tile

n. ஓடு, மோடு வேய்வதற்குரிய சுட்ட களிமண் தகடு, பாவோடு, மணி ஓடு (பே-வ) பட்டுத்தொப்பி, (வினை) ஓடுவேய், ஓடுகளாய் மூடு, நற்கொத்தர்,கேண்மைக்கழக வகையில் வாயிற் காவலரைக் கதவண்டை நிஙறுத்திப் பிறர் கூட்டத்தில் புகுவதைத் தடு. மறை காக்க வேண்டுமெனக் கட்டுப்படுத்து.

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Tile, v. t. Etym: [See 2d Tiler.] Defn: To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge. Tile, n. Etym: [OE. tile, tigel, AS. tigel, tigol, fr. L. tegula, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, and cf. Tegular.] 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. (Arch.) (a) A small slab of marble or other material used for flooring. (b) A plate of metal used for roofing. 3. (Metal.) Defn: A small, flat piece of dried earth or earthenware, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused. 4. A draintile. 5. A stiff hat. [Colloq.] Dickens. Tile drain, a drain made of tiles. -- Tile earth, a species of strong, clayey earth; stiff and stubborn land. [Prov. Eng.] -- Tile kiln, a kiln in which tiles are burnt; a tilery. -- Tile ore (Min.), 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. Donne.

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