Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tile"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tile \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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tile \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tile \Tile\, v. t. [See 2d {Tiler}.]
To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile
a Masonic lodge.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tile
n 1: a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or
linoleum) used to cover surfaces
2: a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing [syn: {roofing
tile}]
v : cover with tiles, of surfaces in a dwelling; "tile the wall
and the floor of the bathroom"
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