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tile. Plate of burnt clay. Thin flat tiles are termed plain tiles, and are commonly used to clad roofs or walls: in the latter case the wall is referred to as being tile-hung. Thicker tiles, often of the encaustic type, are used for paving. Glazed coloured tiles for wall-finishes were employed in Ancient Mesopotamian architec-ture, and that tradition continued in Islamic architecture. In Spain, Moorish architecture was often decorated with glazed tilework of great beauty (alicatado) formed of uniformly shaped azulejos. Glazed tiles were often employed in France and The Netherlands from C15 to C17, and during C19 were widely used throughout Europe and America, especially in Art Nouveau and Arts-and-Crafts work of the 1890s and 1900s.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "tile." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "tile." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-tile.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "tile." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-tile.html |
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tile / tīl/ • n. a thin rectangular slab of baked clay, concrete, or other material, used in overlapping rows for covering roofs. ∎ a thin square slab of glazed ceramic, cork, linoleum, or other material for covering floors, walls, or other surfaces. ∎ a thin, flat piece used in Scrabble, mah-jongg, and certain other games. ∎ Math. a plane shape used in tiling. • v. [tr.] (usu. be tiled) cover (something) with tiles: the lobby was tiled in blue. ∎ Comput. arrange (two or more windows) on a computer screen so that they do not overlap. |
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"tile." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "tile." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-tile.html "tile." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-tile.html |
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tile Writing or drawing (Ezek. 4: 1) was impressed on clay and then baked hard into tiles. In the account of the healing of the paralytic, Luke 5: 19 changes Mark 2: 4: the earlier gospel described a poor Palestinian house with a roof of straw but Luke's more sophisticated readers would expect a house to be roofed with tiling.
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W. R. F. BROWNING. "tile." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "tile." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-tile.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "tile." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-tile.html |
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tile To arrange open windows on a display such that no window overlaps any other window. Conversely when the windows are arranged in an echelon one on top of the other such that each one reveals a little of the one beneath it, they are said to be cascaded.
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JOHN DAINTITH. "tile." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "tile." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-tile.html JOHN DAINTITH. "tile." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-tile.html |
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tile thin slab of burnt clay for roofing, paving, etc. OE. tiġele (tiġule), corr. to OS. tiegla (Du. tegel), OHG. ziagal(a) (G. ziegel), ON. tigl — L. tēgula, f. IE. *teg- cover.
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T. F. HOAD. "tile." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "tile." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-tile.html T. F. HOAD. "tile." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-tile.html |
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•labile, stabile
•immobile, mobile
•nubile • aedile • crocodile • cinephile
•profile • audiophile • bibliophile
•Francophile • Anglophile
•technophile • necrophile
•Russophile
•paedophile (US pedophile)
•agile, fragile
•chamomile
•penile, senile
•juvenile • stockpile • isopropyl
•woodpile • sterile • febrile • virile
•puerile • facile • decile • flexile
•extensile, prehensile, tensile
•fissile, missile
•domicile • docile • reconcile
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"tile." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "tile." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-tile.html "tile." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-tile.html |
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