Toom Toom adjective [ Middle English tom , from Icelandic tōmr ; akin to Dan. & Swedish tom , As. tōme , adverb Confer Teem to pour.] Empty. [ Obsolete or Prov.Eng. & Scot.] Wyclif.

Toom Toom transitive verb To empty. [ Obsolete or Prov.Eng. & Scot.]

Toon Toon obsolete plural of Toe . Chaucer.

Toon Toon noun [ Hind. tun , tūn , Sanskrit tunna .] (Botany) The reddish brown wood of an East Indian tree ( Cedrela Toona ) closely resembling the Spanish cedar; also. the tree itself.

Toonwood Toon"wood` noun (Botany) Same as Toon .

Toot Toot intransitive verb [ Middle English toten , Anglo-Saxon totian to project; hence, to peep out.] [ Written also tout .] 1. To stand out, or be prominent. [ Obsolete] Howell.

2. To peep; to look narrowly. [ Obsolete] Latimer.

For birds in bushes tooting .

Spenser.

Toot Toot transitive verb To see; to spy. [ Obsolete] P. Plowman.

Toot Toot intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tooted ; present participle & verbal noun Tooting .] [ Confer Dutch toeten to blow a horn, German tuten , Swedish tuta , Danish tude ; probably of imitative origin.] To blow or sound a horn; to make similar noise by contact of the tongue with the root of the upper teeth at the beginning and end of the sound; also, to give forth such a sound, as a horn when blown. "A tooting horn." Howell.

Tooting horns and rattling teams of mail coaches.

Thackeray.

Toot Toot transitive verb To cause to sound, as a horn, the note being modified at the beginning and end as if by pronouncing the letter t ; to blow; to sound.

Tooter Toot"er noun One who toots; one who plays upon a pipe or horn. B. Jonson.

Tooth Tooth noun ; plural Teeth . [ Middle English toth , tooth , Anglo-Saxon tōð ; akin to OFries. tōth , Old Saxon & Dutch tand , Old High German zang , zan , German zahn , Icelandic tönn , Swedish & Danish tand , Goth. tumpus , Lithuanian dantis , W. dant , Latin dens , dentis , Greek 'odoy`s , 'odo`ntos , Sanskrit danta ; probably originally the present participle of the verb to eat . √239. Confer Eat , Dandelion , Dent the tooth of a wheel, Dental , Dentist , Indent , Tine of a fork, Tusk . ] 1. (Anat.) One of the hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws, or on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which usually aid in the prehension and mastication of food.

» The hard parts of teeth are principally made up of dentine , or ivory, and a very hard substance called enamel . These are variously combined in different animals. Each tooth consist of three parts, a crown , or body, projecting above the gum, one or more fangs imbedded in the jaw, and the neck , or intermediate part. In some animals one or more of the teeth are modified into tusks which project from the mouth, as in both sexes of the elephant and of the walrus, and in the male narwhal.

In adult man there are thirty-two teeth, composed largely of dentine, but the crowns are covered with enamel, and the fangs with a layer of bone called cementum . Of the eight teeth on each half of each jaw, the two in front are incisors , then come one canine , cuspid, or dog tooth, two bicuspids , or false molars, and three molars , or grinding teeth. The milk, or temporary, teeth are only twenty in number, there being two incisors, one canine, and two molars on each half of each jaw. The last molars, or wisdom teeth, usually appear long after the others, and occasionally do not appear above the jaw at all.

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child !

Shak.

2. Fig.: Taste; palate.

These are not dishes for thy dainty tooth .

Dryden.

3. Any projection corresponding to the tooth of an animal, in shape, position, or office; as, the teeth , or cogs, of a cogwheel; a tooth , prong, or tine, of a fork; a tooth , or the teeth , of a rake, a saw, a file, a card.

4. (a) A projecting member resembling a tenon, but fitting into a mortise that is only sunk, not pierced through. (b) One of several steps, or offsets, in a tusk . See Tusk .

5. (Nat. Hist.) An angular or prominence on any edge; as, a tooth on the scale of a fish, or on a leaf of a plant ; specifically (Botany) , one of the appendages at the mouth of the capsule of a moss. See Peristome .

6. (Zoology) Any hard calcareous or chitinous organ found in the mouth of various invertebrates and used in feeding or procuring food; as, the teeth of a mollusk or a starfish.

In spite of the teeth , in defiance of opposition; in opposition to every effort. -- In the teeth , directly; in direct opposition; in front. "Nor strive with all the tempest in my teeth ." Pope. -- To cast in the teeth , to report reproachfully; to taunt or insult one with. -- Tooth and nail , as if by biting and scratching; with one's utmost power; by all possible means. L'Estrange. "I shall fight tooth and nail for international copyright." Charles Reade. -- Tooth coralline (Zoology) , any sertularian hydroid. -- Tooth edge , the sensation excited in the teeth by grating sounds, and by the touch of certain substances, as keen acids. -- Tooth key , an instrument used to extract teeth by a motion resembling that of turning a key. -- Tooth net , a large fishing net anchored. [ Scot.] Jamieson. -- Tooth ornament . (Architecture) Same as Dogtooth , noun , 2. -- Tooth powder , a powder for cleaning the teeth; a dentifrice. - - Tooth rash . (Medicine) See Red-gum , 1. -- To show the teeth , to threaten. "When the Law shows her teeth , but dares not bite." Young. -- To the teeth , in open opposition; directly to one's face. "That I shall live, and tell him to his teeth ." Shak.

Tooth Tooth transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Toothed ; present participle & verbal noun Toothing .] 1. To furnish with teeth.

The twin cards toothed with glittering wire.

Wordsworth.

2. To indent; to jag; as, to tooth a saw.

3. To lock into each other. See Tooth , noun , 4. Moxon.

Toothache Tooth"ache` noun (Medicine) Pain in a tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia.

Toothache grass (Botany) , a kind of grass ( Ctenium Americanum ) having a very pungent taste. -- Toothache tree . (Botany) (a) The prickly ash. (b) A shrub of the genus Aralia ( A. spinosa ).

Toothback Tooth"back` noun (Zoology) Any notodontian.

Toothbill Tooth"bill` noun (Zoology) A peculiar fruit-eating ground pigeon ( Didunculus strigiostris ) native of the Samoan Islands, and noted for its resemblance, in several characteristics, to the extinct dodo. Its beak is stout and strongly hooked, and the mandible has two or three strong teeth toward the end. Its color is chocolate red. Called also toothbilled pigeon , and manu- mea .

Toothbrush Tooth"brush` noun A brush for cleaning the teeth.

Toothdrawer Tooth"draw`er noun One whose business it is to extract teeth with instruments; a dentist. Shak.

Toothed Toothed adjective 1. Having teeth; furnished with teeth. "Ruby-lipped and toothed with pearl." Herrick.

2. (Bot. & Zoology) Having marginal projecting points; dentate.

Toothed whale (Zoology) , any whale of the order Denticete. See Denticete . -- Toothed wheel , a wheel with teeth or projections cut or set on its edge or circumference, for transmitting motion by their action on the engaging teeth of another wheel.

Toothful Tooth"ful adjective Toothsome. [ Obsolete]

Toothing Tooth"ing noun 1. The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth.

2. (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.

Toothing plane , a plane of which the iron is formed into a series of small teeth, for the purpose of roughening surfaces, as of veneers.

Toothless Tooth"less adjective Having no teeth. Cowper.

Toothlet Tooth"let noun A little tooth, or like projection.

Toothleted Tooth"let·ed adjective Having a toothlet or toothlets; as, a toothleted leaf. [ Written also toothletted .]

Toothpick Tooth"pick` noun A pointed instument for clearing the teeth of substances lodged between them.

Toothpicker Tooth"pick`er noun A toothpick. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Toothshell Tooth"shell" noun (Zoology) Any species of Dentalium and allied genera having a tooth-shaped shell. See Dentalium .

Toothsome Tooth"some adjective Grateful to the taste; palatable. -- Tooth"some*ly , adverb - - Tooth"some*ness , noun

Though less toothsome to me, they were more wholesome for me.

Fuller.

Toothwort Tooth"wort` noun (Botany) A plant whose roots are fancied to resemble teeth, as certain plants of the genus Lathræa , and various species of Dentaria . See Coralwort .

Toothy Tooth"y adjective Toothed; with teeth. [ R] Croxall.

Tootle Too"tle intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tootled ; present participle & verbal noun Tootling .] [ Freq. of toot .] To toot gently, repeatedly, or continuously, on a wind instrument, as a flute; also, to make a similar noise by any means. "The tootling robin." John Clare.

Toozoo Too·zoo" noun The ringdove. [ Prov. Eng.]

Top Top noun [ CF. OD. dop , top , Old High German , MNG., & dial. German topf ; perhaps akin to German topf a pot.] 1. A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem, the motion being sometimes continued by means of a whip.

2. (Rope Making) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudital grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.

Top Top noun [ Anglo-Saxon top ; akin to OFries. top a tuft, Dutch top top, Old High German zopf end, tip, tuft of hair, German zopf tuft of hair, pigtail, top of a tree, Icelandic toppr a tuft of hair, crest, top, Danish top , Swedish topp pinnacle, top; of uncertain origin. Confer Tuft .] 1. The highest part of anything; the upper end, edge, or extremity; the upper side or surface; summit; apex; vertex; cover; lid; as, the top of a spire; the top of a house; the top of a mountain; the top of the ground.

The star that bids the shepherd fold,
Now the top of heaven doth hold.

Milton.

2. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.

The top of my ambition is to contribute to that work.

Pope.

3. The highest rank; the most honorable position; the utmost attainable place; as, to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school.

And wears upon his baby brow the round
And top of sovereignty.

Shak.

4. The chief person; the most prominent one.

Other . . . aspired to be the top of zealots.

Milton.

5. The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head. "From top to toe" Spenser.

All the stored vengeance of Heaven fall
On her ungrateful top !

Shak.

6. The head, or upper part, of a plant.

The buds . . . are called heads, or tops , as cabbageheads.

I. Watts.

7. (Nautical) A platform surrounding the head of the lower mast and projecting on all sudes. It serves to spead the topmast rigging, thus strengheningthe mast, and also furnishes a convenient standing place for the men aloft. Totten.

8. (Wool Manuf.) A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.

9. Eve; verge; point. [ R.] "He was upon the top of his marriage with Magdaleine." Knolles.

10. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface. Knight.

11. plural Top-boots. [ Slang] Dickens.

» Top is often used adjectively or as the first part of compound words, usually self-explaining; as, top stone, or top stone; top -boots, or top boots; top soil, or top -soil.

Top and but (Shipbuilding) , a phrase used to denote a method of working long tapering planks by bringing the but of one plank to the top of the other to make up a constant breadth in two layers. -- Top minnow (Zoology) , a small viviparous fresh-water fish ( Gambusia patruelis ) abundant in the Southern United States. Also applied to other similar species.

Top Top intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Topped ; present participle & verbal noun Topping .] 1. To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains. Derham.

2. To predominate; as, topping passions. "Influenced by topping uneasiness." Locke.

3. To excel; to rise above others.

But write thy, and top .

Dryden.

Top Top transitive verb 1. To cover on the top; to tip; to cap; -- chiefly used in the past participle.

Like moving mountains topped with snow.

Waller.

A mount
Of alabaster, topped with golden spires.

Milton.

2. To rise above; to excel; to outgo; to surpass.

Topping all others in boasting.

Shak.

Edmund the base shall top the legitimate.

Shak.

3. To rise to the top of; to go over the top of.

But wind about till thou hast topped the hill.

Denham.

4. To take off the or upper part of; to crop.

Top your rose trees a little with your knife.

Evelyn.

5. To perform eminently, or better than before.

From endeavoring universally to top their parts, they will go universally beyond them.

Jeffrey.

6. (Nautical) To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other.

To top off , to complete by putting on, or finishing, the top or uppermost part of; as, to top off a stack of hay; hence, to complete; to finish; to adorn.

Top Top noun (Golf) (a) A stroke on the top of the ball. (b) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top. -- From top to toe , from head to foot; altogether.

Top Top transitive verb 1. (Dyeing) To cover with another dye; as, to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening and crocking.

2. To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).

3. To arrange, as fruit, with the best on top. [ Cant]

4. To strike the top of, as a wall, with the hind feet, in jumping, so as to gain new impetus; -- said of a horse.

5. To improve (domestic animals, esp. sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior.

6. (Nautical) To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other.

7. To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.

8. (Golf) To strike (the ball) above the center; also, to make (as a stroke) by hitting the ball in this way.

Top Top intransitive verb 1. (Golf) To strike a ball above the center.

2. (Nautical) To rise at one end, as a yard; -- usually with up .

Top fermentation Top fermentation An alcoholic fermentation during which the yeast cells are carried to the top of the fermening liquid. It proceeds with some violence and requires a temperature of 14- 30° C. (58-86° F.). It is used in the production of ale, porter, etc., and of wines high in alcohol, and in distilling.

Top out Top out (Building) To top off; to finish by putting on a cap of top (uppermost) course (called a top`ping- out" course ).

Top rake Top rake (Mech.) The angle that the front edge of the point of a tool is set back from the normal to the surface being cut.

Top-armor Top"-ar`mor noun (Nautical) A top railing supported by stanchions and equipped with netting.

Top-block Top"-block` noun (Nautical) A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, -- used in swaying and lowering the topmast. Totten.

Top-boots Top"-boots noun plural High boots, having generally a band of some kind of light-colored leather around the upper part of the leg; riding boots.

Top-chain Top"-chain` noun (Nautical) A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away.

Top-cloth Top"-cloth noun (Nautical) A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to protect the topmen.

Top-drain Top"-drain` transitive verb To drain the surface of, as land; as, to top-drain a field or farm.

Top-draining Top"-drain`ing noun The act or practice of drining the surface of land.

Top-dress Top"-dress` transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Top-dressed ; present participle & verbal noun Top-dressing .] To apply a surface dressing of manureto,as land.

Top-dressing Top"-dress`ing noun The act of applying a dressing of manure to the surface of land; also, manure so applied.

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