Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TILT, v.i.

1. To run or ride and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting at each other on horseback. Milton.
2. To fight with rapiers. Swords out and tilting one at other's breast. Shak.
3. To rush, as in combat. Collier.
4. To play unsteadily; to ride, float and toss. The fleet swift tilting o'er the surges flew. Pope.
5. To lean; to fall, as on one side. The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward by the muscles of the back. Grew.