Chapter 1748

Tor"ture , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tortured (<?/; 135) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Torturing. ] [Cf. F. Torturer . ] 1. To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.

2. To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person .

Shak.

3. To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.

Jar. Taylor.

4. To keep on the stretch, as a bow. [Obs.]

The bow tortureth the string. Bacon.

Torturer <Xpage=1521>

Tor"tur*er (?) , n. One who tortures; a tormentor.

Torturingly <Xpage=1521>

Tor"tur*ing*ly , adv. So as to torture.

Beau. & Fl.

Torturous <Xpage=1521>

Tor"tur*ous (?) , a. Involving, or pertaining to, torture. [R.] " The torturous crucifixion ."

I. Disraeli.

Torula <Xpage=1521>

Tor"u*la (?) , n. ; pl. Torul\'91 (<?/) [NL., dim. of L. torus a semicircular molding.] (Biol.) (a) A chain of special bacteria. (b) A genus of budding fungi. Same as Saccharomyces. Also used adjectively.

Torulaform <Xpage=1521>

Tor"u*la*form` (?) , a. (Biol.) Having the appearance of a torula; in the form of a little chain; as, a torulaform string of micrococci .

Torulose <Xpage=1521>

Tor"u*lose (?) , a. [L. torulus , dim. of torus : cf. F. toruleux . See Torus ] (Bot.) Same as Torose.

Torulous <Xpage=1521>

Tor"u*lous (?) , a. Same as Torose.

Torus <Xpage=1521>

To"rus (?) , n. ; pl. Tori (#) . [L., a round, swelling, or bulging place, an elevation. Cf. 3d Tore .]

1. (Arch.) A lage molding used in the bases of columns. Its profile is semicircular. See Illust . of Molding.

Brande&C.

2. (Zo\'94l.) One of the ventral parapodia of tubicolous annelids. It usually has the form of an oblong thickening or elevation of the integument with rows of uncini or hooks along the center. See Illust . under Tubicol\'91 .

3. (Bot.) The receptacle, or part of the flower on which the carpels stand.

4. (Geom.) See 3d Tore , 2.

Torved <Xpage=1521>

Torved (?) , a. Stern; grim. See Torvous. [Obs.]

But yesterday his breath Awed Rome, and his least torved frown was death. J. Webster (1654).

Torvity <Xpage=1521>

Tor"vi*ty (?) , a. [L. torvitas . See Torvous .] Sourness or severity of countenance; sterness. [Obs.]

Torvous <Xpage=1521>

Tor"vous (?) , a. [L. torvus . ] Sour of aspect; of a severe countenance; stern; grim. [Obs.]

That torvous , sour look produced by anger. Derham.

Tory <Xpage=1521>

To"ry (?) , n. ; pl. Tories (#) . [ Properly used of the Irish bogtrotters who robbed and plundered during the English civil wars, professing to be in sympathy with the royal cause; hence transferred to those who sought to maintain the extreme prerogatives of the crown; probably from Ir. toiridhe , tor , a pursuer; akin to Ir. & Gael. toir a pursuit.] 1. (Eng.Politics) A member of the conservative party, as opposed to the progressive party which was formerly called the Whig, and is now called the Liberal, party; an earnest supporter of exsisting royal and ecclesiastical authority.

&hand; The word Tory first occurs in English history in 1679, during the struggle in Parliament occasioned by the introduction of the bill for the exclusion of the duke of York from the line of succession, and was applied by the advocates of the bill to its opponents as a title of obloquy or contempt. The Tories subsequently took a broader ground, and their leading principle became the maintenance of things as they were. The name, however, has for several years ceased to designate an existing party, but is rather applied to certain traditional maxims of public policy. The political successors of the Tories are now commonly known as Conservatives .

New Am. Cyc.

2. (Amer. Hist.) One who, in the time of the Revolution, favored submitting tothe claims of Great Britain against the colonies; an adherent tothe crown.

Tory <Xpage=1521>

To"ry (?) , a. Of ro pertaining to the Tories.

Toryism <Xpage=1521>

To"ry*ism (?) , n. The principles of the Tories.

Toscatter <Xpage=1521>

To*scat"ter (?) , v. t. [Pref. to- + scatter .] To scatter in pieces; to divide. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Tose <Xpage=1521>

Tose (?) , v. t. [ See Touse ] To tease, or comb, as wool. [Obs.or Prov. Eng.]

Tosh <Xpage=1521>

Tosh (?) , a. [Cf. OF. tonce shorn , clipped , and E. tonsure .] Neat; trim. [Scot.]

Jomieson.

Toshred <Xpage=1521>

To*shred" (?) , v. t. [Pref. to- + shred . ] To cut into shreads or pieces. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Toss <Xpage=1521>

Toss (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tossed (<?/) ; (less properly Tost ); p. pr. & vb. n. Tossing .] [ W. tosiaw , tosio , to jerk, toss, snatch, tos a quick jerk, a toss, a snatch. ] 1. To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball .

2. To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head .

He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me, He would not stay. Addison.

3. To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm .

We being exceedingly tossed with a tempeat. Act xxvii. 18.

4. To agitate; to make restless.

Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent. Milton.

5. Hence, to try; to harass.

Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men. Herbert.

6. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar . [Obs.]

Ascham.

To toss off , to drink hastily. -- To toss the cars . See under Oar, n.

Toss <Xpage=1521>

Toss , v. i. 1. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.

To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets and enreges our pain. Tillotson.

2. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.

Shak.

To toss for , to throw dice or a coin to determine the possession of; to gamble for. -- To toss up , to throw a coin into the air, and wager on which side it will fall, or determine a question by its fall. Bramsion.

Toss <Xpage=1521>

Toss , n. 1. A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball .

2. A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.

Swift.

Tossel <Xpage=1521>

Tos"sel (?) , n. See Tassel .

Tosser <Xpage=1521>

Toss"er (?) , n. Ohe who tosser.

J. Fletcher.

Tossily <Xpage=1521>

Toss"i*ly (?) , adv. In a tossy manner. [R.]

Tossing <Xpage=1521>

Toss"ing , n. 1. The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling and tumbling.

2. (Mining) (a) A process which consists in washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earhy particles; -- called also tozing , and treloobing , in Cornwall. Pryce . (b) A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.

Tosspot <Xpage=1521>

Toss"pot` (?) , n. A toper; one habitually given to strong drink; a drunkard.

Shak.

Tossy <Xpage=1521>

Toss"y (?) , a. Tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud; contemptuous; scornful; affectedly indifferent; as, a tossy commonplace . [R.]

C. Kingsley.

Tost <Xpage=1521>

Tost (?) , imp. & p. p. of Toss.

Tosto <Xpage=1521>

Tos"to (?) , a. [It.] (Mus.) Quick; rapid.

Pui tosto (<?/) [It.] (Mus.) , faster; more rapid.

Toswink <Xpage=1521>

To*swink" (?) , v. i. [Pref. to- + swink .] To labor excessively. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Tot <Xpage=1521>

Tot (?) , n. [Cf. Toddle , Tottle , Totter .] 1. Anything small; -- frequently applied as a term of endearment to a little child.

2. A drinking cup of small size, holding about half a pint. [Prov.Eng.]

Halliwell.

3. A foolish fellow. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Tota <Xpage=1521>

To"ta (?) , n. [From the native name in Egypt.] (Zo\'94l.) The grivet.

Total <Xpage=1521>

To"tal (?) , a. [F., fr. LL. totalis , fr. L. tolus all,whole. Cf. Factotum , Surtout , Teetotum .] Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss. " Total darkness." "To undergo myself the total crime."

Milton.

Total abstinence . See Abstinence , n. , 1. -- Total depravity . (Theol.) See Original sin , under Original .

Whole; entire; complete. See Whole .

Total <Xpage=1521>

To"tal , n. The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions .

Totality <Xpage=1521>

To*tal"i*ty (?) , n. [Cf. F. totalite , LL. totalitas .] 1. The quality or state of being total; as, the totality of an eclipse .

2. The whole sum; the whole quantity or amount; the entirety; as, the totality of human knowledge .

Buckle.

The totality of a sentence or passage. Coleridge.

Totalize <Xpage=1521>

To"tal*ize (?) , v. t. To make total, or complete;to reduce to completeness.

Coleridge.

Totally <Xpage=1521>

To"tal*ly , adv. In a total manner; wholly; entirely.

Totalness <Xpage=1521>

To"tal*ness , n. The quality or state of being total; entireness; totality.

Tote <Xpage=1521>

Tote (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Toted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Toting .] [Said to be of African origin.] To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream ; -- a colloquial word of the Southern States, and used esp. by negroes.

Tote <Xpage=1521>

Tote , n. [L. totum , fr. totus all, whole.] The entire body, or all; as, the whole tote . [Colloq.]

Totear <Xpage=1521>

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

Chaucer.

Totem <Xpage=1521>

To"tem (?) , n. [Massachusetts Indian wutohtimoin that to which a person or place belongs.] A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the Nord American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or a clan.

And they painted on the grave posts Of the graves, yet unforgotten, Each his own ancestral totem Each the symbol of his household; Figures of the bear and reindeer, Of the turtle, crane, and beaver. Longfellow.

The totem ,the clan deity, the beast or bird who in some supernatural way attends tothe clan and watches over it. Bagehot.

Totemic <Xpage=1521>

To*tem"ic (?) , a. Of or pertaining to a totem, or totemism.

Totemism <Xpage=1521>

To"tem*ism (?) , n. 1. The system of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a tribe by the totem.

2. Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real or imaginary object; nature worship.

Tylor.

Totemist <Xpage=1521>

To"tem*ist , n. One belonging to a clan or tribe having a totem. -- To`tem*is"tic (#) , a.

Toter <Xpage=1521>

Tot"er (?) , n. [See Tote to carry.] (Zo\'94l.) The stone roller. See Stone roller (a) , under Stone .

T'other <Xpage=1521>

T'oth"er (?) . A colloquial contraction of the other , and formerly a contraction for that other . See the Note under That , 2.

The tothir that was crucifield with him. Wyclif(John xix. 32)

Totipalmate <Xpage=1521>

To`ti*pal"mate (?) , a. [L. totus all, whole + E. palmate .] (Zo\'94l.) Having all four toes united by a web;-said of certain sea birds, as the pelican and the gannet. See Illust . under Aves .

Totipalmi <Xpage=1521>

To`ti*pal"mi (?) , n.pl. [NL.,from L. totus all, whole + palmus palm.] (Zo\'94l.) A division of swimming birds including those that have totipalmate feet.

Totipresence <Xpage=1521>

To`ti*pres"ence (?) , n. [L. totus all, whole + E. presence .] Omnipresence. [Obs.]

A. Tucker.

Totipresent <Xpage=1521>

To`ti*pres"ent (?) , a. [L. totus all, whole + E. present .] Omnipresence. [Obs.]

A. Tucker.

Totter <Xpage=1521>

Tot"ter (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Tottered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tottering .] [Probably for older tolter ; cf. AS. tealtrian to totter, vacillate. Cf. Tilt to incline, Toddle , Tottle , Totty .] 1. To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to be unsteady; to stagger; as,an old man totters with age. "As a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence."

Ps. lxii. 3.

2. To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver.

Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. Dryden.

Totterer <Xpage=1521>

Tot"ter*er (?) , n. One who totters.

Totteringly <Xpage=1521>

Tot"ter*ing*ly , adv. In a tottering manner.

Tottery <Xpage=1521>

Tot"ter*y (?) , a. Trembling or vaccilating, as if about to fall; unsteady; shaking.

Johnson.

Totly <Xpage=1521>

Tot"ly (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Tottled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tottling .] [See Toddle , Totter .] To walk in a wavering, unsteady manner; to toddle; to topple. [Colloq.]

Tottlish <Xpage=1521>

Tot"tlish (?) , a. Trembling or tottering, as if about to fall; un steady. [Colloq. U.S.]

Totty <Xpage=1521>

Tot"ty (?) , a. [OE. toti . Cf. Totter .] Unsteady; dizzy; tottery. [Obs.or Prov. Eng.]

Sir W. Scott.

For yet his noule [head] was totty of the must. Spenser.

Toty <Xpage=1521>

Tot"y (?) , a. Totty. [Obs.]

My head is totty of my swink to-night. Chaucer.

Toty <Xpage=1521>

To"ty (?) , n. A sailor or fisherman;-so called in some parts of the Pacific.

Toucan <Xpage=1521>

Tou"can (?) , n. [F., fr. Pg. tucano ; from Brazilian name. ] 1. (Zo\'94l.) Any one of numerous species of fruit-eating birds of tropical America belonging to Ramphastos , Pteroglossus , and allied genera of the family Ramphastid\'91 . They have a very large, but light and thin, beak, often nearly as long as the body itself. Most of the species are brilliantly colored with red, yellow, white, and black in striking contrast.

2. (Astronom.) A modern constellation of the southern hemisphere.

Toncanet <Xpage=1521>

Ton"can*et (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A small toucan.

Touch <Xpage=1521>

Touch (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Touched (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Touching .] [F. toucher , OF. touchier , tuchier ; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. zucchen , zukken , to twitch, pluck, draw, G. zukken , zukken , v. intens. fr. OHG. ziohan to draw, G. ziehen , akin to E. tug . See Tuck , v. t. , Tug , and cf. Tocsin , Toccata .] 1. To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear Touched lightly. Milton.

2. To perceive by the sense of feeling.

Nothing but body can be touched or touch . Greech.

3. To come to; to reach; to attain to.

The god, vindictive, doomed them never more- Ah, men unblessed! -- to touch their natal shore. Pope.

4. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone. [Obs.]

Wherein I mean to touch your love indeed. Shak.

5. To relate to; to concern; to affect.

The quarrel toucheth none but us alone. Shak.

6. To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of.

Storial thing that toucheth gentilesse. Chaucer.

7. To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the books .

Pope.

8. To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to melt; to soften.

What of sweet before Hath touched my sense, flat seems to this and harsh. Milton.

The tender sire was touched with what he said. Addison.

9. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.

The lines, though touched but faintly, are drawn right. Pope.

10. To infect; to affect slightly.

Bacon.

11. To make an impression on; to have effect upon.

Its face . . . so hard that a file will not touch it. Moxon.

12. To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music .

[They] touched their golden harps. Milton.

13. To perform, as a tune; to play.

A person is the royal retinue touched a light and lively air on the flageolet. Sir W. Scott.

14. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly. " No decree of mine, . . . [to] touch with lightest moment of impulse his free will,"

Milton.

15. To harm, afflict, or distress.

Let us make a covenant with thee, that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee. Gen. xxvi. 28, 29.

16. To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the past participle.

She feared his head was a little touched . Ld. Lytton.

17. (Geom.) To be tangent to. See Tangent , a.

18. To lay a hand upon for curing disease.