tiller

Nautical a handle fixed to the top of a rudderpost to serve as a lever in steering it

tiller

1. a shoot that arises from the base of the stem in grasses

2. a less common name for sapling

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tiller

[′til·ər]

(botany)

A shoot that develops from an axillary or adventitious bud at the base of a stem.

(naval architecture)

A lever attached to the rudder of a boat or ship and used to turn the rudder from side to side, usually turned by hand in a boat and by mechanical devices in a ship.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Tiller

a lever attached to the upper part of the rudder stock and used to turn the rudder. Tillers may have a single arm parallel to the vessel’s longitudinal axis or two arms perpendicular to the vessel’s longitudinal axis. Some tillers have the shape of a quadrant and are equipped with a cable or gear drive. Tillers are principally used on small vessels.

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Conversely, the minimum number of grains per spike was observed in wheat crop sown by zone disk tiller in standing stubbles of rice crop combine harvested at 15 cm height that was statistically similar to turbo and happy seeded wheat under same stubble height treatment (Table 5).

Influence of Different No-till Techniques at Varying Heights of Standing Rice Stubbles on the Wheat Performance

Table-2: Effect of different concentrations and time of exogenous application of thiourea on plant height (cm), productive tillers, unproductive tillers, spike length (cm) and spikelets per spike of late sown wheat.

FOLIAR APPLIED THIOUREA AT DIFFERENT GROWTH STAGES MODULATED LATE SOWN WHEAT

In silvopastoral systems under moderate shading, the magnitude of responses to fertilization was lower than those obtained in full sun; although, fertilization was effective to increases tiller density and herbage accumulation.

Plant morphology and herbage accumulation of signal grass with or without fertilization, under different light regimes/Morfologia e acumulo de forragem de capim-braquiaria com ou sem fertilizacao, sob diferentes regimes de luz

When Tiller fired the first shot, which entered Hammond's chest through the left side, he was no longer in the car's path.

Camera-shy cops can relax: the exoneration of the officer who killed Zachary Hammond shows police have strong defenses against viral videos

A bud transitions to a tiller when the bud apex emerges and elongates past its protective prophyll.

Vegetative reproduction and bud bank dynamics of the perennial grass Andropogon gerardii in mixedgrass and tallgrass prairie

And the audiences loved the Tiller Girls, because it was such a glamorous, visual spectacle." The photos here show Fay doing a solo dance at Blackpool Opera House in 1958 and the Tiller Girls performing at Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre in 1962 (Fay is on the extreme right).

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During this stage, due to greater sward height and lower tiller density (Table 1), lambs may not have able to adjust intake behavior to maintain their intake of leaf blade, given the larger share of stems in the diet.

Defoliation patterns and tillering dynamics in Italian ryegrass under different herbage allowances/Padroes de desfolhacao e da dinamica de perfilhamento em azevem sob diferentes ofertas de forragem

Muscat: In a major initiative, the directorate general of agriculture and livestock distributed a whopping number of 1,200 agricultural tillers among farmers in various governorates of the country this year, according to Sayyid Fakhruddin bin Hilal Al Busaidi, assistant wali of Nizwa.

Farmers given equipment help

The Small Tiller employs an existing tool technology effectively to remove a great deal of time and effort from the task of tilling.

Innovation Direct[TM] at Helm of Marketing Efforts for Small Tiller Invention

(Although After Tiller carefully doesn't say it, the film suggests that the prochoice movement has hung these doctors out to dry.)

After Tiller: is anybody out there listening?