Do I feel stupid ! Yes, found the screw to release it. My son helped me lift and prop it up. Tilt motor looks ok. I pulled a little on the two wires. checked a fuze under the cowling. bumped the starter and that worked along with lights and horn. of course when I tried the tilt motor switch on the throttle again, it purred. (wouldn't lift since I had disengaged that screw.) so now I seem to be back in business but concerned as to why in the first place. Is it possible that the battery cables are loose, but tight enough to bump starter but not lift the outdrive ? and yes, the battery has wing nuts.
