Webster's Dictionary 1913

3160

Toadyism

Toad″y‐ism (?), n. The practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy; servile adulation.

3161

Toast

Toast (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Toasted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Toasting.] [OF. toster to roast, toast, fr. L. torrere, tostum, to parch, roast. See Torrid.] 1. To dry and brown by th...

3162

Toast (2)

Toast, n. [OF. toste, or tostée, toasted bread. See Toast, v.] 1. Bread dried and browned before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by putting slices of to...

3163

Toaster

Toast″er (?), n. 1. One who toasts.2. A kitchen utensil for toasting bread, cheese, etc.

3164

Toasting

Toast″ing, a. & n. from Toast, v.Toasting fork, a long-handled fork for toasting bread, cheese, or the like, by the fire.

3165

Toastmaster

Toast″mas′ter (?), n. A person who presides at a public dinner or banquet, and announces the toasts.

3166

Toat

Toat (?), n. The handle of a joiner's plane. Knight.

3167

Tobacco

To‐bac″co (?), n. [Sp. tabaco, fr. the Indian tabaco the tube or pipe in which the Indians or Caribbees smoked this plant. Some derive the word from Tabaco, a province of Yucata...

3168

Tobacconing

To‐bac″co‐ning (?), n. Smoking tobacco. “Tobacconing is but a smoky play.” Sylvester.

3169

Tobacconist

To‐bac″co‐nist (?), n. 1. A dealer in tobacco; also, a manufacturer of tobacco.2. A smoker of tobacco. Sylvester.

3170

Tobias fish

To‐bi″as fish′ (?). [See the Note under Asmodeus, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.] (Zoöl.) The lant, or sand eel.

3171

Tobie

To″bie (?), n. [Cf. Toby.] A kind of inferior cigar of a long slender shape, tapered at one end.

3172

Tobine

To″bine (?), n. [Cf. G. tobin, D. tabijn. See Tabby.] A stout twilled silk used for dresses.

3173

Tobit

To″bit (?), n. A book of the Apocrypha.

3174

Toboggan

To‐bog″gan (?), n. [Corruption of American Indian odabagan a sled.] A kind of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or both ends, used for coasting down hills or prepar...

3175

Toboggan (2)

To‐bog″gan (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Tobogganed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tobogganing.] To slide down hill over the snow or ice on a toboggan. Barilett.

3176

Tobogganer

{ To‐bog″gan‐er (?), To‐bog″gan‐ist (?), } n. One who practices tobogganing.

3177

Toby

To″by (?), n.; pl. -bies (#). A small jug, pitcher, or mug, generally used for ale, shaped somewhat like a stout man, with a cocked hat forming the brim.

3178

Toccata

‖Toc‐ca″ta (?), n. [It., fr. toccare to touch. See Touch.] (Mus.) An old form of piece for the organ or harpsichord, somewhat in the free and brilliant style of the prelude, fan...

3179

Toccatella

{ ‖Toc′ca‐tel″la (?), ‖Toc′ca‐ti″na (?) }, n.} (Music) A short or simple toccata.

3180

Tocher

Toch″er (?), n. [Gael. tochradh.] Dowry brought by a bride to her husband. Burns.

3181

Tockay

Tock″ay (?), n.(Zoöl.) A spotted lizard native of India.

3182

Toco

To″co (?), n.(Zoöl.) A toucan (Ramphastos toco) having a very large beak. See Illust. under Toucan.

3183

Tocology

To‐col″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. � a birth + -logy.] The science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition. [Written also tokology.]

3184

Tocororo

‖To‐co‐ro″ro (?), n. [Probably from the native name through the Spanish: cf. Sp. tocororo.] (Zoöl.) A cuban trogon (Priotelus temnurus) having a serrated bill and a tail concave...

3185

Tocsin

Toc″sin (?), n. [F., fr. OF. toquier to touch, F. toquer (originally, a dialectic form of F. toucher) + seint (for sein) a bell, LL. signum, fr. L. signum a sign, signal. See To...

3186

Tod

Tod (tŏd), n. [Akin to D. todde a rag, G. zotte shag, rag, a tuft of hair, Icel. toddi a piece of a thing, a tod of wool.] 1. A bush; a thick shrub; a bushy clump. “An ivy todde...