Toucan
Tou″can (?), n. [F., fr. Pg. tucano; from Brazilian name.] 1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of fruit-eating birds of tropical America belonging to Ramphastos, Pteroglossus...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Touch
Touch (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Touched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Touching.] [F. toucher, OF. touchier, tuchier; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. zucchen, zukken, to twitch, pluck, draw, G....
Touch (2)
Touch (?), v. i. 1. To be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points. Johnson.2. To fasten; to take effect; to m...
Touch (3)
Touch, n. [Cf. F. touche. See Touch, v.] 1. The act of touching, or the state of being touched; contact.Their touch affrights me as a serpent's sting. Shak.2. (Physiol.) The sen...
Touch (4)
Touch, v. t. 1. To compare with; of be equal to; — usually with a negative; as, he held that for good cheer nothing could touch an open fire.2. To induce to give or lend; to bor...
Touch (5)
Touch, n. 1. (Change Ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, that is, less than 5,040.2. An act of borrowing or stealing.3. Tallow; — a plumber's ...
Touch-box
Touch″–box′ (?), n. A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers who used matchlocks, to kindle the match.
Touch-me-not
Touch″–me–not′ (?), n.(Bot.) (a) See Impatiens. (b) Squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber.
Touch-needle
Touch″–nee′dle (?), n.(Metal.) A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for trying the purity of articles of gold or silver ...
Touch-paper
Touch″–pa′per (?), n. Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like.
Touchable
Touch″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being touched; tangible. — Touch″a‐ble‐ness, n.
Touchback
Touch″back′ (?), n.(G) The act of touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; — distinguished from safety...
Touchdown
Touch″down′ (?), n.(Football) The act of touching the football down behind the opponents' goal.Safety touchdown. See under Safety.
Touchhole
Touch″hole′ (?), n. The vent of a cannot or other firearm, by which fire is communicateed to the powder of the charge.
Touchily
Touch″i‐ly (?), adv. In a touchy manner.
Touchiness
Touch″i‐ness (?), n. The quality or state of being touchy peevishness; irritability; irascibility.
Touching
Touch″ing (?), a. Affecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale. — Touch″ing‐ly (#), adv.
Touching (2)
Touch″ing, prep. Concerning; with respect to.Now, as touching things offered unto idols. 1 Cor. viii. 1.
Touching (3)
Touch″ing, n. The sense or act of feeling; touch.
Touchstone
Touch″stone′ (?), n. 1. (Min.) Lydian stone; basanite; — so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbe...
Touchwood
Touch″wood′ (?), n. [Probably for tachwood; OE. tache tinder (of uncertain origin) + wood.]1. Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk.2. Dried fungi used as tinde...
Touchy
Touch″y (?), a. [For techy, tetchy.] Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire.It may be said of Dryden that he was at no time touchy about personal attacks. Saints...
Tough
Tough (?), a. [Compar.Tougher (?); superl.Toughest.] [OE. tough, AS. tōh, akin to D. taai, LG. taa, tage, tau, OHG. zāhi, G. zähe, and also to AS. getenge near to, close to, opp...
Tough-cake
Tough″–cake′ (?), n. See Tough-pitch (b).
Tough-head
Tough″–head′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The ruddy duck.
Tough-pitch
Tough″–pitch′ (?), n.(Metal.) (a) The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper. (b) Copper so reduced; — called also tough-cake.
Toughen
Tough″en (?), v. i.&t. [imp. & p. p.Toughened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Toughening.] To grow or make tough, or tougher.