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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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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.Tōl'men, n. p. 1391The same as CROMLECH, q. v.Tōl'ses-ter, n. p. 1391(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. Burrill.Tōl'sey, n. p. 1391A place where tolls were assessed or collected. [Obs.] Halliwell.Tōlt, n. p. 1391(O. Eng. Law.) A writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removed into a county court. Cowell.To-lu', n. p. 1391A resin, or oleo-resin, produced by a tree of South America, the Myrospermum toluiferum. It is said to have been first brought from Santiago de Tolu, in New Granada, and is called also balsam of…Tōl'ū-tā'tion, n. p. 1391A pacing or ambling. [Obs.] — Hudibras.To-lū'-tree, n. p. 1391(Bot.) A large tree of the genus Myrospermum (M. toluiferum), the wood of which is red in the center, and has the odor of balsam or of rose. It affords the balsam called tolu. Baird.Tōm, n. p. 1391The knave of trumps at gleek. [Obs.]Tōm'a-hawk, n. p. 1391An Indian weapon, being a wooden club, two feet or more in length, terminating in a heavy knob; — applied also to the Indian hatchet.Tōm'a-hawk, v. t. p. 1391To cut or kill with a hatchet called a tomahawk.Tōm'-āl'ley, n. p. 1391The liver of the lobster, which becomes green when boiled; — called also tom-alline.To-măn’, n. p. 1391A conventional money of account in Persia, whose value varies greatly at different times and places. It may be valued at about three dollars. Simmonds.To-mā'to or To-mä'to, n. p. 1391(Bot.) A plant and its fruit; the Lycopersicum (or Solanum) esculentum. The fruit, which is called also love-apple, is usually of a rounded, flattened form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a…Tōmb, n. p. 1391A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave. “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…Tomb, v. t. p. 1391To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to intomb. I tombed my brother that I might be blessed. Chapman.Tōm'bac, n. p. 1391An alloy of copper and zinc, or a species of brass, with an excess of zinc. When arsenic is added, it is white tombac. Brande.Tomb'less, a. p. 1391Destitute of a tomb or sepulchral monument.Tom'b'-nōr'ry, n. p. 1391(Ornith.) A Shetland bird; the puffin, or tom-noddy.Tōm'boy, n. p. 1391A rude, boisterous boy; also, and more commonly, a romping girl. [Colloq.] Beau. & Fl.Tomb'stone, n. p. 1391A stone erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of the deceased; a monument.Tōm'cāt, n. p. 1391A male cat, especially when full grown or of large size.Tōm’cōd, n. p. 1391(Ichth.) A small fish (Morrhua pruinosa), which is abundant on the American coast soon after frost commences, and hence often called frost-fish.Tōme, n. p. 1391As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming the part of a larger work; usually, a ponderous volume; a book. A more childish expedient than that to which he now resorted is not to be found in…Tōme'let, n. p. 1391A small tome; a little volume. [R.]Tō'men-tōse' or To-mĕn'toŭs, a. p. 1391(Bot.) Covered with hairs so close as scarcely to be discernible, or with a whitish down, like wool; downy; nappy; as, a tomentous stem or leaf.Tŏm'fo͞ol, n. p. 1391A great fool; a trifler.Tōm'fōol-er-y, n. p. 1391Foolish trifling. Ec. Rev.Tōm’john, n. p. 1391A kind of sedan-chair used in Ceylon, open in front and on each side, and carried by a single pole on men's shoulders. Simmonds.Tōm'-nŏd'dy, n. p. 1391(Ornith.) A sea-bird; the puffin. 2. A fool; a dunce; a noddy.To-mōr'rōw, n. p. 1391The day after the present; the next day. Summon him to-morrow to the Tower. Shak. One to-day is worth two to-morrows. Franklin.To-mōr'rōw, adv. p. 1391On the day after the present day; on the morrow.Tŏm'pi-on, n. p. 1391The stopper of a cannon. See TAMPION. 2. The iron bottom to which grape-shot are fixed.Tōm'rĭg, n. p. 1392A rude, wild, wanton girl; a tomboy. Dennis.Tŏm’tĭt or Tŏm-tĭt’, n. p. 1392A little bird; the titmouse.Tŏm′-tŏm, n. p. 1392A large, flat drum, used by the Hindoos; tam-tam.Tōn, n. p. 1392The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue.Tōn, n. p. 1392(Com.) (a.) The weight of twenty hundred gross, or 2240 pounds. In the United States the ton is commonly estimated at 2000 pounds, this being sometimes called the short ton. (b.) A certain weight or…Tō'-nāme, n. p. 1392A surname, or family name; a cognomen. [Rare.] W. Scott.Tŏn'ca-bēan, n. p. 1392See TONKA-BEAN.Ton-dī'no, n. p. 1392(Arch.) The same as ASTRAGAL. See ASTRAGAL.Tōne, n. p. 1392Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low tone, high tone, or loud tone; a grave tone; an acute tone; a sweet tone; a harsh tone. 2. (Rhet.)…Tōne, v. t. p. 1392To utter with an affected tone. 2. To tune. See TUNE.To tone down or To tone up p. 1392To cause to give a lower tone or sound; to give a lower tone to; hence, to moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the striking characteristics of; to soften. “The best method for the purpose in…Tōned, a. p. 1392Having a tone;—chiefly used in composition; as, high-toned; sweet-toned.Tōne'less, a. p. 1392Having no tone; unmusical.Tōne'-sŷl'la-ble, n. p. 1392An accented syllable. Stuart.Tŏng, n. p. 1392The catch of a buckle; tongue. Spenser.Tōng'kāng, n. p. 1392A kind of boat or junk used in the seas of the Eastern Archipelago. Simmonds.