Webster's Dictionary 1913

3268

Tollhouse

Toll″house′ (?), n.; pl.Tollhouses (�). A house occupied by a receiver of tolls.

3269

Tollman

Toll″man (?), n.; pl.Tollmen (�). One who receives or collects toll; a toll gatherer. Cowper.

3270

Tolmen

Tol″men (?), n. See Dolmen.

3271

Tolsester

Tol″ses‐ter (?), n. [LL. tolsestrum. Cf. Toll a tax.] (O. Eng. Law) A toll or tribute of a sextary of ale, paid to the lords of some manors by their tenants, for liberty to brew...

3272

Tolsey

Tol″sey (?), n. A tollbooth; also, a merchants' meeting place, or exchange. Halliwell.

3273

Tolstoyan

{ Tol‐stoy″an, Tol‐stoi″an } (?), a. Of or pertaining to Tolstoy (1828-1910). — n. A follower of Tolstoy, who advocates and practices manual labor, simplicity of living, nonresi...

3274

Tolt

Tolt (?), n. [LL. tolta, fr. L. tollere to take away.] (O. Eng. Law) A writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removed into a country court. Cowell.

3275

Toltec

Tol″tec (?), n.(Ethnol.) One of a race which formerly occupied Mexico. — Tol″te‐can (#), a.

3276

Tolu

To‐lu″ (?), n. A fragrant balsam said to have been first brought from Santiago de Tolu, in New Granada. See Balsam of Tolu, under Balsam.Tolu tree(Bot.), a large tree (Myroxylon...

3277

Toluate

Tol″u‐ate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of any one of the toluic acids.

3278

Toluene

Tol″u‐ene (?), n. [Tolu + benzene.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C6H5.CH3, of the aromatic series, homologous with benzene, and obtained as a light mobile colorless liquid, by distill...

3279

Toluenyl

Tol′u‐e″nyl (?), n. [Toluene + -yl.] (Chem.) Tolyl.

3280

Toluic

To‐lu″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, one of three metameric acids, CH3.C6H4.CO2H, which are related to toluene and analogous to benzoic acids. They are white c...

3281

Toluid

Tol″u‐id (?), n.(Chem.) A complex double tolyl and toluidine derivative of glycocoll, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

3282

Toluidine

To‐lu″i‐dine (?), n.(Chem.) Any one of three metameric amido derivatives of toluene analogous to aniline, and called respectively orthtoluidine, metatoluidine, and paratoluidine...

3283

Toluol

{ Tol″u‐ol, Tol″u‐ole} (?), n. [Tolu + benzol.] (Chem.) Same as Toluene.

3284

Toluric

To‐lu″ric (?), a. [Toluic + uric.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of three isomeric crystalline acids, C9H10ON.CO2H, which are toluyl derivatives of glycocoll.

3285

Tolutation

Tol′u‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. tolutim on a trot, properly, lifting up the feet, akin to tollere to lift up.] A pacing or ambling. Sir T. Browne.

3286

Toluyl

Tol″u‐yl (?), n. [Toluic + -yl.] (Chem.) Any one of the three hypothetical radicals corresponding to the three toluic acids.

3287

Toluylene

Tol″u‐yl‐ene (?), n.(Chem.) (a) Same as Stilbene. (b) Sometimes, but less properly, tolylene.

3288

Tolyl

Tol″yl (?), n. [Toluic + -yl.] (Chem.) The hydrocarbon radical, CH3.C6H4, regarded as characteristic of certain compounds of the aromatic series related to toluene; as, tolyl ca...

3289

Tolylene

Tol″yl‐ene (?), n.(Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical, C6H4.(CH2)2, regarded as characteristic of certain toluene derivatives.

3290

Tolypeutine

Tol′y‐peu″tine (?), n.(Zoöl.) The apar.

3291

Tom

Tom (?), n. The knave of trumps at gleek.

3292

Tom (2)

Tom, n. 1. A familiar contraction of Thomas, a proper name of a man.2. The male of certain animals; — often used adjectively or in composition; as, tom turkey, tomcat, etc.

3293

Tom and Jerry

Tom and Jerry. A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, etc., and beaten up with eggs.

3294

Tom o' Bedlam

Tom o' Bed″lam (?). Formerly, a wandering mendicant discharged as incurable from Bethlehem Hospitel, Eng.; hence, a wandering mendicant, either mad or feigning to be so; a madma...