{ } n. [ F. apostille. See Postil. ] A marginal note on a letter or other paper; an annotation. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; an artilleryman. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ F. bastille fortress, OF. bastir to build, F. bâtir. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Feud. Fort.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place. [ 1913 Webster ]

The high bastiles . . . which overtopped the walls. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. “The Bastille”, formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ F. pastille, L. pastillusa pastus food. See Pasture, and cf. Pastel. ] 1. (Pharmacy) A small cone or mass made of paste of gum, benzoin, cinnamon, and other aromatics, -- used for fumigating or scenting the air of a room. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An aromatic or medicated lozenge, especially one used to soothe a sore throat; a troche. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- cough drop, troche. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. See Pastel, a crayon. [ 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 ]

n. [ From OE. tillen, tullen, to draw, pull; probably fr. AS. tyllan in fortyllan to lead astray; or cf. D. tillen to lift up. Cf. Till a drawer. ] 1. (Naut.) A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of Rudder. Cf. 2d Helm, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You can shoot in a tiller. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The handle of anything. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A small drawer; a till. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tiller rope (Naut.), a rope for turning a tiller. In a large vessel it forms the connection between the fore end of the tiller and the steering wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., or . (Bot.) The seeds of a small tree (Croton Pavana) common in the Malay Archipelago. These seeds furnish croton oil, like those of Croton Tiglium. [ Written also tilly. ] [ 1913 Webster ]