Definition of "tillered" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of tiller. (verb)

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• "In ancient times, at this stage, the bow was tillered, or tested for its curve, or, as Sir Roger Ascham says, "brought round compass," which means to make it bend in a perfect arc when full drawn."
• "Now, that crop which he had just left had 'tillered out' well; but what profit should he get from the many stalks that had tillered or sprung from each single grain, thus promising a fiftyfold return?"
• "And thus the seed which Buchanan had sown, and Milton had watered -- for the allegation that Milton borrowed from Buchanan is probably true, and equally honourable to both -- lay trampled into the earth, and seemingly lifeless, till it tillered out, and blossomed, and bore fruit to a good purpose, in the Revolution of 1688."