Webster's Dictionary 1913

3754

Toughish

Tough″ish, a. Tough in a slight degree.

3755

Toughly

Tough″ly, adv. In a tough manner.

3756

Toughness

Tough″ness, n. The quality or state of being tough.

3757

Touite

Tou″ite (?), n. The wood warbler.

3758

Toupee

{ Tou‐pee″ (?; 277), Tou‐pet″ (?; 277) } (?), n. [F. toupet, dim. of OF. top a tuft; of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. top. See Top apex, and cf. Topet.]1. A little tuft; a cur...

3759

Toupettit

Tou″pet‐tit (?), n. [See Topet, toupee.] (Zoöl.)The crested titmouse.

3760

Tour

Tour (?), n. [F. tour. See Tower.] A tower. Chaucer.

3761

Tour (2)

Tour (?), n. [F. tour. See Turn, v. t.] 1. A going round; a circuit; hence, a journey in a circuit; a prolonged circuitous journey; a comprehensive excursion; as, the tour of Eu...

3762

Tour (3)

Tour (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Toured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Touring.] To make a tourm; as, to tour throught a country. T. Hughes.

3763

Tour (4)

Tour, v. t. [See 3d Toot.] To toot a horn.

3764

Touraco

Tou‐ra″co (?), n.(Zoöl.)Same as Turacou.

3765

Tourbillion

Tour‐bil″lion (?), n. [F. torbillion a whirlwind, tourbillion, fr. L. turbo, -inis, a whirl, whirlwind.] An ornamental firework which turns round, when in the air, so as to form...

3766

Touring car

Tour″ing car. An automobile designed for touring; specif., a roomy car, not a limousine, for five or more passengers.

3767

Tourist

Tour″ist (?), n. One who makes a tour, or performs a journey in a circuit.

3768

Tourmaline

Tour″ma‐line (?), n. [F. tourmaline, cf. It. turmalina, tormalina, NL. turmalina, turmalinus; all fr. tournamal, a name given to this stone in Ceylon.] (Min.) A mineral occurrin...

3769

Tourn

Tourn (?), n. [See Turn] 1. A spinning wheel.2. (O.Eng.Law) The sheriff's turn, or court.

3770

Tournament

Tour″na‐ment (?), n. [OE. turnement, tornement, OF. torneiement, tornoiement, F. tournoiement a turning or wheeling round. See Tourney.] 1. A mock fight, or warlike game, former...

3771

Tournery

Tourn″er‐y (?), n. Work turned on a lathe; turnery. See Turnery. Evelyn.

3772

Tourney

Tour″ney (?), n. [OF. tornei, tornoi, F. tournoi, fr. OF. torneier, tornoier, tournoier, to tit, to tourney, F. tournoyer to turn round and round. See Turn, v. t.] A tournament....

3773

Tourney (2)

Tour″ney, v. i. [Cf.OF. torneier. See Tourney, n.] To perform in tournaments; to tilt.Well could he tourney, and in lists debate. Spenser.

3774

Tourniquet

Tour″ni‐quet (?), n. [F., fr. tourner to turn.] (Surg.) An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a ban...

3775

Tournois

‖Tour′nois″ (?), n. [F., belonging to Tours in France.] A former French money of account worth 20 sous, or a franc. It was thus called in distinction from the Paris livre, which...

3776

Tournure

‖Tour‐nure″ (?), n. [F., fr. tourner to turn.]1. Turn; contour; figure.2. Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle.

3777

Tous-les-mois

Tous′–les′–mois″ (?), n. [F., all the months, i.e., every month.] A kind of starch with very large, oval, flattened grains, often sold as arrowroot, and extensively used for adu...

3778

Touse

{ Touse, Touze (?) }, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Toused (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tousing.] [OE. tosen √64. See tease, and cf. Tose, Toze.] To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry. Shak.As a...

3779

Touse (2)

Touse (?), n. A pulling; a disturbance. Halliwell.

3780

Tousel

Tous″el (?), v. t. Same as Tousle.