Tile
Bible Usage:
- Bible Reference: Ezekiel 4:1
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H3843 Used 1 time
Brick.
Ezekiel 4:1; Luke 5:19
TILE, noun [Latin tegula; tego, to cover; Eng. to deck.]
1. A plate or piece of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings.
The pins for fastening tiles are made of oak or fir.
2. In metallurgy, a small flat piece of dried earth, used to cover vessels in which metals are fused.
3. A piece of baked clay used in drains.
TILE, verb transitive To cover with tiles; as, to tile a house.
1. To cover, as tiles.
The muscle, sinew and vein.
Which tile this house, will come again.
TI'LED, participle passive Covered with tiles.
TILE-EARTH, noun A species of strong clayey earth; stiff and stubborn land. [Local.]
TILE-ORE, noun A subspecies of octahedral red copper ore.
TI'LER, noun A man whose occupation is to cover buildings with tiles.