Webster's Dictionary 1913

3403

Tonus

‖To″nus (?), n. [L. a sound, tone. See Tone.] (Physiol.) Tonicity, or tone; as, muscular tonus.

3404

Tony

To″ny (?), n.; pl.Tonies (#). [Abbrev. from Anthony.] A simpleton. L'Estrange.A pattern and companion fitFor all the keeping tonies of the pit. Dryden.

3405

Too

Too (?), adv. [The same word as to, prep. See To.]1. Over; more than enough; — noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too wide; too high; too many; too much.His w...

3406

Took

Took (?), imp. of Take.

3407

Tool

Tool (?), n. [OE. tol,tool. AS. tōl; akin to Icel. tōl, Goth. taijan to do, to make, taui deed, work, and perhaps to E. taw to dress leather. √64.] 1. An instrument such as a ha...

3408

Tool (2)

Tool (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.tooled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.tooling.] 1. To shape, form, or finish with a tool. “Elaborately tooled.” Ld. Lytton.2. To drive, as a coach.

3409

Tool (3)

Tool (to͞ol), v. i. [Cf. Tool, v. t., 2.] To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.Boys on their bicycles tooling along the well-kept roads. Illust. American.

3410

Tool steel

Tool steel. Hard steel, usually crucible steel, capable of being tempered so as to be suitable for tools.

3411

Tool-post

{ Tool″–post′ (?), Tool″–stock′ (?), } n.(Mach.) The part of a toolrest in which a cutting tool is clamped.

3412

Tool-rest

Tool″–rest′ (?), n.(Mach.) the part that supports a tool-post or a tool.

3413

Tooling

Tool″ing, n. Work perfomed with a tool.The fine tooling and delicate tracery of the cabinet artist is lost upon a building of colossal proportions. De Quincey.

3414

Toom

Toom (?), a. [OE. tom, fr. Icel. tōmr; akin to Dan. & Sw. tom, As. tōme, adv. Cf. Teem to pour.] Empty. Wyclif.

3415

Toom (2)

Toom, v. t. To empty.

3416

Toon

Toon (?), obs.pl. of Toe. Chaucer.

3417

Toon (2)

Toon (?), n. [Hind. tun, tūn, Skr. tunna.] (Bot.) The reddish brown wood of an East Indian tree (Cedrela Toona) closely resembling the Spanish cedar; also. the tree itself.

3418

Toonwood

Toon″wood′ (?), n.(Bot.) Same as Toon.

3419

Toot

Toot (?), v. i. [OE. toten, AS. totian to project; hence, to peep out.] [Written also tout.] 1. To stand out, or be prominent. Howell.2. To peep; to look narrowly. Latimer.For b...

3420

Toot (2)

Toot, v. t. To see; to spy. P. Plowman.

3421

Toot (3)

Toot, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Tooted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tooting.] [Cf. D. toeten to blow a horn, G. tuten, Sw. tuta, Dan. tude; probably of imitative origin.] To blow or sound a hor...

3422

Toot (4)

Toot, v. t. To cause to sound, as a horn, the note being modified at the beginning and end as if by pronouncing the letter t; to blow; to sound.

3423

Tooter

Toot″er (?), n. One who toots; one who plays upon a pipe or horn. B. Jonson.

3424

Tooth

Tooth (?), n.; pl.Teeth (#). [OE. toth,tooth, AS. tōð; akin to OFries. tōth, OS. & D. tand, OHG. zang, zan, G. zahn, Icel. tönn, Sw. & Dan. tand, Goth. tumpus, Lith. dantis, W. ...

3425

Tooth (2)

Tooth (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Toothed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Toothing.] 1. To furnish with teeth.The twin cards toothed with glittering wire. Wordsworth.2. To indent; to jag; as, t...

3426

Toothache

Tooth″ache′ (?), n.(Med.) Pain in a tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia.Toothache grass(Bot.), a kind of grass (Ctenium Americanum) having a very pungent taste. — Toothache tree. ...

3427

Toothback

Tooth″back′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any notodontian.

3428

Toothbill

Tooth″bill′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A peculiar fruit-eating ground pigeon (Didunculus strigiostris) native of the Samoan Islands, and noted for its resemblance, in several characteristic...

3429

Toothbrush

Tooth″brush′ (?), n. A brush for cleaning the teeth.