Togider, Togidres To·gid"er, To·gid"res adverb Together. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Togs Togs noun plural [ See Toggery .] Clothes; garments; toggery. [ Colloq. or Slang]

Togue Togue noun [ From the American Indian name.] (Zoology) The namaycush.

Tohew To·hew" transitive verb [ Prefix to- + hew .] To hew in pieces. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Tohubohu To"hu·bo"hu (tō"hō-bō"hō) noun [ French tohu-bohu , from Hebrew tohū wa bohū without form and void ( Gen. i. 2 ).] Chaos; confusion.

Was ever such a tohubohu of people as there assembles?

Thuckeray.

Toil Toil noun [ French toiles , plural, toils, nets, from toile cloth, canvas, spider web, from Latin tela any woven stuff, a web, from texere to weave. See Text , and confer Toilet .] A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural.

As a Numidian lion, when first caught,
Endures the toil that holds him.

Denham.

Then toils for beasts, and lime for birds, were found.

Dryden.

Toil Toil intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Toiled ; present participle & verbal noun Toiling .] [ Middle English toilen to pull about, to toil; of uncertain origin; confer OD. teulen , tuylen , to labor, till, or Old French tooillier , toailler , to wash, rub (cf. Towel ); or perhaps ultimately from the same root as English tug .] To 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 Toil transitive verb 1. To weary; to overlabor. [ Obsolete] " Toiled with works of war." Shak.

2. To labor; to work; -- often with out . [ R.]

Places well toiled and husbanded.

Holland.

[ I] toiled out my uncouth passage.

Milton.

Toil Toil noun [ Middle English toil turmoil, struggle; confer OD. tuyl labor, work. See Toil , v. ] Labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or mind, esp. the body.

My task of servile toil .

Milton.

After such bloody toil , we bid good night.

Shak.

» Toil is used in the formation of compounds which are generally of obvious signification; as, toil -strung, toil - wasted, toil -worn, and the like.

Syn. -- Labor; drudgery; work; exertion; occupation; employment; task; travail. -- Toil , Labor , Drudgery . Labor implies strenuous exertion, but not necessary such as overtasks the faculties; toil denotes a severity of labor which is painful and exhausting; drudgery implies mean and degrading work, or, at least, work which wearies or disgusts from its minuteness or dull uniformity.

You do not know the heavy grievances,
The toils , the labors , weary drudgeries ,
Which they impose.

Southern.

How often have I blessed the coming day,
When toil remitting lent its turn to play.

Goldsmith.

Toiler Toil"er noun One who toils, or labors painfully.

Toilet Toi"let noun [ French toilette , dim. of toile cloth. See Toil a net.] 1. A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.

2. A dressing table. Pope.

3. Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect. [ Written also toilette .]

Toilet glass , a looking-glass for a toilet table or for a dressing room. -- Toilet service , Toilet set , earthenware, glass, and other utensils for a dressing room. -- Toilet table , a dressing table; a toilet. See def. 2 above. -- To snake one's toilet , to dress one's self; especially, to dress one's self carefully.

Toilette Toi·lette" noun [ French] See Toilet , 3.

Toilful Toil"ful adjective Producing or involving much toil; laborious; toilsome; as, toilful care. Mickle.

Toilinette Toi`li·nette" noun [ French toilinet . See Toil a net.] A cloth, the weft of which is of woolen yarn, and the warp of cotton and silk, -- used for waistcoats.

Toilless Toil"less adjective Free from toil.

Toilsome Toil"some (-sŭm) adjective Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious; wearisome; as, toilsome work.

What can be toilsome in these pleasant walks?

Milton.

-- Toil"some*ly , adverb -- Toil"some*ness , noun

Toise Toise noun [ French, from Late Latin tesa , from Latin tensus , fem. tensa , past participle of tendere to stretch, extend. See Tense , adjective ] An old measure of length in France, containing six French feet, or about 6.3946 French feet.

Toison Toi`son" (twȧ`zôn") noun [ French] A sheep's fleece.

Toison d'or Toi`son" d'or" (dor"). [ French] Lit., the golden fleece; specif., the order of the Golden Fleece, or its jewel.

Tokay To·kay" (to*kā") noun [ Named from Tokay in Hungary.] 1. (Botany) A grape of an oval shape and whitish color.

2. A rich Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes.

Token To"ken (tō"k'n) noun [ Middle English token , taken , Anglo-Saxon tācen ; akin to OFries. tēken , Old Saxon tēkan , Dutch teeken , German zeichen , Old High German Zeihhan , Icelandic tākan , teiken , Swedish tecken , Danish tegn , Goth. taikns sign, token, ga teihan to tell, show, Anglo-Saxon teón to accuse, German zeihen , Old High German zīhan , German zeigen to show, Old High German zeigōn , Icelandic tjā , Latin dicere to say, Greek deikny`nai to show, Sanskrit diç . Confer Diction , Teach .] 1. Something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant established with Noah.

2. A memorial of friendship; something by which the friendship of another person is to be kept in mind; a memento; a souvenir.

This is some token from a never friend.

Shak.

3. Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith, etc.

Say, by this token , I desire his company.

Shak.

4. A piece of metal intended for currency, and issued by a private party, usually bearing the name of the issuer, and redeemable in lawful money. Also, a coin issued by government, esp. when its use as lawful money is limited and its intrinsic value is much below its nominal value.

» It is now made unlawful for private persons to issue tokens.

5. (Medicine) A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death. [ Obsolete]

Like the fearful tokens of the plague,
Are mere forerunners of their ends.

Beau. & Fl.

6. (Print.) Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.

7. (Ch. of Scot.) A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.

8. (Mining) A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sends one of these with each corf or tub he has hewn.

Token money , money which is lawfully current for more than its real value. See Token , noun , 4. - - Token sheet (Print.) , the last sheet of each token. W. Savage.

Token To"ken transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tokened ; present participle & verbal noun Tokening .] [ Anglo-Saxon tācnian , from tācen token. See Token , noun ] To betoken. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Token To"ken noun (Weaving) In a Jacquard loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.

Tokened To"kened adjective Marked by tokens, or spots; as, the tokened pestilence. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Tokenless To"ken·less adjective Without a token.

Tokin Tok"in noun A tocsin. [ Obsolete] Halliwell.

Tol Tol (tōl) transitive verb (Law) To take away. See Toll .

Tola To"la noun [ Hind., from Sanskrit tulā a balance.] A weight of British India. The standard tola is equal to 180 grains.

Tolane To·lane" noun [ From Toluene .] (Chemistry) A hydrocarbon, C ₁₄ H ₁₀ , related both to the acetylene and the aromatic series, and produced artificially as a white crystalline substance; -- called also diphenyl acetylene .

Tolbooth Tol"booth` noun See Tollbooth .

Told Told (tōld), imperfect & past participle of Tell .

Tole Tole (tōl) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Toled ; present participle & verbal noun Toling .] [ Middle English tollen to draw, to entice; of uncertain origin. Confer Toll to ring a bell.] To draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing or desirable; to allure by some bait. [ Written also toll .]

Whatever you observe him to be more frighted at then he should, tole him on to by insensible degrees, till at last he masters the difficulty.

Toledo To·le"do noun A sword or sword blade made at Toledo in Spain, which city was famous in the 16th and 17th centuries for the excellence of its weapons.

Tolerability Tol`er·a·bil"i·ty noun The quality or state of being tolerable. [ R.] Fuller. Wordsworth.

Tolerable Tol"er·a·ble adjective [ Latin tolerabilis : confer French tolérable . See Tolerate .] 1. Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.

As may affect the earth with cold and heat
Scarce tolerable .

Milton.

2. Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or received without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable entertainment; a tolerable translation. Dryden.

-- Tol"er*a*ble*ness , noun -- Tol"er*a*bly , adverb

Tolerance Tol"er·ance noun [ Latin tolerantia : confer French tolérance .] 1. The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.

Diogenes, one frosty morning, came into the market place, shaking, to show his tolerance .

Bacon.

2. The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions; toleration.

3. (Medicine) The power possessed or acquired by some persons of bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would prove injurious or fatal.

Tolerance of the mint . (Coinage) Same as Remedy of the mint . See under Remedy .

Tolerance Tol"er·ance noun 1. (Forestry) Capability of growth in more or less shade.

2. Allowed amount of variation from the standard or from exact conformity to the specified dimensions, weight, etc., as in various mechanical operations; specif.: (Coinage) The amount which coins, either singly or in lots, are legally allowed to vary above or below the standard of weight or fineness.

Tolerant Tol"er·ant adjective [ Latin tolerans , present participle of tolerare to tolerate: confer French tolérant . See Tolerate .] Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.

Tolerate Tol"er·ate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tolerated ; present participle & verbal noun Tolerating .] [ Latin toleratus , past participle of tolerare , from the same root as tollere to lift up, tuli , used as perfect of ferre to bear, latus (for tlatus ), used as past participle of ferre to bear, and English thole . See Thole , and confer Atlas , Collation , Delay , Elate , Extol , Legislate , Oblate , Prelate , Relate , Superlative , Talent , Toll to take away, Translate .] To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices.

Crying should not be tolerated in children.

Locke.

We tolerate them because property and liberty, to a degree, require that toleration.

Burke.

Syn. -- See Permit .

Toleration Tol`er·a"tion noun [ Latin toleratio : confer Old French toleration .] 1. The 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, those of the established church or belief.

3. Hence, freedom from bigotry and severity in judgment of the opinions or belief of others, especially in respect to religious matters.

Toll Toll transitive verb [ Latin tollere . See Tolerate .] (O. Eng. Law) To take away; to vacate; to annul.

Toll Toll transitive verb [ See Tole .] 1. To draw; to entice; to allure. See Tole .

2. [ Probably the same word as toll to draw, and at first meaning, to ring in order to draw people to church.] To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell. "The sexton tolled the bell." Hood.

3. To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend. Shak.

Slow tolls the village clock the drowsy hour.

Beattie.

4. To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing.

When hollow murmurs of their evening bells
Dismiss the sleepy swains, and toll them to their cells.

Dryden.

Toll Toll intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tolled ; present participle & verbal noun Tolling .] To 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.

The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll .

Shak.

Now sink in sorrows with a tolling bell.

Pope.

Toll Toll noun The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated.

Toll Toll noun [ Middle English tol , Anglo-Saxon toll ; akin to Old Saxon & Dutch tol , German zoll , Old High German zol , Icelandic tollr , Swedish tull , Danish told , and also to English tale ; -- originally, that which is counted out in payment. See Tale number.] 1. A 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. (Sax. & O. Eng. Law) A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.

3. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.

Toll and team (O. Eng. Law) , the privilege of having a market, and jurisdiction of villeins. Burrill. -- Toll bar , a bar or beam used on a canal for stopping boats at the tollhouse, or on a road for stopping passengers. -- Toll bridge , a bridge where toll is paid for passing over it. -- Toll corn , corn taken as pay for grinding at a mill. -- Toll dish , a dish for measuring toll in mills. -- Toll gatherer , a man who takes, or gathers, toll. -- Toll hop , a toll dish. [ Obsolete] Crabb. -- Toll thorough (Eng. Law) , toll taken by a town for beasts driven through it, or over a bridge or ferry maintained at its cost. Brande & C. -- Toll traverse (Eng. Law) , toll taken by an individual for beasts driven across his ground; toll paid by a person for passing over the private ground, bridge, ferry, or the like, of another. -- Toll turn (Eng. Law) , a toll paid at the return of beasts from market, though they were not sold. Burrill.

Syn. -- Tax; custom; duty; impost.

Toll Toll intransitive verb 1. To pay toll or tallage. [ R.] Shak.

2. To take toll; to raise a tax. [ R.]

Well could he [ the miller] steal corn and toll thrice.

Chaucer.

No Italian priest
Shall tithe or toll in our dominions.

Shak.

Toll Toll transitive verb To collect, as a toll. Shak.

Tollable Toll"a·ble adjective Subject to the payment of toll; as, tollable goods. Wright.

Tollage Toll"age noun Payment of toll; also, the amount or quantity paid as toll. Drayton.

Tollbooth Toll"booth` noun [ Toll a tax + booth .] [ Written also tolbooth .] 1. A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll. [ Obsolete]

He saw Levy . . . sitting at the tollbooth .

Wyclif (Mark ii. 14).

2. In Scotland, a burgh jail; hence, any prison, especially a town jail. Sir W. Scott.

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