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The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section T, U, V, and W

Project Gutenberg; Webster, Noah, 1758-1843· 2 chapters· 381,065 words

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.

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consonant (about like English w) and as a vowel. The Latin derives it from it from a form (V) of the Greek vowel (see Y), this Greek letter being either from the same Semitic le...

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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 determin...