tillers

n. [ OE. artilrie, OF. artillerie, arteillerie, fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of any kind which follow camps; F. artillerie great guns, ordnance; OF. artillier to work artifice, to fortify, to arm, prob. from L. ars, artis, skill in joining something, art. See Art. ] 1. Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad. 1 Sam. xx. 40. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word is sometimes used in a more extended sense, including the powder, cartridges, matches, utensils, machines of all kinds, and horses, that belong to a train of artillery. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The men and officers of that branch of the army to which the care and management of artillery are confided. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The science of artillery or gunnery. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Artillery park, or
Park of artillery. (a) A collective body of siege or field artillery, including the guns, and the carriages, ammunition, appurtenances, equipments, and persons necessary for working them. (b) The place where the artillery is encamped or collected. --
Artillery train, or
Train of artillery, a number of pieces of ordnance mounted on carriages, with all their furniture, ready for marching. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun in firing. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A kind of heavily built dished wheel with a long axle box, used on gun carriages, usually having 14 spokes and 7 felloes; hence, a wheel of similar construction for use on automobiles, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who distills; esp., one who extracts alcoholic liquors by distillation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The condenser of a distilling apparatus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Distilleries [ F. distillerie. ] 1. The building and works where distilling, esp. of alcoholic liquors, is carried on. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of distilling spirits. [ R. ] Todd. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who finestills. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who instills. Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Postiler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who stills, or quiets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Till, v. t. ] One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. telgor a small branch. Cf. Till to cultivate. ] 1. (Bot.) (a) A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker. (b) A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A young timber tree. [ Prov. Eng. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Tillered p. pr. & vb. n. Tillering. ] 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. [ Sometimes written tillow. ] [ 1913 Webster ]