atilt : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: atilt	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
atilt adj departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted" Synonym(s): atilt, canted, leaning, tilted, tipped
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Atilt \Atilt"\, adv. [Pref. a- + tilt.] 1. In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the action, of one making a thrust. [bd]To run atilt* at men.[b8] --Hudibras. 2. In the position of a cask tilted, or with one end raised. Note: [In this sense sometimes used as an adjective.] Abroach, atilt, and run Even to the lees of honor. --Beau. & Fl.