Twilly vs Tilly - What's the difference?

twilly | tilly |


As nouns the difference between twilly and tilly

is that twilly is a machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willying machine while tilly is an extra product given to a customer at no additional charge; a lagniappe.

As an adjective tilly is

containing till unsorted glacial sediment.

As a proper noun Tilly is

{{given name|female|diminutive=Matilda}}.

twilly

English

Noun

(twillies)
  • A machine for cleansing]] or loosening wool by the action of a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or [[tooth, teeth; a willying machine.

    • Synonyms

    * devil * twilly devil (Webster 1913)

    tilly

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) .

    Noun

    (tillies)
  • (Ireland) An extra product given to a customer at no additional charge; a lagniappe.
  • * 1855 , Legends of mount Leinster, by Harry Whitney :
    • Myles:'' "Indeed your Honour may safely say so : Iwas ploughing away go myself for the snuff, and be sure to get my ' tillies .
  • * 1939 , James Joyce, 'Finnegan's Wake'':
    • A bakereen's dusind with tithe tillies to boot.
  • * 2007 , Patrick Semple, The Rector who Wouldn't Pray for Rain :
    • At each door he poured from the can into a pint measure and into the house-wife's jug, always with a tilly for the cat, whether there was a cat or not, sometimes splashing the step with milk to the annoyance of the housewife.
    Synonyms
    * lagniappe (America), pasella (South Africa)

    Etymology 2

    From WWII British Army usage , from utility.

    Alternative forms

    * Tilly

    Noun

    (tillies)
  • (UK) A small open-backed truck.
  • * 1978 , (Ada F Kay) (A. J. Stewart), Died 1513-born 1929'' / ''King's Memory , page 83:
    • After a fortnight's careful nursing my leg healed and I was packed off in a tilly (utility truck) with my kit-bag to join my comrades at Fairmilehead.
  • * 1980 , Once Upon a Ward: V.A.D.s' Own Stories and Pictures , page 119:
    • One night soon after our arrival in Belgium, four of us set off to a dance in a rest centre, behind the lines, for the forces. We drove across a snowy waste in a tilly truck, singing "Lilly Marlene".
    Synonyms
    * (small truck) ute (Australia)

    Etymology 3

    From .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Containing (l) (unsorted glacial sediment).