tiller

a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass

someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)

lever used to turn the rudder on a boat

a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)

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

A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker.

A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of Rudder. Cf. 2d Helm, 1.

grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers

To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by tillering.