tillow

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tillow¹

Rhymes with -ɪləʊ

Where it comes from

From Middle English *tilwe, *telwe, *telghe, from Old English telga, telge (“twig, branch, shoot”). More at tiller.

noun tillows

  1. alternative Alternative form of tiller (“type of plant shoot”).tiller
  2. UK, dialectal Branch; twig; shoot.

tillow²

Rhymes with -ɪləʊ

Where it comes from

From Middle English *tilwen, *telwien, *telȝen, from Old English telgian (“to put forth branches”), from Proto-West Germanic *telgōn, *tilgijan (“to branch, sprout, produce”).

verb tillows · tillowing · tillowed · telly

  1. alternative Alternative form of tiller.tiller
  2. UK, dialectal, intransitive To spread; branch out; send forth shoots.

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