Tile — Defs

01 v. t. To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.

1.
To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.

02 n. 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.

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.
A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring.(Arch.)
3.
A small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.(Metal.)
4.
A draintile.
5.
A stiff hat.[Colloq.]

Phrases & compounds

Tile drain — a drain made of tiles.

Tile earth — a species of strong, clayey earth; stiff and stubborn land.

Tile kiln — a kiln in which tiles are burnt; a tilery.

Tile ore — 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.

03 v. t. To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.

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.