tiller

One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.

A shoot of a plant which springs from the root or bottom of the original stalk; also, a sapling or sucker.

To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; stool: said of a plant: as, wheat or rye tillers, or spreads by tillering. Also tillow.

A drawer in a table, chest, or counter; a till.

A bar or staff used as a lever, or as the handle of an implement.

Nautical, the bar or lever fitted to the head of a rudder, and employed to turn the helm of a ship or boat in steering. See cut under rudder.

The handle of a spade.

The handle of a pit-saw, especially the upper one, having across-head. Wright. See cut under pit-saw.

One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.