Tile
Tile , transitive verb
[See 2d Tiler.]
To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.
Tile , noun
[Old English tile, tigel, Anglo-Saxon tigel, tigol, from Latin tegula, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, and compare Tegular.]
1.
A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mantel works.
2.
(a) (Architecture) A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring.
(b)
(Architecture) A plate of metal used for roofing.
3.
(Metallurgy) A small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.
4.
A draintile.
5.
A stiff hat. [Colloquial] — Dickens
Collocations (6)
Tile drain , a drain made of tiles.
Tile earth , a species of strong, clayey earth; stiff and stubborn land. [Provincial English]
Tile kiln , a kiln in which tiles are burnt; a tilery.
Tile ore (Mineralogy) , an earthy variety of cuprite.
Tile red , light red like the color of tiles or bricks.
Tile tea , a kind of hard, flat brick tea. See Brick tea, under Brick.
Tile , transitive verb
1.
To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.
2.
Figuratively: To cover, as if with tiles.
The muscle, sinew, and vein,
Which tile this house, will come again.