Chapter 1741

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 <Xpage=1514>

Tod , v. t. & i. To weigh; to yield in tods. [Obs.]

To-day <Xpage=1514>

To-day" (?) , adv. [AS. t\'d3 d\'91g . See To , prep. , and Day .] On this day; on the present day.

Worcester's horse came but to-day . Shak.

To-day <Xpage=1514>

To-day" , n. The present day. <-- usu. spelt today. -->

On to-day Is worth for me a thousand yesterdays. Longfellow.

<-- today adj. modern, recent. -->

Toddle <Xpage=1514>

Tod"dle (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Toddled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Toddling (?) .] [Akin to tottle , totter .] To walk with short, tottering steps, as a child.

Toddle <Xpage=1514>

Tod"dle , n. A toddling walk.

Trollope.

Toddler <Xpage=1514>

Tod"dler (?) , n. One who toddles; especially, a young child.

Mrs. Gaskell.

Toddy <Xpage=1514>

Tod"dy (?) , n. [Formed from Hind. t\'be<?/\'c6 the juice of the palmyra tree, popularly, toddy , fr. t\'be<?/ the palmyra tree, Skr. t\'bela .] 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.

&hand; Toddy differs from grog in having a less proportion of spirit, and is being made hot and sweetened.

Toddy bird (Zo\'94l.) , a weaver bird of the East Indies and India: -- so called from its fondness for the juice of the palm. -- Toddy cat (Zo\'94l.) , the common paradoxure; the palm cat.

To-do <Xpage=1514>

To-do" (?) , n. [ To + do . Cf. Ado .] Bustle; stir; commotion; ado. [Colloq.]

Tody <Xpage=1514>

To"dy (?) , n. ; pl. Todies (#) . [Cf. NL. todus , F. todier , G. todvogel .] (Zo\'94l.) Any one of several species of small insectivorous West Indian birds of the genus Todus . They are allied to the kingfishers.

Toe <Xpage=1514>

Toe (?) , n. [OE. too , taa , AS. t\'be ; akin to D. teen , G. zehe , OHG. z\'c7ha , Icel. t\'be , Sw. t\'86 , Dan. taa ; of uncertain origin. \'fb60.] 1. (Anat.) One of the terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal. "Each one, tripping on his toe ."

Shak.

2. (Zo\'94l.) 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 (Zo\'94l.) , 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 <Xpage=1514>

Toe , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Toed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Toeing .] To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to; as, to toe the mark .

Toe <Xpage=1514>

Toe , v. i. 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. <-- (Automobiles) toe in , to align the front wheels so that they point slightly toward each other. -->

Toed <Xpage=1514>

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

2. (Carp.) 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.

To-fall <Xpage=1514>

To-fall" (?) , n. (Arch.) A lean-to. See Lean-to .

Toffee, Toffy <Xpage=1514>

Tof"fee (?) , Tof"fy (?) , n. Taffy. [Eng.]

Tofore, Toforn <Xpage=1514>

To*fore" (?) , To*forn" (?) , prep. & adv. [AS. t\'d3foran . See To , prep. , Fore .] Before. [Obs.]

Toforn him goeth the loud minstrelsy. Chaucer.

Would thou wert as thou tofore hast been! Shak.

Toft <Xpage=1514>

Toft (?) , n. [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) A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house.

Toftman <Xpage=1514>

Toft"man (?) , n. ; pl. Toftmen (<?/) . The owner of a toft. See Toft , 3.

Tofus <Xpage=1514>

To"fus (?) , n. [L., tufa.] 1. Tophus.

2. (Min.) Tufa. See under Tufa , and Toph .

Toga <Xpage=1514>

To"ga (?) , n. ; pl. E. Togas (#) , L. Tog\'91 (#) . [L., akin to tegere to cover. See Thatch .] (Rom. Antiq.) 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 pr\'91texta.

Toga pr\'91texta . [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 [L.] , the manly gown; the common toga. This was assumed by Roman boys about the time of completing their fourteenth year.

Togated <Xpage=1514>

To"ga*ted (?) , a. [L. togatus , from toga a toga.] Dressed in a toga or gown; wearing a gown; gowned. [R.]

Sir M. Sandys.

Toged <Xpage=1514>

To"ged (?) , a. Togated. [Obs. or R.]

Shak.

Together <Xpage=1514>

To*geth"er (?) , adv. [OE. togedere , togidere , AS. t\'d3g\'91dere , t\'d3g\'91dre , t\'d3gadere ; t\'d3 to + gador together. \'fb29. 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 co\'94peration; 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 <Xpage=1514>

Tog"ger*y (?) , n. [Cf. Togated .] Clothes; garments; dress; as, fishing toggery . [Colloq.] <-- now the same idea is expressed as togs -->

Toggle <Xpage=1514>

Tog"gle (?) , n. [Cf. Tug .] [Written also toggel .] 1. (Naut.) 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.) Two rods or plates connected by a toggle joint.

<-- 3. A toggle switch.

Toggle, v. t. (Computer programming) To change the value of (a program variable) by activating a toggle switch. -->

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. <-- Toggle switch, (Elec.) an electrical switch operated by pushing a lever through a small angle of deflection. The lever has a spring which returns it to its original position after the pressure applied by the operator is released.

(Computer programming) A mechanism for acquiring input from an operator, such that taking some action (such as pressing a function key on a keyboard) will cause a program variable to take a new value. The values are usually changed in cyclic fashion, so that a certain number of activations of the toggle returns the variable to its initial value. When there are two values to the variable, each activation of the toggle causes the variable to assume the alternate value.

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<-- Illustrations here of toggle iron and togle joint. -->

Toght <Xpage=1514>

Toght (?) , a. Taut. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Togider, Togidres <Xpage=1514>

To*gid"er (?) , To*gid"res (?) , adv. Together. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Togue <Xpage=1514>

Togue (?) , n. [From the American Indian name.] (Zo\'94l.) The namaycush.

Tohew <Xpage=1514>

To*hew" (?) , v. t. [Pref. to- + hew .] To hew in pieces. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Toil <Xpage=1514>

Toil (?) , n. [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 .] 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 <Xpage=1514>

Toil , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Toiled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Toiling .] [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 .] 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 <Xpage=1514>

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.

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Toil <Xpage=1515>

Toil (?) , n. [OE. toil turmoil, struggle; cf. OD. tuyl labor, work. See Toil , v. ] 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.

&hand; 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 <Xpage=1515>

Toil"er (?) , n. One who toils, or labors painfully.

Toilet <Xpage=1515>

Toi"let (?) , n. [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 <Xpage=1515>

Toi*lette" (?) , n. [F.] See Toilet , 3.

Toilful <Xpage=1515>

Toil"ful (?) , a. Producing or involving much toil; laborious; toilsome; as, toilful care .

Mickle.

Toilinette <Xpage=1515>

Toi`li*nette" (?) , n. [F. toilinet . See Toil a net.] A cloth, the weft of which is of woolen yarn, and the warp of cotton and silk, -- used for w<?/istcoats.

Toilless <Xpage=1515>

Toil"less (?) , a. Free from toil.

Toilsome <Xpage=1515>

Toil"some (?) , a. 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 <Xpage=1515>

Toise (?) , n. [F., fr. LL. tesa , fr. L. tensus , fem. tensa , p.p. of tendere to stretch, extend. See Tense , a. ] An old measure of length in France, containing six French feet, or about 6.3946 French feet.

Tokay <Xpage=1515>

To*kay" (?) , n. [Named fr. Tokay in Hungary.] 1. (Bot.) A grape of an oval shape and whitish color.

2. A rich Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes.

Token <Xpage=1515>

To"ken (?) , n. [OE. token , taken , AS. t\'becen ; akin to OFries. t\'c7ken , OS. t\'c7kan , D. teeken , G. zeichen , OHG. Zeihhan , Icel. t\'bekan , teiken , Sw. tecken , Dan. tegn , Goth. taikns sign, token, ga teihan to tell, show, AS. te\'a2n to accuse, G. zeihen , OHG. z\'c6han , G. zeigen to show, OHG. zeig\'d3n , Icel. tj\'be , L. dicere to say, Gr. <?/ to show, Skr. 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.

&hand; It is now made unlawful for private persons to issue tokens.

5. (Med.) 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.) 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.) A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.

8. (Mining) 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 <Xpage=1515>

To"ken , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tokened (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tokening .] [AS. t\'becnian , fr. t\'becen token. See Token , n. ] To betoken. [Obs.]

Shak.

Tokened <Xpage=1515>

To"kened (?) , a. Marked by tokens, or spots; as, the tokened pestilence . [Obs.]

Shak.

Tokenless <Xpage=1515>

To"ken*less (?) , a. Without a token.

Tokin <Xpage=1515>

Tok"in (?) , n. A tocsin. [Obs.]

Halliwell.

Tol <Xpage=1515>

Tol (?) , v. t. (Law) To take away. See Toll .

Tola <Xpage=1515>

To"la (?) , n. [Hind., from Skr. tul\'be a balance.] A weight of British India. The standard tola is equal to 180 grains.

Tolane <Xpage=1515>

To*lane" (?) , n. [From Toluene .] (Chem.) 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 <Xpage=1515>

Tol"booth` (?) , n. See Tollbooth .

Told <Xpage=1515>

Told (?) , imp. & p. p. of Tell .

Tole <Xpage=1515>

Tole (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Toled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Toling .] [OE. tollen to draw, to entice; of uncertain origin. Cf. Toll to ring a bell.] 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 <Xpage=1515>

To*le"do (?) , n. 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.

Tolerabolity <Xpage=1515>