Webster's Dictionary 1828

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TOAD-STONE

TOAD-STONE, noun [toad and stone.] In mineralogy, a sort of trap rock, of a brownish gray color. The toad-stone of Derbyshire is generally a dark brown basaltic amygdaloid, comp...

1352

TOAD-STOOL

TOAD-STOOL, noun [toad and stoll.] A sort of fungous plant that grows in moist and rich grounds like a mushroom.

1353

TOADEATER

TOAD'EATER, noun A vulgar name given to a fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant.

1354

TOADFISH

TOAD'FISH, noun [toad and fish.] A fish of the genus Lophius, the fishing frog.

1355

TOADISH

TOADISH, adjective Like a toad. [Not used.]

1356

TOAST

TOAST, verb transitive [Latin tostus.]1. To dry and scorch by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread or cheese. [It is chiefly limited in its application to these two articles.]...

1357

TOASTED

TOASTED, participle passive Scorched by heat; named in drinking the health.

1358

TOASTER

TOASTER, noun One who toasts.1. An instrument for toasting bread or cheese.

1359

TOASTING

TO'ASTING, participle present tense Scorching by fire; drinking to the honor of.

1360

TOBACCO

TOBAC'CO, noun [so named from Tabaco, a province of Yucatan, in Spanish America, where it was first found by the Spaniards.]A plant, a native of America, of the genus Nicotiana,...

1361

TOBACCO-PIPE

TOBAC'CO-PIPE, noun [tobacco and pipe.] A pipe used for smoking tobacco, often made of clay and baked, sometimes of other material.TOBAC'CO-PIPE CLAY, noun A species of clay; ca...

1362

TOBACCONIST

TOBAC'CONIST, noun A dealer in tobacco; also, a manufacturer of tobacco.

1363

TOCKAY

TOCK'AY, noun A species of spotted lizard in India.

1364

TOCSIN

TOC'SIN, noun An alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of alarm.

1365

TOD

TOD, noun1. A bush; a thick shrub.2. A quantity of wool of twenty eight pounds, or two stone.3. A fox.TOD, verb transitive To weigh; to produce a tod [Not in use.]

1366

TODAY

TO'DAY, noun [to and day.] The present day.

1367

TODDY

TOD'DY, noun A juice drawn from various kinds of the palm in the E. Indies; or a liquor prepared from it.1. A mixture of spirit and water sweetened. toddy differs from grog in h...

1368

TODY

TO'DY, noun A genus of insectivorous birds, of the order of Picae; natives of warm climates.

1369

TOE

TOE, noun [Latin digitus. toe is contracted from tog, the primary word on which Latin digitus is formed, coinciding with dug, and signifying a shoot.]1. One of the small members...

1370

TOFT

TOFT, noun [probably from the root of tuft.]1. A grove of trees.2. In law books, a place where a messuage has stood, but is decayed.

1371

TOGATED

TO'GATEDTO'GED, adjective [Latin toga, a gown; togatus, gowned.] Gowned; dressed in a gown; wearing a gown; as toged consuls.

1372

TOGED

TO'GED, a. [L. toga, a gown; togatus, gowned.] Gowned; dressed in a gown; wearing a gown; as toged consuls.

1373

TOGETHER

TOGETH'ER, adverb1. In company. We walked together to the wood.2. In or into union.The king joined humanity and policy together3. In the same place; as, to live together in one ...

1374

TOGGEL

TOG'GEL, noun A small wooden pin tapering towards both ends.

1375

TOIL

TOIL, verb intransitive To labor; to work; to exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind, particularly of the body, with efforts of some continuance or duration.Master...

1376

TOILER

TOIL'ER, noun One who toils, or labors with pain.

1377

TOILET

TOIL'ET, noun1. A covering or cloth of linen, silk or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or dressing room. Hence,2. A dressing table.