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Old 08-21-2007, 12:31 PM   #5 (permalink)
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tilt
n.
The act of tilting or the condition of being tilted.

An inclination from the horizontal or vertical; a slant: adjusting the tilt of a writing table.
A sloping surface, as of the ground.
A tendency to favor one side in a dispute: the court's tilt toward conservative rulings.
An implicit preference; a bias: "pitilessly illuminates the inaccuracies and tilts of the press" (Nat Hentoff).
A medieval sport in which two mounted knights with lances charged together and attempted to unhorse one another.
A thrust or blow with a lance.

A tendency to favor one side in a dispute: the court's tilt toward conservative rulings.
An implicit preference; a bias: "pitilessly illuminates the inaccuracies and tilts of the press" (Nat Hentoff).
A medieval sport in which two mounted knights with lances charged together and attempted to unhorse one another.
A thrust or blow with a lance.

A medieval sport in which two mounted knights with lances charged together and attempted to unhorse one another.
A thrust or blow with a lance.
A combat, especially a verbal one; a debate.
A tilt hammer.


Many members engage in medieval jousting events in their spare time. It becomes bloody at times, but the ritual persists. The name just stuck.
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