Chapter 1742

Tol`er*a*bol"i*ty (?) , n. The quality or state of being tolerable. [R.]

Fuller. Wordsworth.

Tolerable <Xpage=1515>

Tol"er*a*ble (?) , a. [L. tolerabilis : cf. F. tol\'82rable . 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 <Xpage=1515>

Tol"er*ance (?) , n. [L. tolerantia : cf. F. tol\'82rance .] 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.) 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 <Xpage=1515>

Tol"er*ant (?) , a. [L. tolerans , p.pr. of tolerare to tolerate: cf. F. tol\'82rant . See Tolerate .] Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; ingulgent.

Tolerate <Xpage=1515>

Tol"er*ate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tolerated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tolerating .] [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 .] 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 <Xpage=1515>

Tol`er*a"tion (?) , n. [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 <Xpage=1515>

Toll (?) , v. t. [L. tollere . See Tolerate .] (O. Eng. Law) To take away; to vacate; to annul.

Toll <Xpage=1515>

Toll , v. t. [See Tole .] 1. To draw; to entice; to allure. See Tole .

2. [Probably the same word as toll to draw, and at first meaning, to ring in order to draw people to church.] 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 <Xpage=1515>

Toll , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Tolled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tolling .] 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 <Xpage=1515>

Toll , n. The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated.

Toll <Xpage=1515>

Toll (?) , n. [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) 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.

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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 <Xpage=1515>

Toll , v. t. To collect, as a toll.

Shak.

Tollable <Xpage=1515>

Toll"a*ble (?) , a. Subject to the payment of toll; as, tollable goods .

Wright.

Tollage <Xpage=1515>

Toll"age (?) , n. Payment of toll; also, the amount or quantity paid as toll.

Drayton.

Tollbooth <Xpage=1515>

Toll"booth` (?) , n. [ Toll a tax + booth .] [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 <Xpage=1515>

Toll"booth` , v. t. To imprison in a tollbooth. [R.]

That they might tollbooth Oxford men. Bp. Corbet.

Toller <Xpage=1515>

Toll"er (?) , n. [AS. tollere .] A toll gatherer. " Tollers in markets."

Piers Plowman.

Toller <Xpage=1515>

Toll"er , n. One who tolls a bell.

Tolletane <Xpage=1515>

Tol"le*tane (?) , a. [L. Toletanus .] Of or pertaining to Toledo in Spain; made in Toledo. [Obs.] "Tables Tolletanes ."

Chaucer.

Tollgate <Xpage=1515>

Toll"gate` (?) , n. A gate where toll is taken.

Tollhouse <Xpage=1515>

Toll"house` (?) , n. ; pl. Tollhouses (<?/) . A house occupied by a receiver of tolls.

Tollman <Xpage=1515>

Toll"man (?) , n. ; pl. Tollmen (<?/) . One who receives or collects toll; a toll gatherer.

Cowper.

Tolmen <Xpage=1515>

Tol"men (?) , n. See Dolmen .

Tolsester <Xpage=1515>

Tol"ses*ter (?) , n. [LL. tolsestrum . Cf. Toll a tax.] (O. Eng. Law) 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 <Xpage=1515>

Tol"sey (?) , n. A tollbooth; also, a merchants' meeting place, or exchange. [Obs.]

Halliwell.

Tolt <Xpage=1515>

Tolt (?) , n. [LL. tolta , fr. L. tollere to take away.] (O. Eng. Law) A writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removed into a country court.

Cowell.

Toltec <Xpage=1515>

Tol"tec (?) , n. (Ethnol.) One of a race which formerly occupied Mexico. -- Tol"te*can (#) , a.

Tolu <Xpage=1515>

To*lu" (?) , n. 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 <Xpage=1515>

Tol"u*ate (?) , n. (Chem.) A salt of any one of the toluic acids.

Toluene <Xpage=1515>

Tol"u*ene (?) , n. [ Tolu + benz ene .] (Chem.) 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 <Xpage=1515>

Tol`u*e"nyl (?) , n. [ Toluene + -yl .] (Chem.) Tolyl. [Obs.]

Toluic <Xpage=1515>

To*lu"ic (?) , a. (Chem.) 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 <Xpage=1515>

Tol"u*id (?) , n. (Chem.) A complex double tolyl and toluidine derivative of glycocoll, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

Toluidine <Xpage=1515>

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

&hand; It is used in the aniline dye industry, and constitutes the essential nucleus or radical of those dyes.

Toluol, Toluole <Xpage=1515>

Tol"u*ol , Tol"u*ole (?) n. [ Tolu + benz ol .] (Chem.) Same as Toluene .

Toluric <Xpage=1515>

To*lu"ric (?) , a. [ Tol uic + uric .] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of three isomeric crystalline acids, C9H10ON.CO2H , which are toluyl derivatives of glycocoll.

Tolutation <Xpage=1515>

Tol`u*ta"tion (?) , n. [L. tolutim on a trot, properly, lifting up the feet, akin to tollere to lift up.] A pacing or ambling. [Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Toluyl <Xpage=1515>

Tol"u*yl (?) , n. [ Tolu ic + -yl .] (Chem.) Any one of the three hypothetical radicals corresponding to the three toluic acids.

Toluylene <Xpage=1515>

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

Tolyl <Xpage=1515>

Tol"yl (?) , n. [ Tol uic + -yl .] (Chem.) The hydrocarbon radical, CH3.C6H4 , regarded as characteristic of certain compounds of the aromatic series related to toluene; as, tolyl carbinol .

Tolylene <Xpage=1515>

Tol"yl*ene (?) , n. (Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical, C6H4.(CH2)2 , regarded as characteristic of certain toluene derivatives.

Tolypeutine <Xpage=1515>

Tol`y*peu"tine (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The apar.

Tom <Xpage=1515>

Tom (?) , n. The knave of trumps at gleek. [Obs.]

Tomahawk <Xpage=1515>

Tom"a*hawk (?) , n. [Of American Indian origin; cf. Algonkin tomehagen , Mohegan tumnahegan , Delaware tamoihecan .] A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.

Tomahawk <Xpage=1515>

Tom"a*hawk , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tomahawked (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tomahawking .] To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.

Tomaley <Xpage=1515>

Tom"a`ley (?) , n. The liver of the lobster, which becomes green when boiled; -- called also tomalline .

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Toman <Xpage=1516>

To*man" (?) , n. [Per. t\'d3m\'ben ; from a Mongol word signifying, ten thousand.] 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.

Tomato <Xpage=1516>

To*ma"to (?) , n. ; pl. Tomatoes (#) . [Sp. or Pg. tomate , of American Indian origin; cf. Mexican tomail .] (Bot.) 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 (Zo\'94l.) , 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 (Zo\'94l.) , 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 (Zo\'94l.) , 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 <Xpage=1516>

Tomb (?) , n. [OE. tombe , toumbe , F. tombe , LL. tumba , fr. Gr. <?/ a tomb, grave; perhaps akin to L. 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.

3. A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.

Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb . Shak.

Tomb bat (Zo\'94l.) , any one of species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous which inhabit tombs, especially the Egyptian species ( T. perforatus ).

Tomb <Xpage=1516>

Tomb ,, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tombed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tombing .] To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.

I tombed my brother that I might be blessed. Chapman.

Tombac <Xpage=1516>

Tom"bac (?) , n. [Pg. tambaca , tambaque , fr. Malay tamb\'bega copper; cf. Skr. t\'bemraka ; cf. F. tombac .] (Metal.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German, &or; Dutch, brass . It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal . The addition of arsenic makes white tombac . [Written also tombak , and tambac .]

Tombester <Xpage=1516>

Tom"bes*ter (?) , n. [See Tumble , and -ster .] A female dancer. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Tombless <Xpage=1516>

Tomb"less (?) , a. Destitute of a tomb.

Tomboy <Xpage=1516>

Tom"boy` (?) , n. [ Tom (for Thomas, L. Thomas , fr. Gr. <?/ )+ boy .] A romping girl; a hoiden. [Colloq.]

J. Fletcher.

Tombstone <Xpage=1516>

Tomb"stone` (?) , n. A stone erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of the deceased.

Tomcat <Xpage=1516>

Tom"cat` (?) , n. [ Tom (see Tomboy ) + cat .] A male cat, especially when full grown or of large size.

Tomcod <Xpage=1516>

Tom"cod` (?) , n. [ Tom (see Tomboy ) + cod : cf. F. tacaud whiting pout, American Indian tacaud , literally, plenty fish.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) A small edible American fish ( Microgadus tomcod ) of the Codfish family, very abundant in autumn on the Atlantic coast of the Northen United States; -- called also frostfish . See Illust . under Frostfish . (b) The kingfish. See Kingfish (a) . (c) The jack. See 2d Jack , 8. (c) .

Tome <Xpage=1516>

Tome (?) , n. [F. tome (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. tomo ), L. tomus , fr. Gr. <?/ a piece cut off, a part of a book, a volume, akin to <?/ to cup, and perhaps to L. tondere to shear, E. tonsure . Cf. Anatomy , Atom , Entomology , Epitome . ] As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of a larger work; a book; -- usually applied to a ponderous volume.

Tomes of fable and of dream. Cowper.

A more childish expedient than that to which he now resorted is not to be found in all the tomes of the casuists. Macaulay.

Tomelet <Xpage=1516>

Tome"let (?) , n. All small tome, or volume. [R.]

Tomentose <Xpage=1516>

To"men*tose` (?) , a. [L. tomentum a stuffing of wool, hair, or feathers: cf. F. tomenteux .] (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) Covered with matted woolly hairs; as, a tomentose leaf; a tomentose leaf; a tomentose membrane .

Tometous <Xpage=1516>

To*me"tous (?) , a. Tomentose.

Tomentum <Xpage=1516>

To*men"tum (?) , n. ; pl. Tomenta (#) . [L. See Tomentose . ] (Bot.) The closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or stems of some plants.

Tomfool <Xpage=1516>