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noun

Tile n.

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.)

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.

verb

Tile v. t. To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.

Tile v. t. (past & past part. tiled; pres. part. 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."

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Etymology of 'Tile'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Tile" Quotes from Famous Books

... several hundred dollars worth, so to speak, of Confederate currency; a tile from the floor of the State Bank of South Carolina, and a Book of Common Prayer picked up among the rubbish in St. Michael's Episcopal Church. The floor of the edifice was covered with the shattered glass from the windows. A large shell had ploughed ...

— The Flag Replaced on Sumter - A Personal Narrative • William A. Spicer

... in Queen Street is noted for its collection of Roman and Saxon antiquities from the city and district; amongst the former are the noted coffin tile stamped LEG IX. HISP.; the vase showing a coursing match with the hare and hounds in relief, coins, pottery, brooches, and other jewellery. The Saxon specimens consist of pottery, jewellery, and weapons chiefly exhumed at Woodston, about one mile ...

— The Cathedral Church of Peterborough - A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See • W.D. Sweeting

... me," Ronald said, "you can send a man to the wall. I felt my feet loosen a tile and it ...

— Bonnie Prince Charlie - A Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden • G. A. Henty

... ourselves on being something? Shall we pride ourselves on health and strength? A tile falling off the roof, a little powder and lead in the hands of a careless child, can blast us out of this world in a moment—whither, who can tell? What is our cleverness—our strength of mind? A tiny blood vessel bursting on the brain, will make us in one moment paralytic, ...

— All Saints' Day and Other Sermons • Charles Kingsley

... who used to earn his living as a packer, and suffered an amputation of his right leg. The boards are assembled in thicknesses of twenty, and cut out by a "ribbon saw." This is the occupation of a former tile layer, with his left leg gone. Others employed in the process are ...

— Golden Lads • Arthur Gleason and Helen Hayes Gleason

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