escutcheon vs tile

escutcheon

noun
  • A decorative and/or protective plate or bezel to fill the gap between a switch, pipe, valve, control knob, etc., and the surface from which it protrudes. 

  • A small shield used to charge a larger one. 

  • The insignia around a doorknob's exterior hardware or a door lock's cosmetic plate. 

  • The part of a ship's stern where its name is displayed. 

  • A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It was once taken as an index of milking qualities. 

  • An individual or corporate coat of arms. 

  • The pattern of distribution of hair upon the pubic mound. 

  • The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area. 

tile

noun
  • A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc. 

  • Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong. 

  • A rectangular graphic. 

verb
  • To seal a lodge against intrusions from unauthorised people. 

  • To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated. 

  • To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface). 

  • To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique. 

  • To cover with tiles. 

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