Your steady hand on the tiller is very much missed -- it's an ill wind that is not a Chetwynd!. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas Luncheon] Reference
The tiller is a tool to cultivate and prepare the soil. From Wordnik.com. [Castro Speech at 29 Mar Potato Harvest Ceremony] Reference
Maintaining my tiller is a pleasant little task that takes me all of about two hours. From Wordnik.com. [ForbesOnTech] Reference
Within a few feet of the tiller was a deck-house, in which the crew ate, built of solid oak and clamped with iron. From Wordnik.com. [The Virgin of the Sun] Reference
The tiller was a great strain upon him, and it took all his strength to prevent the boat from coming up into the wind. From Wordnik.com. [All Adrift or The Goldwing Club] Reference
Braced against the tiller was a man in drenched tarpaulins; two other men were holding on to the shrouds like grim death. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
The man holding the tiller was a sardine fisher, to whom every rock, every ripple, of these troubled waters was familiar. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of the Lamp] Reference
Assuming that your question is not rhetorical: a tiller is the "stick" you use on a sailboat to control the rudder and steer the boat. From Wordnik.com. [Snap Polls Give Debate Win To Obama] Reference
Sunglasses, and a sarong, sitting at the tiller was the nicest place to be with a light breeze keeping me cool. From Wordnik.com. [True Spirit] Reference
"The rudder is what we steer the boat by, and the tiller is the handle of it. From Wordnik.com. [Rollo in Geneva] Reference
At the tiller was a bald man with a lined face. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
"And it's always the man who's grabbing the tiller.". From Wordnik.com. [Women For Women] Reference
"I am to take the tiller, you know," said Dora Vincent. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
Dole thinks a better touch on the tiller should suffice. From Wordnik.com. [Good Man . . . Wrong Job?] Reference
She reached forward -- one hand on the tiller -- to help him. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
There it was now, painted in big letters, right under the tiller. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Past Seven Stories] Reference
Dickie, gripping the tiller hard, was staring as one in a trance. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
Waved me off and sat back down beside that tiller, parched and rusty. From Wordnik.com. [THE BOATMAN OF THE BADLANDS] Reference
"Now I will tell you just how to move the tiller," said Jerry to Dora. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
He looked like the blind baby mice he'd dug up that time with the tiller. From Wordnik.com. [What the Father Said] Reference
Turning the tiller over to Dora Vincent, the homeless youth did as directed. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
Archie drew on his gauntlets and settled himself, hands on tiller and throttle. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
He told me that the people of my time would be "taking the tiller of the world.". From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jean Houston: Moving Beyond the Pathology of History: Why We Need a Shift in Human Consciousness] Reference
I lashed the tiller again -- as I had twice during the night -- and went below for coffee. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
The tiller-ropes of another vessel were carried away and she, too, dropped helplessly back. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
To lash the tiller and let the sloop drive on was too reckless a course to even contemplate. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
"Wind's settin 'just right," said Diamond, the sheet in one hand and the tiller in the other. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
But after that there were two to be watching in the darkness when I took the tiller -- ay, and. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
Essential information: Learn about tillers and how to keep your tiller in peak working condition. From Wordnik.com. [By the Numbers: More Americans to dig into food gardening in 2009] Reference
Toffy rowed the bow-oar now, and Purvis, who knew every turn of the river, took the tiller-ropes. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
Among them: does a growth-oriented CEO like Fisher know how to man the tiller during a turnaround?. From Wordnik.com. [A Star Image Blurs] Reference
Yet, whatever the noble intentions of land-to-the-tiller programs, they have seldom worked in practice. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond Land Rights] Reference
After each use, thoroughly clean all dirt and debris from the tiller before it has a chance to harden. From Wordnik.com. [Zen and the art of mower maintenance] Reference
After all, they trained many of the people who had their hands on the tiller when the nation's economic ship ran aground. From Wordnik.com. [Business Schools Mull Over Blame In Financial Crisis] Reference
And while you're sharing plants with your neighbors, team up to buy one tiller, edger, hedge clipper and leaf blower, too. From Wordnik.com. [Saving Your Seed Money] Reference
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