tiller
1. till.er \'til-*r\ n : one that tills : CULTIVATOR
2. til.ler \'til-*r\ n [ME tiler stock of a crossbow, fr. MF telier, lit.,
beam of a loom,] fr. ML telarium, fr. L tela web - more at TOIL : a lever
used to turn the rudder of a boat from side to side
3. til.ler n [fr. (assumed) ME, fr. OE telgor, telgra twig, shoot; akin to
OHG (Xzelga twig, Gk daidalos ingeniously formed - more at CONDOLE :
SPROUT, STALK; esp : one from the base of a plant or from the axils of its
lower leaves
4. tiller \'til-(*-)rin\ vi or til.ler.ing of a plant : to put forth
tillers