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7. (Law) (a) That which constitutes a just cause of exclusive possession; that which is the foundation of ownership of property, real or personal; a right; as, a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title. (b) The instrument which is evidence of a right. (c) (Canon Law) That by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.

8. (Anc. Church Records)

Defn: A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside. Title deeds (Law), the muniments or evidences of ownership; as, the title deeds to an estate.

Syn. -- Epithet; name; appellation; denomination. See epithet, and Name.

TITLE Ti"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Titled; p. pr. & vb. n. Titling.] Etym: [Cf. L. titulare, F. titrer. See Title, n.]

Defn: To call by a title; to name; to entitle. Hadrian, having quieted the island, took it for honor to be titled on his coin, "The Restorer of Britain." Milton.

TITLED Ti"tled, a.

Defn: Having or bearing a title.

TITLELESS Ti"tle*less, a.

Defn: Not having a title or name; without legitimate title. "A titleless tyrant." Chaucer.

TITLE-PAGE Ti"tle-page`, n.

Defn: The page of a book which contains it title. The world's all title-page; there's no contents. Young.

TITLER Tit"ler, n.

Defn: A large truncated cone of refined sugar.

TITLING Tit"ling, n. Etym: [Icel. titlingr a tit sparrow. See Tit a small bird.]

1. (Zoöl.) (a) The hedge sparrow; -- called also titlene. Its nest often chosen by the cuckoo as a place for depositing its own eggs. The titling, . . . being thus deceived, hatcheth the egg, and bringeth up the chick of another bird. Holland.

(b) The meadow pipit.

2. Stockfish; -- formerly so called in customhouses.

TITMAL Tit"mal, n.

Defn: The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]

TITMOUSE Tit"mouse`, n.; pl. Titmice. Etym: [OE. titemose, titmase; tit small, or a small bird + AS. mase a kind of small bird; akin to D. mees a titmouse, G. meise, OHG. meisa, Icel. meisingr. The English form has been influenced by the unrelated word mouse. Cf. Tit a small bird.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing birds belonging to Parus and allied genera; -- called also tit, and tomtit.

Note: The blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus), the marsh titmouse (P. palustris), the crested titmouse (P. cristatus), the great titmouse (P. major), and the long tailed titmouse (Ægithalos caudatus), are the best-known European species. See Chickadee.

TITRATE Ti"trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Titrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Titrating.] Etym: [F. titrer, from titre standard, title. See Title, n.] (Chem.)

Defn: To analyse, or determine the strength of, by means of standard solutions. Cf. Standardized solution, under Solution.

TITRATED Ti"tra*ted, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Standardized; determined or analyzed by titration; as, titrated solutions.

TITRATION Ti*tra"tion, n. (Chem.)

Defn: The act or process of titrating; a substance obtained by titrating.

TITTER Tit"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tittered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tittering.] Etym: [Probably of imitative origin.]

Defn: To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh with restraint, or without much noise; to giggle. A group of tittering pages ran before. Longfellow.

TITTER Tit"ter, n.

Defn: A restrained laugh. "There was a titter of . . . delight on his countenance." Coleridge.

TITTER Tit"ter, v. i.

Defn: To seesaw. See Teeter.

TITTEREL Tit"ter*el, n.

Defn: The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]

TITTER-TOTTER Tit"ter-tot`ter, v. i.

Defn: See Teeter.

TITTIMOUSE Tit"ti*mouse`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]

TITTLE Tit"tle, n. Etym: [OE. titel, titil, apparently a dim. of tit, in the sense of small; cf. G. tüttel a tittle, dim. of OHG. tutta teat. Perhaps, however, the same word as title, n.]

Defn: A particle; a minute part; a jot; an iota. It is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. Luke xvi. 17. Every tittle of this prophecy is most exactly verified. South.

TITTLEBAT Tit"tle*bat, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The three-spined stickleback. [Prov. Eng.]

TITTLE-TATTLE Tit"tle-tat`tle, n. Etym: [A reduplication of tattle.]

1. Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle. Arbuthnot.

2. An idle, trifling talker; a gossip. [R.] Tatler.

TITTLE-TATTLE Tit"tle-tat`tle, v. i.

Defn: To talk idly; to prate. Shak.

TITTLE-TATTLING Tit"tle-tat`tling, n.

Defn: The act or habit of parting idly or gossiping.

TITTUP Tit"tup, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tittuped or Tittupped; p. pr. & vb. n. Tittuping or Tittupping.] [Written also titup.] [Cf. Teeter.]

Defn: To behave or move in a lively or restless manner, as an impatient horse; to caper; to prance; to frisk. Kipling.

TITTUP Tit"tup, n.

Defn: The act of tittuping; lively, gay, or restless behavior or gait; a prance or caper. [Written also titup.]

TITTUPPY Tit"tup*py, a.

Defn: Given to tittuping; gay; lively; prancing; also, shaky; unsteady.

TITTY Tit"ty, n.

Defn: A little teat; a nipple. [Familiar]

TITUBATE Tit"u*bate, v. i. Etym: [L. titubatus, p.p. of titubare to stagger, totter.]

1. To stumble. [Obs.]

2. To rock or roll, as a curved body on a plane.

TITUBATION Tit`u*ba"tion, n. Etym: [L. titubatio: cf. F. titubation.]

Defn: The act of stumbling, rocking, or rolling; a reeling. Quain.

TITULAR Tit"u*lar, a. Etym: [F. titulaire, fr. L. titulus. See Title.]

Defn: Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties; as, a titular prince. If these magnificent titles yet remain Not merely titular. Milton. Titular bishop. See under Bishop.

TITULAR Tit"u*lar, n.

Defn: A titulary. [R.]

TITULARITY Tit`u*lar"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being titular. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

TITULARLY Tit"u*lar*ly, adv.

Defn: In a titular manner; nominally; by title only.

TITULARY Tit"u*la*ry, n.; pl. Titularies. Etym: [Cf. F. titulaire.]

Defn: A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not.

TITULARY Tit"u*la*ry, a.

1. Consisting in a title; titular.

2. Of or pertaining to a title.

TITULED Tit"uled, a.

Defn: Having a title. [Obs.] Fuller.

TIVER Tiv"er, n. Etym: [AS. teáfor, teáfur.]

Defn: A kind of ocher which is used in some parts of England in marking sheep. [Prov. Eng.]

TIVER Tiv"er, v. t.

Defn: To mark with tiver. [Prov. Eng.]

TIVOLI Tiv"o*li, n. [Prob. fr. Tivoli in Italy, a pleasure resort not far from Rome.]

Defn: A game resembling bagatelle, played on a special oblong board or table (Tivoli board or table), which has a curved upper end, a set of numbered compartments at the lower end, side alleys, and the surface studded with pins and sometimes furnished with numbered depressions or cups.

TIVY Tiv"y, adv. Etym: [See Tantivy.]

Defn: With great speed; -- a huntsman's word or sound. Dryden.

TIZA Ti"za, n. Etym: [CF. Sp. tiza whitening, a kind of chalk or pipe clay.] (Chem.)

Defn: See Ulexite.

TLINKIT Tlin"kit, n. pl.

Defn: The Indians of a seafaring group of tribes of southern Alaska comprising the Koluschan stock. Previous to deterioration from contact with the whites they were the foremost traders of the northwest. They built substantial houses of cedar adorned with totem poles, and were expert stone carvers and copper workers. Slavery, the potlatch, and the use of immense labrets were characteristic. Many now work in the salmon industry.

TMESIS Tme"sis, n. Etym: [L., from Gr. (Gram.)

Defn: The separation of the parts of a compound word by the intervention of one or more words; as, in what place soever, for whatsoever place.

TO- To- (, see To, prep.) Etym: [AS. to- asunder; akin to G. zer-, and perhaps to L. dis-, or Gr.

Defn: An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See these words in the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to, or All-to, under All, adv.

TO To (emphatic or alone, obscure or unemphatic), prep. Etym: [AS. to; akin to OS. & OFries. to, D. toe, G. zu, OHG. zuo, zua, zo, Russ. do, Ir. & Gael. do, OL. -do, -du, as in endo, indu, in, Gr. Too, Tatoo a beat of drums.]

1. The preposition to primarily indicates approach and arrival, motion made in the direction of a place or thing and attaining it, access; and also, motion or tendency without arrival; movement toward; -- opposed to Ant: from. "To Canterbury they wend." Chaucer. Stay with us, go not to Wittenberg. Shak. So to the sylvan lodge They came, that like Pomona's arbor smiled. Milton. I'll to him again, . . . He'll tell me all his purpose. She stretched her arms to heaven. Dryden.

2. Hence, it indicates motion, course, or tendency toward a time, a state or condition, an aim, or anything capable of being regarded as a limit to a tendency, movement, or action; as, he is going to a trade; he is rising to wealth and honor.

Note: Formerly, by omission of the verb denoting motion, to sometimes followed a form of be, with the sense of at, or in. "When the sun was [gone or declined] to rest." Chaucer.

3. In a very general way, and with innumerable varieties of application, to connects transitive verbs with their remoter or indirect object, and adjectives, nouns, and neuter or passive verbs with a following noun which limits their action. Its sphere verges upon that of for, but it contains less the idea of design or appropriation; as, these remarks were addressed to a large audience; let us keep this seat to ourselves; a substance sweet to the taste; an event painful to the mind; duty to God and to our parents; a dislike to spirituous liquor. Marks and points out each man of us to slaughter. B. Jonson. Whilst they, distilled Almost to jelly with the act of fear, Stand dumb and speak not to him. Shak. Add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 2 Pet. i. 5,6,7. I have a king's oath to the contrary. Shak. Numbers were crowded to death. Clarendon. Fate and the dooming gods are deaf to tears. Dryden. Go, buckle to the law. Dryden.

4. As sign of the infinitive, to had originally the use of last defined, governing the infinitive as a verbal noun, and connecting it as indirect object with a preceding verb or adjective; thus, ready to go, i.e., ready unto going; good to eat, i.e., good for eating; I do my utmost to lead my life pleasantly. But it has come to be the almost constant prefix to the infinitive, even in situations where it has no prepositional meaning, as where the infinitive is direct object or subject; thus, I love to learn, i.e., I love learning; to die for one's country is noble, i.e., the dying for one's country. Where the infinitive denotes the design or purpose, good usage formerly allowed the prefixing of for to the to; as, what went ye out for see (Matt. xi. 8). Then longen folk to go on pilgrimages, And palmers for to seeken strange stranders. Chaucer.

Note: Such usage is now obsolete or illiterate. In colloquial usage, to often stands for, and supplies, an infinitive already mentioned; thus, he commands me to go with him, but I do not wish to.

5. In many phrases, and in connection with many other words, to has a pregnant meaning, or is used elliptically. Thus, it denotes or implies: (a) Extent; limit; degree of comprehension; inclusion as far as; as, they met us to the number of three hundred. We ready are to try our fortunes To the last man. Shak. Few of the Esquimaux can count to ten. Quant. Rev.

(b) Effect; end; consequence; as, the prince was flattered to his ruin; he engaged in a war to his cost; violent factions exist to the prejudice of the state. (c) Apposition; connection; antithesis; opposition; as, they engaged hand to hand. Now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face. 1 Cor. xiii. 12.

(d) Accord; adaptation; as, an occupation to his taste; she has a husband to her mind. He to God's image, she to his was made. Dryden.

(e) Comparison; as, three is to nine as nine is to twenty-seven; it is ten to one that you will offend him. All that they did was piety to this. B. Jonson.

(f) Addition; union; accumulation. Wisdom he has, and to his wisdom, courage. Denham.

(g) Accompaniment; as, she sang to his guitar; they danced to the music of a piano. Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders. Milton.

(h) Character; condition of being; purpose subserved or office filled. [In this sense archaic] "I have a king here to my flatterer." Shak. Made his masters and others . . . to consider him to a little wonder. Walton.

Note: To in to-day, to-night, and to-morrow has the sense or force of for or on; for, or on, (this) day, for, or on, (this) night, for, or on, (the) morrow. To-day, to-night, to-morrow may be considered as compounds, and usually as adverbs; but they are sometimes used as nouns; as, to-day is ours. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow; Creeps in this petty pace from day to day. Shak. To and again, to and fro. [R.] -- To and fro, forward and back. In this phrase, to is adverbial. There was great showing both to and fro. Chaucer. -- To-and-fro, a pacing backward and forward; as, to commence a to- and-fro. Tennyson. -- To the face, in front of; in behind; hence, in the presence of. -- To wit, to know; namely. See Wit, v. i.

Note: To, without an object expressed, is used adverbially; as, put to the door, i. e., put the door to its frame, close it; and in the nautical expressions, to heave to, to come to, meaning to a certain position. To, like on, is sometimes used as a command, forward, set to. "To, Achilles! to, Ajax! to!" Shak.

TOAD Toad, n. Etym: [OE. tode, tade, AS. tadie, tadige; of unknown origin. Cf. Tadpole.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus Bufo and allied genera, especially those of the family Bufonidæ. Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid.

Note: The common toad (Bufo vulgaris) and the natterjack are familiar European species. The common American toad (B. lentiginosus) is similar to the European toad, but is less warty and is more active, moving chiefly by leaping. Obstetrical toad. (Zoöl.) See under Obstetrical. -- Surinam toad. (Zoöl.) See Pita. -- Toad lizard (Zoöl.), a horned toad. -- Toad pipe (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant (Equisetum limosum) growing in muddy places. Dr. Prior. -- Toad rush (Bot.), a low-growing kind of rush (Juncus bufonius). -- Toad snatcher (Zoöl.), the reed bunting. [Prov. Eng.] -- Toad spittle. (Zoöl.) See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo. -- Tree toad. (Zoöl.) See under Tree.

TOADEATER Toad"eat`er, n. Etym: [Said to be so called in allusion to an old alleged practice among mountebanks' boys of eating toads (popularly supposed to be poisonous), in order that their masters might have an opportunity of pretending to effect a cure. The French equivalent expression is un avaleur de couleuvres. Cf. Toady.]

Defn: A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant; a flatterer; a toady. V. Knox. You had nearly imposed upon me, but you have lost your labor. You're too zealous a toadeater, and betray yourself. Dickens.

TOADFISH Toad"fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) Any marine fish of the genus Batrachus, having a large, thick head and a wide mouth, and bearing some resemblance to a toad. The American species (Batrachus tau) is very common in shallow water. Called also oyster fish, and sapo. (b) The angler. (c) A swellfish.

TOADFLAX Toad"flax`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: An herb (Linaria vulgaris) of the Figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; -- called also butter and eggs, flaxweed, and ramsted.

TOADHEAD Toad"head`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The golden plover. [Local, U.S.]

TOADISH Toad"ish, a.

Defn: Like a toad. [Obs.] A. Stafford.

TOADLET Toad"let, n.

Defn: A small toad. [R.] Coleridge.

TOADSTONE Toad"stone`, n.

1. (Min.)

Defn: A local name for the igneous rocks of Derbyshire, England; -- said by some to be derived from the German todter stein, meaning dead stone, that is, stone which contains no ores.

2. Bufonite, formerly regarded as a precious stone, and worn as a jewel. See Bufonite.

TOADSTOOL Toad"stool`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A name given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of the genus Agaricus. The species are almost numberless. They grow on decaying organic matter.

TOADY Toad"y, n.; pl. Toadies. Etym: [Shortened from toadeater.]

1. A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant. Before I had been standing at the window five minutes, they somehow conveyed to me that they were all toadies and humbugs. Dickens.

2. A coarse, rustic woman. [R.] Sir W. Scott.

TOADY Toad"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toadied; p. pr. & vb. n. Toadying.]

Defn: To fawn upon with mean sycophancy.

TOADYISM Toad"y*ism, n.

Defn: The practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy; servile adulation.

TOAST Toast, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Toasting.] Etym: [OF. toster to roast, toast, fr. L. torrere, tostum, to parch, roast. See Torrid.]

1. To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread.

2. To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet.

3. To name when a health is proposed to be drunk; to drink to the health, or in honor, of; as, to toast a lady.

TOAST Toast, n. Etym: [OF. toste, or tostée, toasted bread. See Toast, v.]

1. Bread dried and browned before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by putting slices of toasted bread into milk, gravy, etc. toaster. My sober evening let the tankard bless, With toast embrowned, and fragrant nutmeg fraught. T. Warton.

2. A lady in honor of whom persons or a company are invited to drink; -- so called because toasts were formerly put into the liquor, as a great delicacy. It now came to the time of Mr. Jones to give a toast . . . who could not refrain from mentioning his dear Sophia. Fielding.

3. Hence, any person, especially a person of distinction, in honor of whom a health is drunk; hence, also, anything so commemorated; a sentiment, as "The land we live in," "The day we celebrate," etc. Toast rack, a small rack or stand for a table, having partitions for holding slices of dry toast.

TOASTER Toast"er, n.

1. One who toasts.

2. A kitchen utensil for toasting bread, cheese, etc. Toaster oven. an electrical toaster.

TOASTING Toast"ing,

Defn: a. & n. from Toast, v. Toasting fork, a long-handled fork for toasting bread, cheese, or the like, by the fire.

TOASTMASTER Toast"mas`ter, n.

Defn: A person who presides at a public dinner or banquet, and announces the toasts.

TOAT Toat, n.

Defn: The handle of a joiner's plane. Knight.

TOBACCO To*bac"co, n. Etym: [Sp. tabaco, fr. the Indian tabaco the tube or pipe in which the Indians or Caribbees smoked this plant. Some derive the word from Tabaco, a province of Yucatan, where it was said to be first found by the Spaniards; others from the island of Tobago, one of the Caribbees. But these derivations are very doubtful.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste.

Note: The name is extended to other species of the genus, and to some unrelated plants, as Indian tobacco (Nicotiana rustica, and also Lobelia inflata), mountain tobacco (Arnica montana), and Shiraz tobacco (Nicotiana Persica).

2. The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing, etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various ways. Tobacco box (Zoöl.), the common American skate. -- Tobacco camphor. (Chem.) See Nicotianine. -- Tobacco man, a tobacconist. [R.] -- Tobacco pipe. (a) A pipe used for smoking, made of baked clay, wood, or other material. (b) (Bot.) Same as Indian pipe, under Indian. -- Tobacco-pipe clay (Min.), a species of clay used in making tobacco pipes; -- called also cimolite. -- Tobacco-pipe fish. (Zoöl.) See Pipemouth. -- Tobacco stopper, a small plug for pressing down the tobacco in a pipe as it is smoked. -- Tobacco worm (Zoöl.), the larva of a large hawk moth (Sphinx, or Phlegethontius, Carolina). It is dark green, with seven oblique white stripes bordered above with dark brown on each side of the body. It feeds upon the leaves of tobacco and tomato plants, and is often very injurious to the tobacco crop. See Illust. of Hawk moth.

TOBACCONING To*bac"co*ning, n.

Defn: Smoking tobacco. [Obs.] "Tobacconing is but a smoky play." [Obs.] Sylvester.

TOBACCONIST To*bac"co*nist, n.

1. A dealer in tobacco; also, a manufacturer of tobacco.

2. A smoker of tobacco. [Obs.] Sylvester.

TO-BEAT To-beat", v. t. Etym: [Pref. to- + beat.]

Defn: To beat thoroughly or severely. [Obs.] Layamon.

TOBIAS FISH To*bi"as fish`. Etym: [See the Note under Asmodeus, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The lant, or sand eel.

TOBIE To"bie, n. [Cf. Toby.]

Defn: A kind of inferior cigar of a long slender shape, tapered at one end. [Local, U. S.]

TOBINE To"bine, n. Etym: [Cf. G. tobin, D. tabijn. See Tabby.]

Defn: A stout twilled silk used for dresses.

TOBIT To"bit, n.

Defn: A book of the Apocrypha.

TOBOGGAN To*bog"gan, n. Etym: [Corruption of American Indian odabagan a sled.]

Defn: A kind of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or both ends, used for coasting down hills or prepared inclined planes; also, a sleigh or sledge, to be drawn by dogs, or by hand, over soft and deep snow. [Written also tobogan, and tarbogan.]

TOBOGGAN To*bog"gan, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tobogganed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tobogganing.]

Defn: To slide down hill over the snow or ice on a toboggan. Barilett.

TOBOGGANER; TOBOGGANIST To*bog"gan*er, To*bog"gan*ist, n.

Defn: One who practices tobogganing.

TO-BREAK To-break", v. t. Etym: [Pref. to- + break.]

Defn: To break completely; to break in pieces. [Obs.] With nose and mouth to-broke. Chaucer.

TO-BREST To-brest", v. t. Etym: [Pref. to- + brest.]

Defn: To burst or break in pieces. [Obs.] Chaucer.

TOBY To"by, n.; pl. -bies (#). [Perh. from the proper name.]

Defn: A small jug, pitcher, or mug, generally used for ale, shaped somewhat like a stout man, with a cocked hat forming the brim.

TOCCATA Toc*ca"ta, n. Etym: [It., fr. toccare to touch. See Touch.] (Mus.)

Defn: An old form of piece for the organ or harpsichord, somewhat in the free and brilliant style of the prelude, fantasia, or capriccio.

TOCCATELLA; TOCCATINA Toc`ca*tel"la, Toc`ca*ti"na, n. [It.] (Music)

Defn: A short or simple toccata.

TOCHER Toch"er, n. Etym: [Gael. tochradh.]

Defn: Dowry brought by a bride to her husband. [Scot.] Burns.

TOCKAY Tock"ay, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A spotted lizard native of India.

TOCO To"co, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A toucan (Ramphastos toco) having a very large beak. See Illust. under Toucan.

TOCOLOGY To*col"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]

Defn: The science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition. [Written also tokology.]

TOCORORO To*co*ro"ro, n. Etym: [Probably from the native name through the Spanish: cf. Sp. tocororo.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A cuban trogon (Priotelus temnurus) having a serrated bill and a tail concave at the end.

TOCSIN Toc"sin, n. Etym: [F., fr. OF. toquier to touch, F. toquer (originally, a dialectic form of F. toucher) + seint (for sein) a bell, LL. signum, fr. L. signum a sign, signal. See Touch, and Sign.]

Defn: An alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of alarm. The loud tocsin tolled their last alarm. Campbell.

TOD Tod (tôd), n. Etym: [Akin to D. todde a rag, G. zotte shag, rag, a tuft of hair, Icel. toddi a piece of a thing, a tod of wool.]

1. A bush; a thick shrub; a bushy clump. [R.] "An ivy todde." Spenser. The ivy tod is heavy with snow. Coleridge.

2. An old weight used in weighing wool, being usually twenty-eight pounds.

3. A fox; -- probably so named from its bushy tail. The wolf, the tod, the brock. B. Jonson. Tod stove, a close stove adapted for burning small round wood, twigs, etc. [U.S.] Knight.

TOD Tod, v. t. & i.

Defn: To weigh; to yield in tods. [Obs.]

TO-DAY To-day", adv. Etym: [AS. to dæg. See To, prep., and Day.]

Defn: On this day; on the present day. Worcester's horse came but to-day. Shak.

TO-DAY To-day", n.

Defn: The present day. today. On to-day Is worth for me a thousand yesterdays. Longfellow.

TODDLE Tod"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Toddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Toddling.] Etym: [Akin to tottle, totter.]

Defn: To walk with short, tottering steps, as a child.

TODDLE Tod"dle, n.

Defn: A toddling walk. Trollope.

TODDLER Tod"dler, n.

Defn: One who toddles; especially, a young child. Mrs. Gaskell.

TODDY Tod"dy, n. Etym: [Formed from Hind. ta the juice of the palmyra tree, popularly, toddy, fr. ta the palmyra tree, Skr. tala.]

1. A juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the East Indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured from it by fermentation.

2. A mixture of spirit and hot water sweetened.

Note: Toddy differs from grog in having a less proportion of spirit, and is being made hot and sweetened. Toddy bird (Zoöl.), a weaver bird of the East Indies and India: -- so called from its fondness for the juice of the palm. -- Toddy cat (Zoöl.), the common paradoxure; the palm cat.

TO-DO To-do", n. Etym: [To + do. Cf. Ado.]

Defn: Bustle; stir; commotion; ado. [Colloq.]

TODY To"dy, n.; pl. Todies. Etym: [Cf. NL. todus, F. todier, G. todvogel.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of several species of small insectivorous West Indian birds of the genus Todus. They are allied to the kingfishers.

TOE Toe, n. Etym: [OE. too, taa, AS. ta; akin to D. teen, G. zehe, OHG. zeha, Icel. ta, Sw. tå, Dan. taa; of uncertain origin. *60.]

1. (Anat.)

Defn: One of the terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal. "Each one, tripping on his toe." Shak.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The fore part of the hoof or foot of an animal.

3. Anything, or any part, corresponding to the toe of the foot; as, the toe of a boot; the toe of a skate.

4. (Mach.) (a) The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step. (b) A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved. (c) A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece. Toe biter (Zoöl.), a tadpole; a polliwig. -- Toe drop (Med.), a morbid condition of the foot in which the toe is depressed and the heel elevated, as in talipes equinus. See Talipes.

TOE Toe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toed; p. pr. & vb. n. Toeing.]

Defn: To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to; as, to toe the mark.

TOE Toe, v. i.

Defn: To hold or carry the toes (in a certain way). To toe in, to stand or carry the feet in such a way that the toes of either foot incline toward the other. -- To toe out, to have the toes of each foot, in standing or walking, incline from the other foot. toe in, to align the front wheels so that they point slightly toward each other.

TOED Toed, a.

1. Having (such or so many) toes; -- chiefly used in composition; as, narrow-toed, four-toed.

2. (Carp.)

Defn: Having the end secured by nails driven obliquely, said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing.

TOE DROP Toe drop. (Med.)

Defn: A morbid condition of the foot in which the toe is depressed and the heel elevated.

TOE HOLD Toe hold. (Wrestling)

Defn: A hold in which the agressor bends back his opponent's foot.

TO-FALL To-fall", n. (Arch.)

Defn: A lean-to. See Lean-to.

TOFF Toff, n. [Etym. uncertain.]

Defn: A fop; a beau; a swell. [Slang, Eng.] Kipling.

TOFFEE; TOFFY Tof"fee, Tof"fy, n.

Defn: Taffy. [Eng.]

TOFORE; TOFORN To*fore", To*forn", prep. & adv. Etym: [AS. toforan. See To, prep., Fore.]

Defn: Before. [Obs.] Toforn him goeth the loud minstrelsy. Chaucer. Would thou wert as thou tofore hast been! Shak.

TOFT Toft, n. Etym: [OE. toft a knoll; akin to LG. toft a field hedged in, not far from a house, Icel. topt a green knoll, grassy place, place marked out for a house, Dan. toft.]

1. A knoll or hill. [Obs.] "A tower on a toft." Piers Plowman.

2. A grove of trees; also, a plain. [Prov. Eng.]

3. (O. Eng. Law)

Defn: A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house.

TOFTMAN Toft"man, n.; pl. Toftmen (.

Defn: The owner of a toft. See Toft, 3.

TOFUS To"fus, n. Etym: [L., tufa.]

1. Tophus.

2. (Min.)

Defn: Tufa. See under Tufa, and Toph.

TOG Tog, v. t. & i.

Defn: To put toggery, or togs, on; to dress; -- usually with out, implying care, elaborateness, or the like. [Colloq. or Slang] Harper's Weekly.

TOGA To"ga, n.; pl. E. Togas, L. Togæ. Etym: [L., akin to tegere to cover. See Thatch.] (Rom. Antiq.)

Defn: The loose outer garment worn by the ancient Romans, consisting of a single broad piece of woolen cloth of a shape approaching a semicircle. It was of undyed wool, except the border of the toga prætexta. Toga prætexta. Etym: [L.], a toga with a broad purple border, worn by children of both sexes, by magistrates, and by persons engaged in sacred rites. -- Toga virilis Etym: [L.], the manly gown; the common toga. This was assumed by Roman boys about the time of completing their fourteenth year.

TOGATED To"ga*ted, a. Etym: [L. togatus, from toga a toga.]

Defn: Dressed in a toga or gown; wearing a gown; gowned. [R.] Sir M. Sandys.

TOGED To"ged, a.

Defn: Togated. [Obs. or R.] Shak.

TOGETHER To*geth"er, adv. Etym: [OE. togedere, togidere, AS. togædere, togædre, togadere; to to + gador together. *29. See To, prep., and Gather.]

1. In company or association with respect to place or time; as, to live together in one house; to live together in the same age; they walked together to the town. Soldiers can never stand idle long together. Landor.

2. In or into union; into junction; as, to sew, knit, or fasten two things together; to mix things together. The king joined humanity and policy together. Bacon.

3. In concert; with mutual coöperation; as, the allies made war upon France together. Together with, in union with; in company or mixture with; along with. Take the bad together with the good. Dryden.

TOGGERY Tog"ger*y, n. Etym: [Cf. Togated.]

Defn: Clothes; garments; dress; as, fishing toggery. [Colloq.] togs

TOGGLE Tog"gle, n. Etym: [Cf. Tug.] [Written also toggel.]

1. (Naut.)

Defn: A wooden pin tapering toward both ends with a groove around its middle, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope to be secured to any other loop or bight or ring; a kind of button or frog capable of being readily engaged and disengaged for temporary purposes.

2. (Mach.)

Defn: Two rods or plates connected by a toggle joint. Toggle iron, a harpoon with a pivoted crosspiece in a mortise near the point to prevent it from being drawn out when a whale, shark, or other animal, is harpooned. -- Toggle joint, an elbow or knee joint, consisting of two bars so connected that they may be brought quite or nearly into a straight line, and made to produce great endwise pressure, when any force is applied to bring them into this position.

TOGHT Toght, a.

Defn: Taut. [Obs.] Chaucer.

TOGIDER; TOGIDRES To*gid"er, To*gid"res, adv.

Defn: Together. [Obs.] Chaucer.

TOGS Togs, n. pl. [See Toggery.]

Defn: Clothes; garments; toggery. [Colloq. or Slang]

TOGUE Togue, n. Etym: [From the American Indian name.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The namaycush.

TOHEW To*hew", v. t. Etym: [Pref. to- + hew.]

Defn: To hew in pieces. [Obs.] Chaucer.

TOHUBOHU To"hu*bo"hu (to"hoo-bo"hoo), n. [F. tohu-bohu, fr. Heb. tohu wa bohu without form and void (Gen. i. 2).]

Defn: Chaos; confusion.

Was ever such a tohubohu of people as there assembles Thuckeray.

TOIL Toil, n. Etym: [F. toiles, pl., toils, nets, fr. toile cloth, canvas, spider web, fr. L. tela any woven stuff, a web, fr. texere to weave. See Text, and cf. Toilet.]

Defn: A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural. As a Numidian lion, when first caught, Endures the toil that holds him. Denham. Then toils for beasts, and lime for birds, were found. Dryden.

TOIL Toil, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Toiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Toiling.] Etym: [OE. toilen to pull about, to toil; of uncertain origin; cf. OD. teulen, tuylen, to labor, till, or OF. tooillier, toailler, to wash, rub (cf. Towel); or perhaps ultimately from the same root as E. tug.]

Defn: To exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind, especially of the body, with efforts of some continuance or duration; to labor; to work.

TOIL Toil, v. t.

1. To weary; to overlabor. [Obs.] "Toiled with works of war." Shak.

2. To labor; to work; -- often with out. [R.] Places well toiled and husbanded. Holland. [I] toiled out my uncouth passage. Milton.

TOIL Toil, n. Etym: [OE. toil turmoil, struggle; cf. OD. tuyl labor, work. See Toil, v.]

Defn: Labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or mind, esp. the body. My task of servile toil. Milton. After such bloody toil, we bid good night. Shak.

Note: Toil is used in the formation of compounds which are generally of obvious signification; as, toil-strung, toil-wasted, toil-worn, and the like.

Syn. -- Labor; drudgery; work; exertion; occupation; employment; task; travail. -- Toil, Labor, Drudgery. Labor implies strenuous exertion, but not necessary such as overtasks the faculties; toil denotes a severity of labor which is painful and exhausting; drudgery implies mean and degrading work, or, at least, work which wearies or disgusts from its minuteness or dull uniformity. You do not know the heavy grievances, The toils, the labors, weary drudgeries, Which they impose. Southern. How often have I blessed the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play. Goldsmith.

TOILER Toil"er, n.

Defn: One who toils, or labors painfully.

TOILET Toi"let, n. Etym: [F. toilette, dim. of toile cloth. See Toil a net.]

1. A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.

2. A dressing table. Pope.

3. Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect. [Written also toilette.] Toilet glass, a looking-glass for a toilet table or for a dressing room. -- Toilet service, Toilet set, earthenware, glass, and other utensils for a dressing room. -- Toilet table, a dressing table; a toilet. See def. 2 above. -- To snake one's toilet, to dress one's self; especially, to dress one's self carefully.

TOILETTE Toi*lette", n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: See Toilet, 3.

TOILFUL Toil"ful, a.

Defn: Producing or involving much toil; laborious; toilsome; as, toilful care. Mickle.

TOILINETTE Toi`li*nette", n. Etym: [F. toilinet. See Toil a net.]

Defn: A cloth, the weft of which is of woolen yarn, and the warp of cotton and silk, -- used for w

TOILLESS Toil"less, a.

Defn: Free from toil.

TOILSOME Toil"some, a.

Defn: Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious; wearisome; as, toilsome work. What can be toilsome in these pleasant walks Milton. -- Toil"some*ly, adv. -- Toil"some*ness, n.

TOISE Toise, n. Etym: [F., fr. LL. tesa, fr. L. tensus, fem. tensa, p.p. of tendere to stretch, extend. See Tense, a.]

Defn: An old measure of length in France, containing six French feet, or about 6.3946 French feet.

TOISON Toi`son" (twa`zôn"), n. [F.]

Defn: A sheep's fleece.

TOISON D'OR Toi`son" d'or" (dor"). [F.]

Defn: Lit., the golden fleece; specif., the order of the Golden Fleece, or its jewel.

TOKAY To*kay", n. Etym: [Named fr. Tokay in Hungary.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: A grape of an oval shape and whitish color.

2. A rich Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes.

TOKEN To"ken, n. Etym: [OE. token, taken, AS. tacen; akin to OFries. teken, OS. tekan, D. teeken, G. zeichen, OHG. Zeihhan, Icel. takan, teiken, Sw. tecken, Dan. tegn, Goth. taikns sign, token, gateihan to tell, show, AS. teón to accuse, G. zeihen, OHG. zihan, G. zeigen to show, OHG. zeigon, Icel. tja, L. dicere to say, Gr. di. Cf. Diction, Teach.]

1. Something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant established with Noah.

2. A memorial of friendship; something by which the friendship of another person is to be kept in mind; a memento; a souvenir. This is some token from a never friend. Shak.

3. Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith, etc. Say, by this token, I desire his company. Shak.

4. A piece of metal intended for currency, and issued by a private party, usually bearing the name of the issuer, and redeemable in lawful money. Also, a coin issued by government, esp. when its use as lawful money is limited and its intrinsic value is much below its nominal value.

Note: It is now made unlawful for private persons to issue tokens.

5. (Med.)

Defn: A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death. [Obs.] Like the fearful tokens of the plague, Are mere forerunners of their ends. Beau. & Fl.

6. (Print.)

Defn: Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.

7. (Ch. of Scot.)

Defn: A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.

8. (Mining)

Defn: A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sends one of these with each corf or tub he has hewn. Token money, money which is lawfully current for more than its real value. See Token, n., 4. -- Token sheet (Print.), the last sheet of each token. W. Savage.

TOKEN To"ken, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tokened; p. pr. & vb. n. Tokening.] Etym: [AS. tacnian, fr. tacen token. See Token, n.]

Defn: To betoken. [Obs.] Shak.

TOKENED To"kened, a.

Defn: Marked by tokens, or spots; as, the tokened pestilence. [Obs.] Shak.

TOKENLESS To"ken*less, a.

Defn: Without a token.

TOKIN Tok"in, n.

Defn: A tocsin. [Obs.] Halliwell.

TOL Tol, v. t. (Law)

Defn: To take away. See Toll.

TOLA To"la, n. Etym: [Hind., from Skr. tula a balance.]

Defn: A weight of British India. The standard tola is equal to 180 grains.

TOLANE To*lane", n. Etym: [From Toluene.] (Chem.)

Defn: A hydrocarbon, C14H10, related both to the acetylene and the aromatic series, and produced artificially as a white crystalline substance; -- called also diphenyl acetylene.

TOLBOOTH Tol"booth`, n.

Defn: See Tollbooth.

TOLD Told,

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Tell.

TOLE Tole, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toled; p. pr. & vb. n. Toling.] Etym: [OE. tollen to draw, to entice; of uncertain origin. Cf. Toll to ring a bell.]

Defn: To draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing or desirable; to allure by some bait. [Written also toll.] Whatever you observe him to be more frighted at then he should, tole him on to by insensible degrees, till at last he masters the difficulty.

TOLEDO To*le"do, n.

Defn: A sword or sword blade made at Toledo in Spain, which city was famous in the 16th and 17th centuries for the excellence of its weapons.

TOLERABILITY Tol`er*a*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being tolerable. [R.] Fuller. Wordsworth.

TOLERABLE Tol"er*a*ble, a. Etym: [L. tolerabilis: cf. F. tolérable. See Tolerate.]

1. Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally. As may affect tionearth with cold and heat Scarce tolerable. Milton.

2. Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or received without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable entertainment; a tolerable translation. Dryden. -- Tol"er*a*ble*ness, n. -- Tol"er*a*bly, adv.

TOLERANCE Tol"er*ance, n. Etym: [L. tolerantia: cf. F. tolérance.]

1. The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance. Diogenes, one frosty morning, came into the market place,shaking, to show his tolerance. Bacon.

2. The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions; toleration.

3. (Med.)

Defn: The power possessed or acquired by some persons of bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would prove injurious or fatal. Tolerance of the mint. (Coinage) Same as Remedy of the mint. See under Remedy.

TOLERANT Tol"er*ant, a. Etym: [L. tolerans, p.pr. of tolerare to tolerate: cf. F. tolérant. See Tolerate.]

Defn: Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; ingulgent.

TOLERATE Tol"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tolerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Tolerating.] Etym: [L. toleratus, p.p. of tolerare, fr. the same root as tollere to lift up, tuli, used as perfect of ferre to bear, latus (for tlatus), used as p.p. of ferre to bear, and E. thole. See Thole, and cf. Atlas, Collation, Delay, Elate, Extol, Legislate, Oblate, Prelate, Relate, Superlative, Talent, Toll to take away, Translate.]

Defn: To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices. Crying should not be tolerated in children. Locke. We tolerate them because property and liberty, to a degree, require that toleration. Burke.

Syn. -- See Permit.

TOLERATION Tol`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. toleratio: cf. OF. toleration.]

1. The act of tolerating; the allowance of that which is not wholly approved.

2. Specifically, the allowance of religious opinions and modes of worship in a state when contrary to, or different from, those of the established church or belief.

3. Hence, freedom from bigotry and severity in judgment of the opinions or belief of others, especially in respect to religious matters.

TOLL Toll, v. t. Etym: [L. tollere. See Tolerate.] (O. Eng. Law)

Defn: To take away; to vacate; to annul.

TOLL Toll, v. t. Etym: [See Tole.]

1. To draw; to entice; to allure. See Tole.

2. Etym: [Probably the same word as toll to draw, and at first meaning, to ring in order to draw people to church.]

Defn: To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell. "The sexton tolled the bell." Hood.

3. To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend. Shak. Slow tolls the village clock the drowsy hour. Beattie.

4. To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing. When hollow murmurs of their evening bells Dismiss the sleepy swains, and toll them to their cells. Dryden.

TOLL Toll, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tolling.]

Defn: To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to announce the death of a person. The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll. Shak. Now sink in sorrows with a tolling bell. Pope.

TOLL Toll, n.

Defn: The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated.

TOLL Toll, n. Etym: [OE. tol, AS. toll; akin to OS. & D. tol, G. zoll, OHG. zol, Icel. tollr, Sw. tull, Dan. told, and also to E. tale; -- originally, that which is counted out in payment. See Tale number.]

1. A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.

2. (Sax. & O. Eng. Law)

Defn: A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.

3. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding. Toll and team (O. Eng. Law), the privilege of having a market, and jurisdiction of villeins. Burrill. -- Toll bar, a bar or beam used on a canal for stopping boats at the tollhouse, or on a road for stopping passengers. -- Toll bridge, a bridge where toll is paid for passing over it. -- Toll corn, corn taken as pay for grinding at a mill. -- Toll dish, a dish for measuring toll in mills. -- Toll gatherer, a man who takes, or gathers, toll. -- Toll hop, a toll dish. [Obs.] Crabb. -- Toll thorough (Eng. Law), toll taken by a town for beasts driven through it, or over a bridge or ferry maintained at its cost. Brande & C. -- Toll traverse (Eng. Law), toll taken by an individual for beasts driven across his ground; toll paid by a person for passing over the private ground, bridge, ferry, or the like, of another. -- Toll turn (Eng. Law), a toll paid at the return of beasts from market, though they were not sold. Burrill.

Syn. -- Tax; custom; duty; impost.

TOLL Toll, v. i.

1. To pay toll or tallage. [R.] Shak.

2. To take toll; to raise a tax. [R.] Well could he [the miller] steal corn and toll thrice. Chaucer. No Italian priest Shall tithe or toll in our dominions. Shak.

TOLL Toll, v. t.

Defn: To collect, as a toll. Shak.

TOLLABLE Toll"a*ble, a.

Defn: Subject to the payment of toll; as, tollable goods. Wright.

TOLLAGE Toll"age, n.

Defn: Payment of toll; also, the amount or quantity paid as toll. Drayton.

TOLLBOOTH Toll"booth`, n. Etym: [Toll a tax + booth.] Etym: [Written also tolbooth.]

1. A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll. [Obs.] He saw Levy . . . sitting at the tollbooth. Wyclif (Mark ii. 14).

2. In Scotland, a burgh jail; hence, any prison, especially a town jail. Sir W. Scott.

TOLLBOOTH Toll"booth`, v. t.

Defn: To imprison in a tollbooth. [R.] That they might tollbooth Oxford men. Bp. Corbet.

TOLLER Toll"er, n. Etym: [AS. tollere.]

Defn: A toll gatherer. "Tollers in markets." Piers Plowman.

TOLLER Toll"er, n.

Defn: One who tolls a bell.

TOLLETANE Tol"le*tane, a. Etym: [L. Toletanus.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to Toledo in Spain; made in Toledo. [Obs.] "Tables Tolletanes." Chaucer.

TOLLGATE Toll"gate`, n.

Defn: A gate where toll is taken.

TOLLHOUSE Toll"house`, n.; pl. Tollhouses (.

Defn: A house occupied by a receiver of tolls.

TOLLMAN Toll"man, n.; pl. Tollmen (.

Defn: One who receives or collects toll; a toll gatherer. Cowper.

TOLMEN Tol"men, n.

Defn: See Dolmen.

TOLSESTER Tol"ses*ter, n. Etym: [LL. tolsestrum. Cf. Toll a tax.] (O. Eng. Law)

Defn: A toll or tribute of a sextary of ale, paid to the lords of some manors by their tenants, for liberty to brew and sell ale. Cowell.

TOLSEY Tol"sey, n.

Defn: A tollbooth; also, a merchants' meeting place, or exchange. [Obs.] Halliwell.

TOLSTOYAN; TOLSTOIAN Tol*stoy"an, Tol*stoi"an, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Tolstoy (1828-1910). -- n.

Defn: A follower of Tolstoy, who advocates and practices manual labor, simplicity of living, nonresistance, etc., holds that possession of wealth and ownership of property are sinful, and in religion rejects all teachings not coming from Christ himself.

TOLT Tolt, n. Etym: [LL. tolta, fr. L. tollere to take away.] (O. Eng. Law)

Defn: A writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removed into a country court. Cowell.

TOLTEC Tol"tec, n. (Ethnol.)

Defn: One of a race which formerly occupied Mexico. -- Tol"te*can, a.

TOLU To*lu", n.

Defn: A fragrant balsam said to have been first brought from Santiago de Tolu, in New Granada. See Balsam of Tolu, under Balsam. Tolu tree (Bot.), a large tree (Myroxylon toluiferum), the wood of which is red in the center, and has an aromatic rose odor. It affords the balsam called tolu.

TOLUATE Tol"u*ate, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A salt of any one of the toluic acids.

TOLUENE Tol"u*ene, n. Etym: [Tolu + benzene.] (Chem.)

Defn: A hydrocarbon, C6H5.CH3, of the aromatic series, homologous with benzene, and obtained as a light mobile colorless liquid, by distilling tolu balsam, coal tar, etc.; -- called also methyl benzene, phenyl methane, etc.

TOLUENYL Tol`u*e"nyl, n. Etym: [Toluene + -yl.] (Chem.)

Defn: Tolyl. [Obs.]

TOLUIC To*lu"ic, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, one of three metameric acids, CH3.C6H4.CO2H, which are related to toluene and analogous to benzoic acids. They are white crystalline substances, and are called respectively orthotoluic acid, metatoluic acid, and paratoluic acid.

TOLUID Tol"u*id, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A complex double tolyl and toluidine derivative of glycocoll, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

TOLUIDINE To*lu"i*dine, n. (Chem.)

Defn: Any one of three metameric amido derivatives of toluene analogous to aniline, and called respectively orthtoluidine, metatoluidine, and paratoluidine; especially, the commonest one, or paratoluidine, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance.

Note: It is used in the aniline dye industry, and constitutes the essential nucleus or radical of those dyes.

TOLUOL; TOLUOLE Tol"u*ol, Tol"u*ole n. Etym: [Tolu + benzol.] (Chem.)

Defn: Same as Toluene.

TOLURIC To*lu"ric, a. Etym: [Toluic + uric.] (Chem.)

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of three isomeric crystalline acids, C9H10ON.CO2H, which are toluyl derivatives of glycocoll.

TOLUTATION Tol`u*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. tolutim on a trot, properly, lifting up the feet, akin to tollere to lift up.]

Defn: A pacing or ambling. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

TOLUYL Tol"u*yl, n. Etym: [Toluic + -yl.] (Chem.)

Defn: Any one of the three hypothetical radicals corresponding to the three toluic acids.

TOLUYLENE Tol"u*yl*ene, n. (Chem.) (a) Same as Stilbene. (b) Sometimes, but less properly, tolylene.

TOLYL Tol"yl, n. Etym: [Toluic + -yl.] (Chem.)

Defn: The hydrocarbon radical, CH3.C6H4, regarded as characteristic of certain compounds of the aromatic series related to toluene; as, tolyl carbinol.

TOLYLENE Tol"yl*ene, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A hydrocarbon radical, C6H4.(CH2)2, regarded as characteristic of certain toluene derivatives.

TOLYPEUTINE Tol`y*peu"tine, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The apar.

TOM Tom, n.

Defn: The knave of trumps at gleek. [Obs.]

TOMAHAWK Tom"a*hawk, n. Etym: [Of American Indian origin; cf. Algonkin tomehagen, Mohegan tumnahegan, Delaware tamoihecan.]

Defn: A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.

TOMAHAWK Tom"a*hawk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tomahawked; p. pr. & vb. n. Tomahawking.]

Defn: To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.

TOMALEY Tom"a`ley, n.

Defn: The liver of the lobster, which becomes green when boiled; -- called also tomalline.

TOMAN To*man", n. Etym: [Per. toman; from a Mongol word signifying, ten thousand.]

Defn: A money of account in Persia, whose value varies greatly at different times and places. Its average value may be reckoned at about two and a half dollars.

TOM AND JERRY Tom and Jerry.

Defn: A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, etc., and beaten up with eggs.

TOMATO To*ma"to, n.; pl. Tomatoes. Etym: [Sp. or Pg. tomate, of American Indian origin; cf. Mexican tomail.] (Bot.)

Defn: The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family (Lycopersicum esculentun); also, the plant itself. The fruit, which is called also love apple, is usually of a rounded, flattened form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked. Tomato gall (Zoöl.), a large gall consisting of a mass of irregular swellings on the stems and leaves of grapevines. They are yellowish green, somewhat tinged with red, and produced by the larva of a small two-winged fly (Lasioptera vitis). -- Tomato sphinx (Zoöl.), the adult or imago of the tomato worm. It closely resembles the tobacco hawk moth. Called also tomato hawk moth. See Illust. of Hawk moth. -- Tomato worm (Zoöl.), the larva of a large hawk moth (Sphinx, or Macrosila, quinquemaculata) which feeds upon the leaves of the tomato and potato plants, often doing considerable damage. Called also potato worm.

TOMB Tomb, n. Etym: [OE. tombe, toumbe, F. tombe, LL. tumba, fr. Gr. tumulus a mound. Cf. Tumulus.]

1. A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher. As one dead in the bottom of a tomb. Shak.

2. A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead. "In tomb of marble stones." Chaucer.