tiller
- Noun. A person who tills; a farmer.
- Noun. A machine that mechanically tills the soil.
- Noun. (archery) The stock; a beam on a crossbow carved to fit the arrow, or the point of balance in a longbow.
- Noun. (nautical) A bar of iron or wood connected with the rudderhead and leadline, usually forward, in which the rudder is moved as desired by the tiller (FM 55-501).
- Noun. (nautical) Part of the rudder the helm holds to steer the boat, a piece of wood or metal extending forward from the rudder over or through the transom. Generally attached at the top of the rudder.
- Noun. A handle; a stalk.
- Noun. (obsolete) A young tree.
- Verb. (intransitive) To put forth new shoots.
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