Tile /(?)/

Tile

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

Tile

n.
  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.

Tile

v. t.

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.