[til-er] 
| 1. | a person who tills; farmer. |
| 2. | a person or thing that tills; cultivator. |
[til-er] | a bar or lever fitted to the head of a rudder, for turning the rudder in steering. |
[til-er] | 1. | a plant shoot that springs from the root or bottom of the original stalk. |
| 2. | a sapling. |
| 3. | (of a plant) to put forth new shoots from the root or around the bottom of the original stalk. |
| till·er 1 (tĭl'ər) n. One that tills land: a tiller of soil. |
| til·ler 2 (tĭl'ər) n. Nautical A lever used to turn a rudder and steer a boat. [Middle English tiler, stock of a crossbow, from Old French telier, from Medieval Latin tēlārium, weaver's beam, from Latin tēla, web, weaver's beam; see teks- in Indo-European roots.] |
| til·ler 3 (tĭl'ər) n. A shoot, especially one that sprouts from the base of a grass. intr.v. til·lered, til·ler·ing, til·lers To send forth shoots from the base. Used of a grass. [Middle English *tiller, from Old English telgor.] |
