Word Meanings - TILLER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.

Related words: (words related to TILLER)

• PLOWMAN; PLOUGHMAN
  1. One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman. Chaucer. Macaulay. 2. A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer. Plowman's spikenard , a European composite weed , having fragrant roots. Dr. Prior.
• HUSBANDMAN
  1. The master of a family. Chaucer. 2. A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground.
• CULTIVATOR
  1. One who cultivates; as, a cultivator of the soil; a cultivator of literature. Whewell. 2. An agricultural implement used in the tillage of growing crops, to loosen the surface of the earth and kill the weeds; esp., a triangular frame set with
• STILLSTAND
  A standstill. Shak.
• STILLSON WRENCH
  A pipe wrench having an adjustable L-shaped jaw piece sliding in a sleeve that is pivoted to, and loosely embraces, the handle. Pressure on the handle increases the grip.