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▪ I. ‖ til1 East Ind.|tɪl|
Also teel, teal.
[a. Hindi til:—Skr. tilá.]
The Indian name of the plant Sesamum indicum; chiefly attrib. or in comb., as til seed; til oil, til-seed oil, the oil obtained by bruising the seeds. black til = ramtil, Guizotia oleifera (formerly called Verbesina sativa).
1840Penny Cycl. XVI. 417/1 India, whence..sesamum or til seed is..largely imported, as well as from Egypt. 1845Stocqueler Handbk. Brit. India (1854) 514 It is..inferior..to the oil of til (sesamum). 1849Balfour Man. Bot. §951 Teel seeds, the produce of Sesamum orientale, supply a bland oil. c1865Letheby in Circ. Sc. I. 101/2 Sessama, gingilie, or teal oil. a1875Table Customs-Duties British India (Yule), Oils, Jinjili or Til. 1905Statesman 23 Aug. 5/4 The Sesamum (Til or Jinjili) crop of the season.
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[Native name in Madeira: perh. a local use of Pg. til, teil or linden.]
A lauraceous tree, Oreodaphne fetens, of the Canary Islands and Madeira; also its wood, which has a fetid smell. Chiefly attrib., as til-tree, til-wood.
1858Hogg Veg. Kingd. 623 Til-wood, produced by G[œppertia] fœtens, a native of the Canaries, has a most disagreeable odour. 1884Miller Plant-n., Oreodaphne (Laurus) fœtens, Fetid Laurel, or Til-tree. 1885A. Brassey The Trades 30 The black Til..or native laurel.
▪ III. til
obs. form of teil, tile, till. |