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Pronunciation : Tile
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [See 2d Tiler.]
Definition : Defn: To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tile
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. tile, tigel, AS. tigel, tigol, fr. L. tegula, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, and cf. Tegular.]
Definition : 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.)

Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tile
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Tiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tiling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913