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tillow.

Alternative form of tiller (“type of plant shoot”).

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Alternative form of tiller (“type of plant shoot”).

    alt-of · alternative
  2. Branch; twig; shoot.

    UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English *tilwe, *telwe, *telghe, from Old English telga, telge (“twig, branch, shoot”). More at tiller.

verb
  1. Alternative form of tiller.

    alt-of · alternative
  2. To spread; branch out; send forth shoots.

    UK · dialectal · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English *tilwen, *telwien, *telȝen, from Old English telgian (“to put forth branches”), from Proto-West Germanic *telgōn, *tilgijan (“to branch, sprout, produce”).

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