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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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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.]Tooth'ing, n. p. 1393(Masonry.) Bricks alternately projecting at the end of a wall, in order that they may be bonded into a continuation of it when the remainder is carried up.Tooth'ing-plāne, n. p. 1393A plane of which the iron is formed into a series of small teeth, for the purpose of roughening surfaces, as of veneers.Tooth'-kēy, n. p. 1393An instrument used to extract teeth, by a motion resembling that of the turning of a key.Tooth'less, a. p. 1393Having no teeth.Tooth'let, n. p. 1393A little tooth, or like projection.Tooth'let-ed, a. p. 1393Having a toothlet. 2. (Bot.) Having very small teeth, or projecting points, as a leaf.Toōth'-nĕt, n. p. 1393A large fishing-net anchored. [Scot.] Jamieson.Tooth'-pick or Tooth'-pick'er, n. p. 1393An instrument for cleaning the teeth of substances lodged between them.Tooth'-pow'der, n. p. 1393A powder for cleaning the teeth; a dentifrice.Tooth'-räsh, n. p. 1393(Med.) An eruption of red, or sometimes whitish, pimples, occurring in early infancy; red-gum.Tooth'-shell, n. p. 1393(Conch.) A gastropodous mollusk of the genus Dentalium, having a symmetrical, tubular, conical, and generally curved shell. It is found at a slight depth in the mud or sand of the sea-shore, in which…Tōōth'sōme, a. p. 1393Grateful to the taste; palatable. Though less toothsome to me, they were more wholesome for me. Fuller.Tōōth'sōme-ness, n. p. 1393The quality of being toothsome.Tooth'wort, n. p. 1393(Bot.) A plant whose roots resemble human teeth, such as certain plants of the genus Lathræa, and various species of Dentaria. This name is also given to the leadwort, of the genus Plumbago, from its…Tōoth'y, a. p. 1393Toothed; having teeth. [R.] Croxall.Tŏp, n. p. 1393The highest part of any thing; the upper end, edge, or extremity; the upper side or surface; as, the top of a tree; the top of a spire; the top of a house; the top of a mountain; the top of the…Tŏp, n. p. 1393A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point usually by drawing a string wound round its surface or stem, the motion being sometimes continued by means of a…Tŏp, v. i. p. 1393To rise aloft; to be eminent; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains. 2. To predominate; as, topping passions; topping uneasiness. 3. To excel; to rise above others. But write thy best, and top.…