Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tilt \Tilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tilted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Tilting}.]
   To cover with a tilt, or awning.

Tilt \Tilt\, v. t. [OE. tilten, tulten, to totter, fall, AS.
   tealt unstable, precarious; akin to tealtrian to totter, to
   vacillate, D. tel amble, ambling pace, G. zelt, Icel. t["o]lt
   an ambling pace, t["o]lta to amble. Cf. {Totter}.]
   1. To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging
      liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.

   2. To point or thrust, as a lance.

            Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance. --J.
                                                  Philips.

   3. To point or thrust a weapon at. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

   4. To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel
      in order to render it more ductile.

Tilt \Tilt\, n. [OE. telt (perhaps from the Danish), teld, AS.
   teld, geteld; akin to OD. telde, G. zelt, Icel. tjald, Sw.
   t["a]lt, tj["a]ll, Dan. telt, and ASThe beteldan to cover.]
   1. A covering overhead; especially, a tent. --Denham.

   2. The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.

   3. (Naut.) A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning
      extended over the sternsheets of a boat.

   {Tilt boat} (Naut.), a boat covered with canvas or other
      cloth.

   {Tilt roof} (Arch.), a round-headed roof, like the canopy of
      a wagon.

Tilt \Tilt\, v. i.
   1. To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the
      military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a
      combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to
      engage in any combat or movement resembling that of
      horsemen tilting with lances.

            He tilts With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's
            breast.                               --Shak.

            Swords out, and tilting one at other's breast.
                                                  --Shak.

            But in this tournament can no man tilt. --Tennyson.

            The fleet, swift tilting, o'er the ?urges flew.
                                                  --Pope.

   2. To lean; to fall partly over; to tip.

            The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward
            by the muscles of the back.           --Grew.

Tilt \Tilt\, n.
   1. A thrust, as with a lance. --Addison.

   2. A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants
      attacked each other with lances; a tournament.

   3. See {Tilt hammer}, in the Vocabulary.

   4. Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask.

   {Full tilt}, with full force. --Dampier.

Source : WordNet®

tilt
     v 1: to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned
          over the banister" [syn: {lean}, {tip}, {slant}, {angle}]
     2: heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
        [syn: {cant}, {cant over}, {slant}, {pitch}]
     3: move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out
        of control" [syn: {careen}, {wobble}, {shift}]
     4: charge with a tilt

tilt
     n 1: a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each
          other with blunted lances [syn: {joust}]
     2: a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong
        disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
        [syn: {controversy}, {contention}, {contestation}, {disputation},
         {disceptation}, {argument}, {arguing}]
     3: a slight but noticeable partiality; "the court's tilt toward
        conservative rulings"
     4: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs
        from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the
        ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a
        heavy inclination to the right" [syn: {list}, {inclination},
         {lean}, {leaning}]
     5: pitching dangerously to one side [syn: {rock}, {careen}, {sway}]