6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tiller  \Till"er\,  n.  [From  {Till},  v.  t.] 
  One  who  tills;  a  husbandman;  a  cultivator;  a  plowman. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tiller  \Till"er\,  n.  [AS.  telgor  a  small  branch.  Cf  {Till}  to 
  cultivate.] 
  1.  (Bot.) 
  a  A  shoot  of  a  plant,  springing  from  the  root  or  bottom 
  of  the  original  stalk;  a  sucker. 
  b  A  sprout  or  young  tree  that  springs  from  a  root  or 
  stump. 
 
  2.  A  young  timber  tree.  [Prov.  Eng.]  --Evelyn. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tiller  \Till"er\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tillered};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Tillering}.] 
  To  put  forth  new  shoots  from  the  root,  or  round  the  bottom  of 
  the  original  stalk;  as  wheat  or  rye  tillers;  some  spread 
  plants  by  tillering.  [Sometimes  written  {tillow}.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tiller  \Till"er\,  n.  [From  OE  tillen,  tullen,  to  draw,  pull 
  probably  fr  AS  tyllan  in  fortyllan  to  lead  astray;  or  cf 
  D.  tillen  to  lift  up  Cf  {Till}  a  drawer.] 
  1.  (Naut.)  A  lever  of  wood  or  metal  fitted  to  the  rudder  head 
  and  used  for  turning  side  to  side  in  steering.  In  small 
  boats  hand  power  is  used  in  large  vessels,  the  tiller  is 
  moved  by  means  of  mechanical  appliances.  See  Illust.  of 
  {Rudder}.  Cf  2d  {Helm},  1. 
 
  2.  The  stalk,  or  handle,  of  a  crossbow;  also  sometimes  the 
  bow  itself  [Obs.] 
 
  You  can  shoot  in  a  tiller.  --Beau.  &  Fl 
 
  3.  The  handle  of  anything  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  4.  A  small  drawer;  a  till.  --Dryden. 
 
  {Tiller  rope}  (Naut.),  a  rope  for  turning  a  tiller.  In  a 
  large  vessel  it  forms  the  connection  between  the  fore  end 
  of  the  tiller  and  the  steering  wheel. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tiller 
  n  1:  used  to  turn  the  rudder  on  a  boat 
  2:  a  farm  implement  used  to  break  up  the  surface  of  the  soil 
  (for  aeration  and  weed  control  and  conservation  of 
  moisture)  [syn:  {cultivator}] 
  v  :  grow  shoots  in  the  form  of  stools  or  tillers  [syn:  {stool}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Tiller,  OR 
  Zip  code(s):  97484 

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