Tile (?), v. t. [See 2d Tiler.]
To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.
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Tile, n. [OE. tile, tigel, AS. tigel, tigol, fr. L. tegula, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, and cf. 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. Arch. (a)
A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring.
(b)
A plate of metal used for roofing.
3. Metal.
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.
[Colloq.]
Dickens.
Tile drain, a drain made of tiles. -- Tile earth, a species of strong, clayey earth; stiff and stubborn land. [Prov. Eng.] -- Tile kiln, a kiln in which tiles are burnt; a tilery. -- Tile ore Min., 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.
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Tile, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tiling.]
1.
To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.
2.
Fig.: To cover, as if with tiles.
The muscle, sinew, and vein,
Which tile this house, will come again.
Donne.
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