TILLER

noun a young timber tree.

2. tiller ·noun a small drawer; a till.

3. tiller ·noun the handle of anything.

4. tiller ·vt one who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.

5. tiller ·noun a sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump.

6. tiller ·noun the stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself.

7. tiller ·noun a shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker.

8. tiller ·vi to put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by tillering.

9. tiller ·noun a lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. in small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. ·see ·illust. of rudder. ·cf. 2d helm, 1.