tillow

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɪləʊ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English *tilwe, *telwe, *telghe, from Old English telga, telge (“twig, branch, shoot”). More at tiller. ==== Noun ==== tillow (plural tillows) Alternative form of tiller (“type of plant shoot”). (UK dialectal) Branch; twig; shoot. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English *tilwen, *telwien, *telȝen, from Old English telgian (“to put forth branches”), from Proto-West Germanic *telgōn, *tilgijan (“to branch, sprout, produce”). ==== Alternative forms ==== telly ==== Verb ==== tillow (third-person singular simple present tillows, present participle tillowing, simple past and past participle tillowed) Alternative form of tiller. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To spread; branch out; send forth shoots.