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filter

[fil-ter] / ˈfɪl tər /


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Barn owls are champion head tilters, for example, and can also swivel their neck 270 degrees around.

From Scientific American • Jul. 29, 2023

Burgundy is a wine for tilters at windmills … Burgundy is a diva.

From Slate • May 5, 2012

He is contemptuous of the crusaders and windmill tilters among his colleagues.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was a great jousting at Crecy a little later, and Gaston went there to deal with certain knights and princes among the tilters, and left the shop in Dickon's charge.

From Masters of the Guild by Lamprey, L.

This is a revival of the ancient game of tilting as described in "Ivanhoe," except that the tilters use canoes instead of horses and blunt sticks in place of spears and lances.

From Outdoor Sports and Games by Miller, Claude H.




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