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TABLING to TAIL
TAIL-BLOCK to TENDING
TENON to TIDE
TIER to TOGGEL
TIER
TIER of the cable
TIGHT
TILLER
TILT
TIMBERS
TIMBER AND ROOM, or room and space
TIMONEER
TOGETHER!
TOGGEL
TOMPION to TOPPING
TOPPING-LIFT to TRACT-SCOUT
TRACTING to TREE-NAILS
TRESTLE-TREES to TRIP
TRIPPING to TRYING
TUCK to TYE
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TILT
TILT, (tendelet, Fr. tyld, Sax.) a small canopy or awning of canvas, or other cloth, extended over the stern-sheets of a boat, and supported by small pillars, or broad laths of flexible wood incurvated into arches. It is used to cover the passengers from the rain or sunshine. See BOAT.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 292, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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