TILT (3)

Tilt, v. t. [[OE. tilten, tulten, to totter, fall, AS. tealt unstable, precarious; akin to tealtrian to totter, to vacillate, D. tel amble, ambling pace, G. zelt, Icel. tölt an ambling pace, tölta to amble. Cf. Totter.]] 1. 1. To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.
2. 2. To point or thrust, as a lance.
Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance. J. Philips. 3. 3. To point or thrust a weapon at. Beau. & Fl.
4. 4. To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile.