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Till (?), n. [Abbrev. from lentil.] A vetch; a tare. [Prov. Eng.]
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Till, n. 1. (Geol.) A deposit of clay, sand, and gravel, without lamination, formed in a glacier valley by means of the waters derived from the melting glaciers; -- sometimes applied to alluvium of an upper river terrace, when not laminated, and appearing as if formed in the same manner.
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2. A kind of coarse, obdurate land. Loudon.
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Till (?), conj. As far as; up to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; that is, to the time specified in the sentence or clause following; until.
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And said unto them, Occupy till I come.
Luke xix. 13.
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Mediate so long till you make some act of prayer to God.
Jer. Taylor.
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There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived.
Macaulay.
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&hand_; This use may be explained by supposing an ellipsis of when, or the time when, the proper conjunction or conjunctive adverb begin when.
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Till, v. i. To cultivate land. Piers Plowman.
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