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Atilt   Listen
adverb
Atilt  adv.  
1.
In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the action, of one making a thrust. "To run atilt at men."
2.
In the position of a cask tilted, or with one end raised. Note: (In this sense sometimes used as an adjective.) "Abroach, atilt, and run Even to the lees of honor."





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"Atilt" Quotes from Famous Books



... free men, are more bound by superstitions than we who profess to be servants to a kindly mistress.... I will share your flat and your wonderful man; and give you the benefit of my beauty and my intelligent conversation on one condition. We will swear a truce of God, neither shall run atilt at the other's convictions until he is invited to do so. Is ...
— Grey Town - An Australian Story • Gerald Baldwin


Words linked to "Atilt" :   canted, tilted, tipped


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