tillow

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English *tilwe, *telwe, *telghe, from Old English telga, telge (“twig, branch, shoot”). More at tiller.

Noun

tillow (plural tillows)

  1. Alternative form of tiller
  2. (UK dialectal) Branch; twig; shoot.

Etymology 2

From Middle English *tilwen, *telwien, *telȝen, from Old English telgian (“to put forth branches”), from Proto-West Germanic *telgōn, *tilgijan (“to branch, sprout, produce”).

Alternative forms

Verb

tillow (third-person singular simple present tillows, present participle tillowing, simple past and past participle tillowed)

  1. Alternative form of tiller
  2. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To spread; branch out; send forth shoots.
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