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tiller (til′ər)

noun

a bar or handle for turning a boat's rudder

Etymology: ME tiler, stock of a crossbow < OFr telier, weaver's beam < ML telarium < L tela, web (see toil): naut. sense prob. infl. by ME tillen, to reach

tiller2 definition

tiller (til′ər)

noun

a person or machine that tills the soil
tiller3 definition

tiller (til′ər)

noun

a shoot growing from the base of the stem of a plant

Etymology: < OE telgor (extension of telga, a branch, bough, shoot)

intransitive verb

to send forth tillers

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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