Hypertext Webster Gateway: "atilt"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Atilt \A*tilt"\, adv. [Pref. a- + tilt.]
1. In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the
action, of one making a thrust. ``To run atilt at men.''
--Hudibras.
2. In the position of a cask tilted, or with one end raised.
Note: [In this sense sometimes used as an adjective.]
Abroach, atilt, and run Even to the lees of
honor. --Beau. & Fl.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
atilt
adj : departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical
or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the
headstones were tilted" [syn: {canted}, {leaning}, {tilted},
{tipped}]
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