILE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To cover, as tiles. The muscle, sinew and vein.
Which tile this house, will come again.