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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tile \Tile\, n. [OE. tile, tigel, AS tigel, tigol, fr L. tegula, from tegere to cover. See {Thatch}, and cf {Tegular}.] 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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tile \Tile\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tiled}; p. pr & vb n. {Tiling}.] 1. To cover with tiles; as to tile a house. 2. Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles. The muscle, sinew, and vein, Which tile this house, will come again --Donne. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tile \Tile\, v. t. [See 2d {Tiler}.] To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as to tile a Masonic lodge. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tile n 1: a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces of buildings 2: a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing [syn: {roofing tile}] v : cover with tiles, of surfaces in a dwelling; "tile the wall and the floor of the bathroom"
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