tillyn.1
/ˈtɪli/, U.S. /ˈtɪli/ In tilly-seed, the seed of a species of Croton (formerly called C. Pavana, now identified with C. Tiglium), which yields Croton oil.
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1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 144 The smooth Fruit call'd in the Shops, Tyle Seed, or Tilli-Berries [Fr. Ricinus arbre à fruit lisse, nommé grain de Tilli].
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Tilly-seed, a small tree, the Croton Pavana of Hamilton,..the seeds of which have the same properties as those of the Croton Tiglium.
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tillyn.2
/ˈtɪli/, U.S. /ˈtɪli/, Irish English /ˈtɪli/ In Ireland and places of Irish settlement, an additional article or amount unpaid for by the purchaser, as a gift from the vendor.
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society > trade and finance > charges > freedom from charge > [noun] > that which is free of charge > given to purchaser by vendor
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1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. i. [Telemachus] 14 She poured again a measureful and a tilly.
1958 M. Colum & P. Colum Our Friend James Joyce ii. ii. 120 As the price of the little volume [sc. Pomes Penyeach] was a shilling, one expected to find twelve poems in it, one for each penny. Actually there were thirteen, the additional one being named ‘Tilly’. In this Joyce was being obscurely local: the extra half-cup of milk that the milkman left in the Dublin householder's jug in the morning was a ‘tilly’—something unpaid for.
1975 Canad. Antiques Collector Mar. 22/2 [In Newfoundland] we have still in common use such Anglo-Irish terms as:..tilly (a small amount over and above what is purchased).
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tillyadj.
/ˈtɪli/, U.S. /ˈtɪli/ Abounding in, or of the nature of, till or tenacious clay.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > clay > [adjective] > consisting of clay
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > clayey
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1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 14 Houses composed of this mortar or tilly clay.
1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. i. 227 Stiff stubborn tilly land.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 169 Clay, and tilly clay even more than the unctuous, retains a great deal of water.
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