TOSSING
TOSS'ING, participle present tense Throwing upward with a jerk; raising suddenly; as the head.TOSS'ING, noun The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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TOST
TOST, preterit tense and participle passive of toss.In a troubled sea of passion tost
TOTAL
TO'TAL, adjective [Latin totalis, totus.]1. Whole; full; complete; as total darkness; a total departure from the evidence; a total loss; the total sum or amount.2. Whole; not di...
TOTALITY
TOTAL'ITY, noun The whole sum; whole quantity or amount.
TOTALLY
TO'TALLY, adverb Wholly; entirely; fully; completely; as, to be totally exhausted; all hope totally failed; he was totally absorbed in thought.
TOTALNESS
TO'TALNESS, noun Entireness.
TOTE
TOTE, verb transitive To carry or convey. [A word used in slaveholding countries; said to have been introduced by the blacks.]
TOTTER
TOT'TER, verb intransitive [This may be allied to titter.]1. To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; as, an old man totters with age; a child totters when he beings to ...
TOTTERING
TOT'TERING, participle present tense Shaking, as threatening a fall; vacillating; reeling; inclining.
TOTTERY
TOT'TERY, adjective Shaking; trembling or vacillating as if about to fall; unsteady. [Not in use.] [Spenser wrote tottle, as the common people of New England still pronounce it.]
TOUCAN
TOU'CAN, noun A fowl of the genus Ramphastos; also, a constellation of nine small stars.
TOUCH
TOUCH, verb transitive tuch. [Latin tango, originally tago, [our vulgar tag.] preterit tense tetigi, participle passive tactus.]1. To come in contact with; to hit or strike agai...
TOUCH-HOLE
TOUCH-HOLE, noun tuch'-hole. [touch and hole.] The vent of a cannon or other species of fire-arms, by which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge. It is now called th...
TOUCH-ME-NOT
TOUCH-ME-NOT, noun A plant of the genus Impatiens, and another of the genus Momordica.
TOUCH-NEEDLE
TOUCH-NEEDLE, noun tuch'-needle. [touch and needle.] Touch-needles are small bars of gold, silver and copper, each pure and in all proportions, prepared for trying gold and silv...
TOUCH-WOOD
TOUCH-WOOD, noun tuch'-wood. [touch and wood.] Decayed wood, used like a match for taking fire from a spark.
TOUCHABLE
TOUCHABLE, adjective tuch'able. That may be touched; tangible.
TOUCHINESS
TOUCHINESS, noun tuch'iness. [from touchy.]Peevishness; irritability; irascibility.
TOUCHING
TOUCHING, participle present tense tuch'ing. Coming on contact with; hitting; striking; affecting.1. Concerning; relating to; with respect to.Now as touching things offered to i...
TOUCHINGLY
TOUCHINGLY, adverb tuch'ingly. In a manner to move the passions; feelingly.
TOUCHSTONE
TOUCHSTONE, noun tuch'stone. [touch and stone.]1. A stone by which metals are examined; a black, smooth, glossy stone. The touchstone of the ancients was called lapis Lydius, fr...
TOUCHY
TOUCHY, adjective tuch'y. [vulgarly techy.] Peevish; irritable; irascible; apt to take fire. [Not elegant.]
TOUGH
TOUGH, adjective tuf.1. Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking. The ligaments of animals and of India rubber are remarkably to...
TOUGHEN
TOUGHEN, verb intransitive tuf'n. To grow tough.TOUGHEN, verb transitive tuf'n. To make tough.
TOUGHLY
TOUGHLY, adverb tuf'ly. In a tough manner.
TOUGHNESS
TOUGHNESS, noun tuf'ness. The quality of a substance which renders it in some degree flexible, without brittleness or liability to fracture; flexibility with a firm adhesion of ...
TOUPEE
TOUPE'ETOUPET, noun A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.