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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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Tōngue'less, a. p. 1392Having no tongue. 2. Hence, speechless; mute. “Tongueless blocks.” Shak. 3. Unnamed; not spoken of. [Obs.] “One good deed dying tongueless.” Shak.Tōngue'let, n. p. 1392A little tongue, or tongue-like process.Tōngue'-pād, n. p. 1392A great talker. [Obs.]Tōngue'-shāped, a. p. 1392Shaped like a tongue; especially, (Bot.) Linear and fleshy, blunt at the end, convex underneath, and having usually a cartilaginous border; as, a tongue-shaped leaf.Tōngue'-tīe, n. p. 1392(Med.) Impeded motion of the tongue in consequence of the shortness of the frænum, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums. Dunglison.Tōngue'-tīe, v. t. p. 1392To deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct articulation.Tōngue'-tied, a. p. 1392Destitute of the power of distinct articulation; having an impediment in the speech. 2. Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause. “Love and tongue-tied simplicity.” Shak.Tōngu'y, a. p. 1392Ready or voluble in speaking; as, a tonguy speaker. [Colloq. and low.]Tōn'ic, a. p. 1392See TONE. 1. Of, or relating to, tones or sounds. 2. Extensive, or causing extension, as muscular action. [Obs.] Browne. 3. Increasing tension; hence, increasing strength; as, tonic power. 4. (Med.)…Tŏn'ic, n. p. 1392(Med.) A medicine that increases the strength, and gives vigor of action to the system. 2. (Mus.) The key-tone, or first tone of the scale.Tōn'ic-al, a. p. 1392Tonic. [Rare.]To-nic'i-ty, n. p. 1392(Physiol.) A state of healthy tension of muscular fibers while at rest.To-night', n. p. 1392The present night, or the night after the present day.To-nīght', adv. p. 1392On this night.Tōn'nish, a. p. 1392In the ton; fashionable; modish.Tōn'nish-ness, n. p. 1392The quality of being in the ton, or prevailing fashion; modishness. [Colloq.] “Famed for tonnishness.” Mad. D’Arblay.Tōn'ka-bēan, n. p. 1392(Bot.) The fruit of the Coumarouna (Dipterix) odorata, a shrubby plant of Guiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable smell, and is employed in the scenting of snuff. [Written also tonca-bean, tonga-bean…Tŏn'nage, n. p. 1392The weight of goods carried in a boat or ship. 2. The cubical content or burden of a ship in tons; or the amount of weight which one or several ships may carry. A fleet . . . with an aggregate…To-nŏm'e-ter, n. p. 1392An instrument for measuring tones or sounds.Tōn'ōus, a. p. 1392Abounding in tone or sound.Tōn'quin-bēan, n. p. 1392See TONKA-BEAN.Tōn'quin-ēse', n. sing. or pl. p. 1392(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Tonquin; in the plural, the people of Tonquin.Tōŋ'quin-ēse', a. p. 1392(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Tonquin, or the people of Tonquin.Tōn'sil, n. p. 1392(Anat.) One of two glandular bodies in the throat or fauces; — called also, from their shape, amygdalæ, and, in popular language, almonds. They have several excretory ducts opening into the mouth.Tōn'sile, a. p. 1392Capable of being clipped.Tōn'sil-ar, a. p. 1392(Med.) Of, or pertaining to, the tonsils; tonsilitic.Tōn'sil-īt'ic, a. p. 1392(Med.) Of, or pertaining to, the tonsils.Tōn'sil-ī'tis, n. p. 1392(Med.) Inflammation of the tonsils; quinsy. Dunglison.Tōn'sor, n. p. 1392A barber. W. Scott.Ton-sō'ri-al, a. p. 1392Of, or pertaining to, a barber, or to shaving.Tōn’sure, n. p. 1392The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of the head; or the state of being shorn. 2. (Rom. Cath. Church.) (a.) The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and…Tōn'shured, a. p. 1392Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald. Bowing o'er the book A tonsured head in middle age forlorn. Tennyson.Ton-tīne', n. p. 1392An annuity or survivorship; or a loan raised on life-annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of each, at his death, is…Tō'ny, n. p. 1393A simpleton. [Ludicrous.] Dryden.Tōo, adv. p. 1393Over; more than enough;—noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too wide; too high; too many; too much. His will, too strong to bend, too proud to learn. Cowley. 2. Likewise; also; in…Took, imp. p. 1393of take. See TAKE.Tōōl, n. p. 1393An instrument, such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement…Tōol, v. t. p. 1393To shape, form, or finish with a tool. “Elaborately tooled.” Bulwer.Tool'ing, n. p. 1393Workmanship performed with a tool. The fine tooling and delicate tracery of the cabinet artist is lost upon a building of colossal proportions. De Quincey.Tool'-pōst, n. p. 1393(Mach.) The part of a tool-rest that holds a stationary cutting-tool;—called also tool-stock.To͞ol'-rĕst, n. p. 1393(Machine-tools.) The part that supports a tool-post or a tool. [See Illust. of Lathe.]To͞ol'-stŏck, n. p. 1393The same as TOOL-POST, q. v.To͞om, a. p. 1393Empty. [Obs. and rare.] Wycliffe.To͞om, v. t. p. 1393To empty. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]Tōon, n. p. 1393(Bot.) An East Indian tree of the genus Cedrela (C. toona), from which toon-wood is obtained;—called also toona.Tōon'-wōod, n. p. 1393A wood of a reddish-brown color, employed in India for cabinet-work. It is the Cedrela toona of botanists.Tōot, v. i. p. 1393To stand out, or be prominent. [Obs.] Howell. 2. To peep; to look narrowly. [Obs.] See TOUT. “Looking, tooting, watching.” Latimer.Tōot, v. i. p. 1393To make a particular noise by contact of the tongue with the root of the upper teeth at the beginning and end of the sound; also, to sound a horn in a similar manner. This writer should wear a…Tōot, v. t. p. 1393To cause to sound, as a horn, the note being modified at the beginning and end as if by pronouncing the letter t; hence, to blow; to sound; as, to toot the horn.Tōot'er, n. p. 1393One who toots; one who plays upon a pipe or horn. B. Jonson.Tooth, n. p. 1393(Anat.) One of the series of small bones attached to the jaws of vertebrate animals which serve the purpose of taking food and preparing it for deglutition and digestion. How sharper than a serpent’s…Tooth, v. t. p. 1393To furnish with teeth; as, to tooth a rake. The twin cards toothed with glittering wire. Wordsworth. 2. To indent; to cut into teeth; to jag; as, to tooth a saw. 3. To lock into each other. Moxon.Tooth'ache, n. p. 1393Pain in the teeth.Toōth'āche-tree, n. p. 1393(Bot.) (a.) An evergreen shrub of the genus Xanthoxylum. (b.) A shrub of the genus Aralia (A. spinosa).Tooth'-brush, n. p. 1393A brush for cleaning the teeth.Tooth'-draw'er, n. p. 1393One whose business it is to extract teeth with instruments.Toōth'-drāw/ing, n. p. 1393The act of extracting a tooth; the practice of extracting teeth.Tōothed, p. a. p. 1393Having teeth or jags. 2. (Bot.) Having projecting points, remote from each other, about the edge; dentate. Toothed wheel, a wheel with teeth or projections cut or set on its edge or circumference…Tooth'-ĕdge, n. p. 1393The sensation excited by grating sounds, and by the touch of certain substances, as keen acids.Tooth'ful, a. p. 1393Palatable. [Obs.]