See Also: tile(2)(dictionary)
tile(medicine)
tile(encyclopedia)
tile(1)(dictionary)
quarry tile(dictionary)
tile 1, noun(dictionary)
Tile Bars(law)
galley-tile(dictionary)
tile 2, verb(dictionary)
tine(dictionary)

tine(5) (iou) and tile(2) (iou)


tine(5) (iou)



tine noun3. obsolete exc. dial. LME.
[Origin unkn.]
Any of several vetches which twine around corn; esp. the hairy tare, Vicia hirsuta. Also more fully tine-tare.

tile(2) (iou)



tile verb trans. In sense 2 usu. tyle. LME.
[from the noun; in sense 2, back-form. from TILER.]
Cover with or as with tiles; overlay, overlap. Also foll. by over, up. LME.
Freemasonry. Protect (a lodge or meeting) from interruption and intrusion, so as to keep its proceedings secret, by placing a tiler or doorkeeper at the door. Also (transf.), bind (a person) to secrecy; keep (a meeting) strictly secret. Chiefly as tyled 2. E18.