Webster's Dictionary 1913

3241

Tolane

To‐lane″ (?), n. [From Toluene.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C14H10, related both to the acetylene and the aromatic series, and produced artificially as a white crystalline substance...

3242

Tolbooth

Tol″booth′ (?), n. See Tollbooth.

3243

Told

Told (tōld), imp. & p. p. of Tell.

3244

Tole

Tole (tōl), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Toled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Toling.] [OE. tollen to draw, to entice; of uncertain origin. Cf. Toll to ring a bell.] To draw, or cause to follow, by ...

3245

Toledo

To‐le″do (?), n. 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.

3246

Tolerable

Tol″er‐a‐ble (?), a. [L. tolerabilis: cf. F. tolérable. See Tolerate.] 1. Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.As may affect the earth w...

3247

Tolerabolity

Tol′er‐a‐bol″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being tolerable. Fuller. Wordsworth.

3248

Tolerance

Tol″er‐ance (?), n. [L. tolerantia: cf. F. tolérance.] 1. The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.Diogenes, one frosty morning, came into the market pl...

3249

Tolerance (2)

Tol″er‐ance, n. 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, w...

3250

Tolerant

Tol″er‐ant (?), a. [L. tolerans, p. pr. of tolerare to tolerate: cf. F. tolérant. See Tolerate.] Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.

3251

Tolerate

Tol″er‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Tolerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tolerating.] [L. toleratus, p. p. of tolerare, fr. the same root as tollere to lift up, tuli, used as perfect of...

3252

Toleration

Tol′er‐a″tion (?), n. [L. toleratio: cf. OF. toleration.] 1. The act of tolerating; the allowance of that which is not wholly approved.2. Specifically, the allowance of religiou...

3253

Toll

Toll (?), v. t. [L. tollere. See Tolerate.] (O. Eng. Law) To take away; to vacate; to annul.

3254

Toll (2)

Toll, v. t. [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.] ...

3255

Toll (3)

Toll, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Tolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tolling.] To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies...

3256

Toll (4)

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

3257

Toll (5)

Toll (?), n. [OE. tol, AS. toll; akin to OS. & D. tol, G. zoll, OHG. zol, Icel. tollr, Sw. tull, Dan. told, and also to E. tale; — originally, that which is counted out in payme...

3258

Toll (6)

Toll (?), v. i. 1. To pay toll or tallage. Shak.2. To take toll; to raise a tax.Well could he steal corn and toll thrice. Chaucer.No Italian priestShall tithe or toll in our dom...

3259

Toll (7)

Toll, v. t. To collect, as a toll. Shak.

3260

Tollable

Toll″a‐ble (?), a. Subject to the payment of toll; as, tollable goods. Wright.

3261

Tollage

Toll″age (?), n. Payment of toll; also, the amount or quantity paid as toll. Drayton.

3262

Tollbooth

Toll″booth′ (?), n. [Toll a tax + booth.] [Written also tolbooth.] 1. A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll.He saw Levy... sitting at the tollbooth. Wy...

3263

Tollbooth (2)

Toll″booth′, v. t. To imprison in a tollbooth.That they might tollbooth Oxford men. Bp. Corbet.

3264

Toller

Toll″er (?), n. [AS. tollere.] A toll gatherer. “Tollers in markets.” Piers Plowman.

3265

Toller (2)

Toll″er, n. One who tolls a bell.

3266

Tolletane

Tol″le‐tane (?), a. [L. Toletanus.] Of or pertaining to Toledo in Spain; made in Toledo. “Tables Tolletanes.” Chaucer.

3267

Tollgate

Toll″gate′ (?), n. A gate where toll is taken.