Tower Tow"er intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle towered ; present participle & verbal noun towering .] To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar.

On the other side an high rock towered still.

Spenser.

My lord protector's hawks do tower so well.

Shak.

Tower Tow"er transitive verb To soar into. [ Obsolete] Milton.

Towered Tow"ered adjective Adorned or defended by towers.

Towered cities please us then.

Milton.

Towering Tow"er·ing adjective 1. Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height. Pope.

2. Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing.

A man agitated by a towering passion.

Sir W. Scott.

Towery Tow"er·y adjective Having towers; adorned or defended by towers. [ R.] " Towery cities ." Pope.

Towhee To·whee" noun (Zoology) The chewink.

Towilly To·wil"ly noun (Zoology) The sanderling; -- so called from its cry. [ Prov. Eng.]

Towline Tow"line` noun [ Anglo-Saxon tohline . See Tow , transitive verb , and Line . ] (Nautical) A line used to tow vessels; a towrope.

Town Town noun [ Middle English toun , tun , Anglo-Saxon tun inclosure, fence, village, town; akin to Dutch tuin a garden, German zaun a hadge, fence, Old High German zun , Icelandic tun an inclosure, homestead, house, Ir. & Gael. dun a fortress, W. din . Confer Down , adverb & preposition , Dune , tine to inclose.] 1. Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [ Obsolete] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [ Obsolete] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls. [ Obsolete] Palsgrave.

2. Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop. [ Eng.] Johnson.

3. Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.

God made the country, and man made the town .

Cowper.

4. The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.

5. A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country. [ U. S.]

6. The court end of London;-- commonly with the .

7. The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town ; in summer, in the country.

Always hankering after the diversions of the town .

Addison.

Stunned with his giddy larum half the town .

Pope.

» The same form of expressions is used in regard to other populous towns.

8. A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

» Town is often used adjectively or in combination with other words; as, town clerk, or town -clerk; town - crier, or town crier; town hall, town -hall, or town hall; town house, town house, or town - house.

Syn. -- Village; hamlet. See Village .

Town clerk , an office who keeps the records of a town, and enters its official proceedings. See Clerk . -- Town cress (Botany) , the garden cress, or peppergrass. Dr. Prior. -- Town house . (a) A house in town, in distinction from a house in the country. (b) See Townhouse . -- Town meeting , a legal meeting of the inhabitants of a town entitled to vote, for the transaction of public bisiness. [ U. S.] -- Town talk , the common talk of a place; the subject or topic of common conversation.

Town-crier Town"-cri`er noun A town officer who makes proclamations to the people; the public crier of a town.

Towned Towned adjective Having towns; containing many towns. [ Obsolete] Hakluyt.

Townhall Town"hall` noun A public hall or building, belonging to a town, where the public offices are established, the town council meets, the people assemble in town meeting, etc.

Townhouse Town"house` noun A building devoted to the public used of a town; a townhall.

Townish Town"ish adjective Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a town; like the town. [ R.] Turbervile.

Townless Town"less adjective Having no town. Howell.

Townlet Town"let noun A small town. North Brit. Rev.

Townsfolk Towns"folk` noun The people of a town; especially, the inhabitants of a city, in distinction from country people; townspeople.

Township Town"ship noun 1. The district or territory of a town.

» In the United States, many of the States are divided into townships of five, six, seven, or perhaps ten miles square, and the inhabitants of such townships are invested with certain powers for regulating their own affairs, such as repairing roads and providing for the poor. The township is subordinate to the county.

2. In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections.

3. In Canada, one of the subdivisions of a county.

Townsman Towns"man (tounz"m a n) noun ; plural Townsmen (-m&et;n).

1. An inhabitant of a town; one of the same town with another. Pope.

2. A selectman, in New England. See Selectman .

Townspeople Towns"peo`ple noun The inhabitants of a town or city, especially in distinction from country people; townsfolk.

Townward, Townwards Town"ward, Town"wards , adverb Toward a town. Longfellow.

Towpath Tow"path` noun A path traveled by men or animals in towing boats; -- called also towing path .

Towrope Tow"rope` noun A rope used in towing vessels.

Towser Tow"ser (tou"zẽr) noun [ See Touse to pull about. ] A familiar name for a dog. [ Written also Towzer . ]

Towy Tow"y (tō"ȳ) adjective Composed of, or like, tow.

Toxalbumin Tox`al·bu"min noun [ See Toxic ; Albumin .] (Physiol. Chem.) Any of a class of toxic substances of protein nature; a toxin.

Toxic, Toxical Tox"ic, Tox"ic·al adjective [ Latin toxicum poison, originally, a poison in which arrows were dipped, Greek toxiko`n (sc. ...) poison for smearing arrows with, from toxiko`s of or for the bow, from to`xon bow, arrow. Confer Intoxicate .] Of or pertaining to poison; poisonous; as, toxic medicines.

Toxicant Tox"i·cant noun A poisonous agent or drug, as opium; an intoxicant.

Toxication Tox`i·ca"tion noun [ Latin toxicum a poison: confer toxicatus smeared with poison.] Poisoning.

Toxicity Tox·ic"i·ty noun The quality or state of being toxic or poisonous; poisonousness.

Toxicogenic Tox`i·co·gen"ic adjective [ See Toxic , and -genic .] (Physiol. & Med.) Producing toxic products; as, toxicogenic germs or bacteria.

Toxicological Tox`i·co·log"ic·al adjective [ Confer F. toxicologique . ] Of or pertaining to toxicology. -- Tox`i*co*log"ic*al*ly , adverb

Toxicologist Tox`i·col"o·gist noun One versed in toxicology; the writer of a treatise on poisons.

Toxicology Tox`i·col"o·gy noun [ Greek toxiko`n poison + -logy ; confer French toxicologie . See Toxic . ] The science which treats of poisons, their effects, antidotes, and recognition; also, a discourse or treatise on the science.

Toxicomania Tox`i·co·ma"ni·a noun [ See. Toxic , and Mania .] 1. (Medicine) Toxiphobia. A. S. Taylor.

2. (Medicine) An insane desire for intoxicating or poisonous drugs, as alcohol or opium. B. W. Richardson.

Toxifera Tox·if"e·ra noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek to`xon a bow + Latin ferre to bear.] (Zoology) Same as Toxoglossa .

Toxin, Toxine Tox"in, Tox"ine noun [ Greek toxiko`n . See Toxic . ] A poisonous product formed by pathogenic bacteria, as a toxic proteid or poisonous ptomaine.
[ 1913 Webster]

Toxiphobia Tox`i·pho"bi·a noun [ New Latin , from Greek toxiko`n poison + fo`bos fear.] (Medicine) An insane or greatly exaggerated dread of poisons.

Toxodon Tox"o·don noun [ Greek to`xon a bow + ..., ..., a tooth.] (Paleon.) A gigantic extinct herbivorous mammal from South America, having teeth bent like a bow. It is the type of the order Toxodonta.

Toxodonta Tox`o·don"ta noun pl. [ New Latin ] (Paleon.) An extinct order of Mammalia found in the South American Tertiary formation. The incisor teeth were long and curved and provided with a persistent pulp. They are supposed to be related both to the rodents and ungulates. Called also Toxodontia .

Toxoglossa Tox`o·glos"sa noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek to`xon a bow + ... tongue.] (Zoology) A division of marine gastropod mollusks in which the radula are converted into poison fangs. The cone shells ( Conus ), Pleurotoma, and Terebra, are examples. See Illust. of Cone , noun , 4, Pleurotoma , and Terebra .

Toxoid Tox"oid noun [ Tox in + - oid .] (Physiol. Chem.) An altered form of a toxin, possessing little or no toxic power.

Toxophilite Tox·oph"i·lite noun [ Greek to`xon a bow + filei^n to love.] A lover of archery; one devoted to archery.

Toxotes Tox"o·tes noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... an archer.] (Zoology) A genus of fishes comprising the archer fishes. See Archer fish .

Toxæmia Tox·æ"mi·a (tŏks"ē"mĭ*ȧ) adjective [ New Latin , from Greek toxiko`n poison + a"i^ma blood.] (Medicine) Blood poisoning. See under Blood .

Toy Toy (toi) noun [ Dutch tuid tools, implements, stuff, trash, speel tuig playthings, toys; akin to German zeug stuff, materials, MNG. ziuc , Icelandic tygi gear; all ultimately from the root of English tug , transitive verb ; confer German zeugen to beget, Middle High German ziugen to beget, make ready, procure. See Tug , transitive verb ]

1. A plaything for children; a bawble. Cowper.

2. A thing for amusement, but of no real value; an article of trade of little value; a trifle.

They exchange for knives, glasses, and such toys , great abundance of gold and pearl.

Abr. Abbot.

3. A wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling opinion.

To fly about playing their wanton toys .

Spenser.

What if a toy take'em in the heels now, and they all run away.

Beau. &Fl.

Nor light and idle toys my lines may vainly swell.

Drayton.

4. Amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime. Milton.

To dally thus with death is no fit toy .

Spenser.

5. An old story; a silly tale. Shak.

6. [ Probably the same word.] A headdress of linen or woolen, that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes; -- called also toy mutch . [ Scot.] "Having, moreover, put on her clean toy , rokelay, and scarlet plaid." Sir W. Scott.

Toy Toy intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle toyed ; present participle & verbal noun toying .] To dally amorously; to trifle; to play.

To toy , to wanton, dally, smile and jest.

Shak.

Toy Toy transitive verb To treat foolishly. [ Obsolete] E. Dering (1576).

Toyear To·year adverb [ To , preposition + year . ] This year. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Toyer Toy"er noun One who toys; one who is full of trifling tricks; a trifler.

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