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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Toil'sōme-ness, n. p. 1390The quality or state of being toilsome; laboriousness; wearisomeness.Toise, n. p. 1390A fathom or long measure in France, containing six French feet, or about 6.39459 English feet.To-kāy', n. p. 1390A kind of wine produced at Tokay, in Hungary, made of white grapes. It is distinguished from other wines by its aromatic taste. It is not good till it is about three years old, and it continues to…Tō'ken, n. p. 1390Something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant established with Noah. The sun gives token of a goodly day…Tō'ken, v. t. p. 1391To make known. [Obs.] Shak. 2. To mark with spots. Shak.Tō'ken-less, a. p. 1391Without a token.Tōk'in, n. p. 1391An alarm-bell; a tocsin. [Obs.] Halliwell.Tōl, v. t. p. 1391(Law.) To take away. See TOLL.Tō'lă, n. p. 1391A weight for gold and silver in India, equal to about 180 grains troy, but different in different places.Tōl’booth, n. p. 1391A prison or jail; particularly, a prison in Edinburgh. See TOLLBOOTH. He was hurried off, and committed to Lord Scoon, to be imprisoned for declining the king's authority. Scoon, who seems to have…Told, imp. & p. p. p. 1391of tell. See TELL.Tōle, v. t. p. 1391To draw, or cause to follow, by presenting something pleasing or desirable to view; to allure by some bait. [Written also toll.] Whatever you observe him to be more frightened at than he should, tole…To-lē'do, n. p. 1391A sword of the finest temper;—so called from Toledo, in Spain, once famous for its swords. B. Jonson.Tōl'er-a-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 1391The quality or state of being tolerable; tolerableness. [Rare.] Fuller.Tōl'er-a-ble, a. p. 1391Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally. As may affect the earth with cold and heat Scarce tolerable. Milton. 2. Fit to be tolerated; sufferable. “A tolerable…Tōl'er-a-ble-ness, n. p. 1391The state of being tolerable.Tōl'er-a-bly, adv. p. 1391In a tolerable manner; supportably. 2. Moderately well; passably; not perfectly; as, a constitution tolerably firm; the advocate speaks tolerably well.Tŏl'er-ance, n. p. 1391The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring. [Obs.] Diogenes, one frosty morning, came to the market-place, shaking, to show his tolerance. Bacon. 2. The endurance of offensive persons or…Tōl'er-ant, a. p. 1391Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.Tŏl'er-āte, v. t. p. 1391To suffer to be or to be done without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; as, to tolerate opinions or practices. Crying should not be…Tŏl'er-ā'tion, n. p. 1391The 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…Tōll, n. p. 1391A 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. (Anglo-Sax. & O.…Tōll, v. t. p. 1391(Law.) To take away; to vacate; to annul. 2. To draw. See TOLE. Bacon.Tōll, v. i. p. 1391To pay toll or tallage. Shak. 2. To take toll, as a miller. No Italian priest Shall tithe or toll in our dominion. Shak.Tōll, v. i. p. 1391To 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. Now sink in sorrows with a tolling bell.…Tōll, v. t. p. 1391To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell. 2. To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour. The clocks do toll the third hour. Shak.Tōl, n. p. 1391The sounding of a bell with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated.Tōl'la-ble, a. p. 1391Subject to the payment of toll; as, tollable goods. Wright.Tōl'age, n. p. 1391Payment of toll; also, the amount or quantity paid as toll.Tōll'-bār, n. p. 1391A bar or beam used for stopping boats on a canal at the toll-house, or on a road for stopping passengers.Tōll'booth, n. p. 1391A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll. [Obs.] 2. A prison. See TOLBOOTH. W. Scott.Tōl'booth, v. t. p. 1391To imprison in a tollbooth.Tōll'-bridge, n. p. 1391A bridge where toll is paid for passing it.Tōll'-cōrn, n. p. 1391Corn taken as pay for grinding at a mill. Wright.Tōlʹler, n. p. 1391One who collects taxes; a toll-gatherer. 2. One who tolls a bell.Tōll'-dĭsh, n. p. 1391A dish for measuring toll in mills.Tōll'-gāte, n. p. 1391A gate where toll is taken.Tōll'-gāth'er-er, n. p. 1391The man who takes or gathers toll.Tōll'-hōp, n. p. 1391A toll-dish. Crabb.Tōll'-house, n. p. 1391A house erected or occupied by a receiver of tolls.Tōll'man, n. p. 1391One who receives or collects toll; a toll-gatherer.