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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Tōad'-spĭt, n. p. 1389The same as CUCKOO-SPITTLE, q. v.Tōad'-stōne, n. p. 1389(Min.) A variety of trap-rock, of a brownish-gray color; especially, a variety of trap found in Derbyshire, which is generally a dark-brown basaltic amygdaloid, composed of basalt and green earth…Tōad'-sto͞ol, n. p. 1389A mushroom, a plant which commonly grows in moist and rich ground.Tōad'y, n. p. 1389A toad-eater; a sycophant. [Colloq. and vulgar.] 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…Tōad'y, v. t. p. 1389To fawn upon with mean sycophancy.Tōad'y-ism, n. p. 1389The practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy; servile adulation.Tōast, v. t. p. 1389To dry and scorch by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread or cheese. 2. To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet. 3. To name when a health is drank; to drink to the health, or in honor of; as, to…Toast, n. p. 1390Bread dried and scorched by the fire; also, a kind of food prepared by putting scorched bread into milk or melted butter; formerly, bread scorched and put into liquor. Make it so large that, filled…Toast'er, n. p. 1390One who toasts. 2. An instrument for toasting any thing, as bread or cheese.Toast'ing-fōrk, n. p. 1390A long-handled fork, often with sliding joints, for toasting bread, &c., before the fire. Simmonds.Tōast'-măs'ter, n. p. 1390A person who, at public dinners, announces the toasts and directs or times the cheering.Tōast'-räck, n. p. 1390A stand for a table, having partitions for slices of dry toast. Simmonds.To-băc'co, n. p. 1390A plant, a native of America, of the genus Nicotiana, much used for smoking and chewing, and in snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and…To-băc'co-man, n. p. 1390A tobacconist. [Rare.] Butler.To-băc'co-ning, a. p. 1390Smoking tobacco. [Obs. and rare.] Bp. Hall.To-băc'co-nĭst, n. p. 1390A dealer in tobacco; also, a manufacturer of tobacco. 2. A smoker of tobacco. [Obs.] He is lately turned tobacconist. Oh what a blow, what an abatement 'tis! Sylvester.To-bäc'co-pipe, n. p. 1390A pipe used for smoking tobacco, often made of clay and baked, sometimes of other material. 2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Monotropa (M. uniflora); Indian pipe. Gray. Tobacco-pipe clay (Min.), a…To-băc'co-stöp'per, n. p. 1390An instrument for pressing down the tobacco as it is smoked in a pipe.Tö'bine, n. p. 1390A stout twilled silk, used for dresses, much resembling Florentine.Toè-cä'tä, n. p. 1390(Mus.) An old form of piece for the organ or harpsichord, somewhat in the free and brilliant style of the modern fantasia, or capriccio.Töch'er, n. p. 1390Dowry brought by a bride to her husband. [Scot.] Burns.Tōck'āy, n. p. 1390(Zoöl.) A species of gecko or spotted lizard in India.To-cōl'ō-gy, n. p. 1390(Med.) The science of obstetrics or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition.Tōc'sin, n. p. 1390An alarm-bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of alarm. The loud tocsin tolled their last alarm. Campbell.Töd, n. p. 1390A bush; a thick shrub. [Rare.] The ivy tod is heavy with snow. Coleridge. 2. A quantity of wool, being twenty-eight pounds, or two stone. 3. [Cf. Icel. tóa, tófa, a she-fox.] A fox. B. Jon.Tōd, v. t. p. 1390To weigh; to produce in tods. [Obs.]To-dāy', n. p. 1390The present day.To-dāy', adv. p. 1390On this day; on the present day. Worcester's horse came but to-dāy. Shak.Tŏd'dle, v. i. p. 1390To walk with short steps, as a child.Tōd'dler, n. p. 1390One who toddles; an infant or young child. Mrs. Gaskell.Tŏd'dy, n. p. 1390A juice drawn from various kinds of the palm in the East Indies; or a spirituous liquor prepared from it. 2. A mixture of spirit and water sweetened. ☞ Toddy differs from grog in having a less…To-do′, n. p. 1390Bustle; stir; commotion; ado. [Colloq.]Tō'dy, n. p. 1390(Ornith.) A genus of insectivorous, passerine birds of America, somewhat resembling the king-fishers.Tōe, n. p. 1390One of the small members which form the extremity of the foot, corresponding to a finger on the hand. “Each one tripping on his toe.” Shak. 2. The fore part of the hoof of a horse, and of other…Tōe, v. t. p. 1390To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to; as, to toe the mark.Tōed, a. p. 1390Having toes;—chiefly used in composition; as, narrow-toed; thick-toed; slender-toed.To-fall′, n. p. 1390A falling; decline; end. [R.] Cowper.Tōf'fee or Tōf'fy, n. p. 1390The same as TAFFY, q. v.To-fōre', prep. or adv. p. 1390Before; formerly. [Obs.] Shak. Would thou wert as thou to-fore hast been. Shak.Tōft, n. p. 1390A grove of trees. 2. (O. Eng. Law.) A place where a messuage has once stood.Tōft'man, n. p. 1390The owner of a toft.Tō'fus, n. p. 1390Tophus. See TOPHUS. 2. (Min.) Tufa. See TUFA and TOPH. Cowell.Tō'ga, n. p. 1390(Rom. Antiq.) The loose outer garment worn by the ancient Romans, consisting of a single broad piece of cloth, and wrapped around the body. W. Scott. Toga prætexta, a toga with a broad purple border…Tō'gā-ted or Tō'ged, a. p. 1390Gowned; dressed in a gown; wearing a gown. Shak.To-gĕth'er, adv. p. 1390In the same place; as, to live together in one house. 2. In the same time; contemporaneously; as, to live together in the same age. 3. In company; unitedly; as, we walked together to the wood.…Tōg'ger-y, n. p. 1390Clothes; garments; articles of dress; as, fishing toggery. [Sportive or low. Colloq.]Tōg'gle, n. p. 1390(Naut.) A small wooden pin tapering toward both ends with a groove around its center. It is fixed transversely in the bight of a rope to secure any other bight of a rope to, for the convenience of…Tŏg'gle-joint, n. p. 1390An elbow or knee-joint, consisting of two bars so connected that they may be brought into a straight line, and made to produce great end-wise pressure, when any force is applied to bring them into…Toil, v. i. p. 1390To 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, v. t. p. 1390To weary; to overlabor. [Obs.] “Toiled with works of war.” Shak. 2. To labor; to work;—often with out. [Rare.] “Places well toiled and husbanded.” Holland. “Toiled out my uncouth passage.” Milton.Toil, n. p. 1390Labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or mind. “My task of servile toil.” Milton. “After such bloody toil, we bid good night.” Shak. Toil is sometimes used in the formation of…Toil, n. p. 1390A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey. As a Numidian lion, when first caught, Endures the toil that holds him. Denham.Toil'er, n. p. 1390One who toils, or labors with pain.Toi'let, n. p. 1390A covering or cloth of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or dressing-room. 2. A dressing table. 3. Mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as…Toi-lĕtte′, n. p. 1390See TOILET. 2. An ante-room for dressing. Simmonds.Toil'ful, a. p. 1390Producing or involving much toil; la'borious.Toi-li-nëtte', n. p. 1390A cloth, the weft of which is of woolen yarn, and the warp of cotton and silk, used for waistcoats.Toil'less, a. p. 1390Free from toil.Toil'sōme, a. p. 1390Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious; wearisome; as, toilsome work; a toilsome task. What can be toilsome in these pleasant walks? Milton.Toil'sōme-ly, adv. p. 1390In a toilsome manner; laboriously.