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Toil (?), n. [OE. toil turmoil, struggle; cf. OD. tuyl labor, work. See , v.] Labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or mind, esp. the body.
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My task of servile toil. Milton.
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After such bloody toil, we bid good night. Shak.
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☞ Toil is used in the formation of compounds which are generally of obvious signification; as, toil-strung, toil-wasted, toil-worn, and the like.
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Syn. -- Labor; drudgery; work; exertion; occupation; employment; task; travail. -- , , . Labor implies strenuous exertion, but not necessary such as overtasks the faculties; toil denotes a severity of labor which is painful and exhausting; drudgery implies mean and degrading work, or, at least, work which wearies or disgusts from its minuteness or dull uniformity.
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You do not know the heavy grievances,
The toils, the labors, weary drudgeries,
Which they impose. Southern.
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How often have I blessed the coming day,
When toil remitting lent its turn to play. Goldsmith.
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Toiler (?), n. One who toils, or labors painfully.
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Toilet (?), n. [F. toilette, dim. of toile cloth. See a net.] 1. A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.
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2. A dressing table. Pope.
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3. Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect. [Written also toilette.]
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Coloq. Toilet glass , a looking-glass for a toilet table or for a dressing room. -- Coloq. Toilet service , Coloq. Toilet set , earthenware, glass, and other utensils for a dressing room. -- Coloq. Toilet table , a dressing table; a toilet. See def. 2 above. -- Coloq. To snake one's toilet , to dress one's self; especially, to dress one's self carefully.
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Toilette (?), n. [F.] See , 3.
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Toilful (?), a. Producing or involving much toil; laborious; toilsome; as, toilful care. Mickle.
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Toilinette (?), n. [F. toilinet. See a net.] A cloth, the weft of which is of woolen yarn, and the warp of cotton and silk, -- used for waistcoats.
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Toilless (?), a. Free from toil.
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Toilsome (toilsŭm), a. Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious; wearisome; as, toilsome work.
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What can be toilsome in these pleasant walks? Milton.
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-- Toilsomely, adv. -- Toilsomeness, n.
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Toise (toiz), n. [F., fr. LL. tesa, fr. L. tensus, fem. tensa, p. p. of tendere to stretch, extend. See , a.] An old measure of length in France, containing six French feet, or about 6.3946 French feet.
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Toison (twȧzôn), n. [F.] A sheep's fleece.
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Toison d'or (d�r). [F.] Lit., the golden fleece; specif., the order of the Golden Fleece, or its jewel.
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Tokay (t�kā), n. [Named fr. Tokay in Hungary.] 1. (Bot.) A grape of an oval shape and whitish color.
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2. A rich Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes.
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Token (tōk'n), n. [OE. token, taken, AS. tācen; akin to OFries. tēken, OS. tēkan, D. teeken, G. zeichen, OHG. Zeihhan, Icel. tākan, teiken, Sw. tecken, Dan. tegn, Goth. taikns sign, token, gateihan to tell, show, AS. teón to accuse, G. zeihen, OHG. zīhan, G. zeigen to show, OHG. zeigōn, Icel. tjā, L. dicere to say, Gr. deiknynai to show, Skr. diç. Cf. , .] 1. Something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant established with Noah.
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2. A memorial of friendship; something by which the friendship of another person is to be kept in mind; a memento; a souvenir.
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This is some token from a never friend. Shak.
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3. Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith, etc.
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Say, by this token, I desire his company. Shak.
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4. A piece of metal intended for currency, and issued by a private party, usually bearing the name of the issuer, and redeemable in lawful money. Also, a coin issued by government, esp. when its use as lawful money is limited and its intrinsic value is much below its nominal value.
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☞ It is now made unlawful for private persons to issue tokens.
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5. (Med.) A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death. [Obs.]
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Like the fearful tokens of the plague,
Are mere forerunners of their ends. Beau. & Fl.
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6. (Print.) Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.
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7. (Ch. of Scot.) A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
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8. (Mining) A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sends one of these with each corf or tub he has hewn.
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9. (Weaving) In a Jacquard loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
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Coloq. Token money , money which is lawfully current for more than its real value. See , n., 4. -- Coloq. Token sheet (Print.), the last sheet of each token. W. Savage.
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Token, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tokened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tokening.] [AS. tācnian, fr. tācen token. See , n.] To betoken. [Obs.] Shak.
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Tokened (?), a. Marked by tokens, or spots; as, the tokened pestilence. [Obs.] Shak.
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Tokenless (?), a. Without a token.
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Tokin (?), n. A tocsin. [Obs.] Halliwell.
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Tol (tōl), v. t. (Law) To take away. See .
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Tola (?), n. [Hind., from Skr. tulā a balance.] A weight of British India. The standard tola is equal to 180 grains.
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Tolane (?), n. [From .] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C14H10, related both to the acetylene and the aromatic series, and produced artificially as a white crystalline substance; -- called also diphenyl acetylene.
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Tolbooth (?), n. See .
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Told (tōld), imp. & p. p. of .
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Tole (tōl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Toling.] [OE. tollen to draw, to entice; of uncertain origin. Cf. to ring a bell.] To draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing or desirable; to allure by some bait. [Written also toll.]
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Whatever you observe him to be more frighted at then he should, tole him on to by insensible degrees, till at last he masters the difficulty.
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Toledo (?), n. A sword or sword blade made at Toledo in Spain, which city was famous in the 16th and 17th centuries for the excellence of its weapons.
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Tolerability (?), n. The quality or state of being tolerable. [R.] Fuller. Wordsworth.
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Tolerable (?), a. [L. tolerabilis: cf. F. tolérable. See .] 1. Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.
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As may affect the earth with cold and heat
Scarce tolerable. Milton.
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2. Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or received without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable entertainment; a tolerable translation. Dryden.
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-- Tolerableness, n. -- Tolerably, adv.
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Tolerance (?), n. [L. tolerantia: cf. F. tolérance.] 1. The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.
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Diogenes, one frosty morning, came into the market place, shaking, to show his tolerance. Bacon.
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2. The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions; toleration.
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3. (Med.) The power possessed or acquired by some persons of bearing doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would prove injurious or fatal.
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4. (Forestry) Capability of growth in more or less shade.
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5. the allowed amount of variation from the standard or from exact conformity to the specified dimensions, weight, hardness, voltage etc., in various mechanical or electrical devices or operations; -- caklled also allowance specif.: (Coinage) The amount which coins, either singly or in lots, are legally allowed to vary above or below the standard of weight or fineness.
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6. (Biochemistry) the capacity to resist the deleterious action of a chemical agent normally harmful to the organism; as, the acquired tolerance of bacteria to anitbiotics.
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7. (Immunology) the acquired inability to respond with an immune reaction to an antigen to which the organism normally responds; -- called also immunotolerance, immunological tolerance, or immune tolerance. Such tolerance may be induced by exposing an animal to the antigen at a very early stage of life, prior to maturation of the immune system, or, in adults, by exposing the animal to repeated low doses of a weak protein antigen (low-zone tolerance), or to a large amount of an antigen (high-zone tolerance).
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Coloq. Tolerance of the mint . (Coinage) Same as Remedy of the mint. See under .
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Tolerant (?), a. [L. tolerans, p. pr. of tolerare to tolerate: cf. F. tolérant. See .] Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent.
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Tolerate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tolerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tolerating.] [L. toleratus, p. p. of tolerare, fr. the same root as tollere to lift up, tuli, used as perfect of ferre to bear, latus (for tlatus), used as p. p. of ferre to bear, and E. thole. See , and cf. , , , , , , , , , , , to take away, .] To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices.
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Crying should not be tolerated in children. Locke.
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We tolerate them because property and liberty, to a degree, require that toleration. Burke.
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Syn. -- See .
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Toleration (?), n. [L. toleratio: cf. OF. toleration.] 1. The act of tolerating; the allowance of that which is not wholly approved.
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2. Specifically, the allowance of religious opinions and modes of worship in a state when contrary to, or different from, those of the established church or belief.
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3. Hence, freedom from bigotry and severity in judgment of the opinions or belief of others, especially in respect to religious matters.
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Toll (?), v. t. [L. tollere. See .] (O. Eng. Law) To take away; to vacate; to annul.
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Toll, v. t. [See .] 1. To draw; to entice; to allure. See .
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2. [Probably the same word as toll to draw, and at first meaning, to ring in order to draw people to church.] To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell. “The sexton tolled the bell.” Hood.
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3. To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend. Shak.
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Slow tolls the village clock the drowsy hour. Beattie.
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4. To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing.
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When hollow murmurs of their evening bells
Dismiss the sleepy swains, and toll them to their cells. Dryden.
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Toll, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tolling.] To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to announce the death of a person.
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The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll. Shak.
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Now sink in sorrows with a tolling bell. Pope.
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Toll, n. The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated.
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Toll (?), n. [OE. tol, AS. toll; akin to OS. & D. tol, G. zoll, OHG. zol, Icel. tollr, Sw. tull, Dan. told, and also to E. tale; -- originally, that which is counted out in payment. See number.] 1. A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.
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2. (Sax. & O. Eng. Law) A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.
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3. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
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Coloq. Toll and team (O. Eng. Law), the privilege of having a market, and jurisdiction of villeins. Burrill. -- Coloq. Toll bar , a bar or beam used on a canal for stopping boats at the tollhouse, or on a road for stopping passengers. -- Coloq. Toll bridge , a bridge where toll is paid for passing over it. -- Coloq. Toll corn , corn taken as pay for grinding at a mill. -- Coloq. Toll dish , a dish for measuring toll in mills. -- Coloq. Toll gatherer , a man who takes, or gathers, toll. -- Coloq. Toll hop , a toll dish. [Obs.] Crabb. -- Coloq. Toll thorough (Eng. Law), toll taken by a town for beasts driven through it, or over a bridge or ferry maintained at its cost. Brande & C. -- Coloq. Toll traverse (Eng. Law), toll taken by an individual for beasts driven across his ground; toll paid by a person for passing over the private ground, bridge, ferry, or the like, of another. -- Coloq. Toll turn (Eng. Law), a toll paid at the return of beasts from market, though they were not sold. Burrill.
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Syn. -- Tax; custom; duty; impost.
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Toll (?), v. i. 1. To pay toll or tallage. [R.] Shak.
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2. To take toll; to raise a tax. [R.]
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Well could he [the miller] steal corn and toll thrice. Chaucer.
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No Italian priest
Shall tithe or toll in our dominions. Shak.
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Toll, v. t. To collect, as a toll. Shak.
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Tollable (?), a. Subject to the payment of toll; as, tollable goods. Wright.
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Tollage (?), n. Payment of toll; also, the amount or quantity paid as toll. Drayton.
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Tollbooth (?), n. [Toll a tax + booth.] [Written also tolbooth.] 1. A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll. [Obs.]
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He saw Levy . . . sitting at the tollbooth. Wyclif (Mark ii. 14).
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2. In Scotland, a burgh jail; hence, any prison, especially a town jail. Sir W. Scott.
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Tollbooth, v. t. To imprison in a tollbooth. [R.]
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That they might tollbooth Oxford men. Bp. Corbet.
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Toller (?), n. [AS. tollere.] A toll gatherer. “Tollers in markets.” Piers Plowman.
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Toller, n. One who tolls a bell.
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Tolletane (?), a. [L. Toletanus.] Of or pertaining to Toledo in Spain; made in Toledo. [Obs.] “Tables Tolletanes.” Chaucer.
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Tollgate (?), n. A gate where toll is taken.
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Tollhouse (?), n.; pl. Tollhouses (�). A house occupied by a receiver of tolls.
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Tollman (?), n.; pl. Tollmen (�). One who receives or collects toll; a toll gatherer. Cowper.
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Tolmen (?), n. See .
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Tolsester (?), n. [LL. tolsestrum. Cf. a tax.] (O. Eng. Law) A toll or tribute of a sextary of ale, paid to the lords of some manors by their tenants, for liberty to brew and sell ale. Cowell.
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Tolsey (?), n. A tollbooth; also, a merchants' meeting place, or exchange. [Obs.] Halliwell.
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{ Tolstoyan, Tolstoian } (?), a. Of or pertaining to Tolstoy (1828-1910). -- n. A follower of Tolstoy, who advocates and practices manual labor, simplicity of living, nonresistance, etc., holds that possession of wealth and ownership of property are sinful, and in religion rejects all teachings not coming from Christ himself.
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Tolt (?), n. [LL. tolta, fr. L. tollere to take away.] (O. Eng. Law) A writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removed into a country court. Cowell.
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Toltec (?), n. (Ethnol.) One of a race which formerly occupied Mexico. -- Toltecan (#), a.
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Tolu (?), n. A fragrant balsam said to have been first brought from Santiago de Tolu, in New Granada. See Balsam of Tolu, under .
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Coloq. Tolu tree (Bot.), a large tree (Myroxylon toluiferum), the wood of which is red in the center, and has an aromatic rose odor. It affords the balsam called tolu.
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Toluate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of any one of the toluic acids.
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Toluene (?), n. [Tolu + benzene.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C6H5.CH3, of the aromatic series, homologous with benzene, and obtained as a light mobile colorless liquid, by distilling tolu balsam, coal tar, etc.; -- called also methyl benzene, phenyl methane, etc.
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Toluenyl (?), n. [Toluene + -yl.] (Chem.) Tolyl. [Obs.]
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Toluic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, one of three metameric acids, CH3.C6H4.CO2H, which are related to toluene and analogous to benzoic acids. They are white crystalline substances, and are called respectively orthotoluic acid, metatoluic acid, and paratoluic acid.
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Toluid (?), n. (Chem.) A complex double tolyl and toluidine derivative of glycocoll, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
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Toluidine (?), n. (Chem.) Any one of three metameric amido derivatives of toluene analogous to aniline, and called respectively orthtoluidine, metatoluidine, and paratoluidine; especially, the commonest one, or paratoluidine, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance.
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☞ It is used in the aniline dye industry, and constitutes the essential nucleus or radical of those dyes.
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{ Toluol, Toluole} (?), n. [Tolu + benzol.] (Chem.) Same as .
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Toluric (?), a. [Toluic + uric.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of three isomeric crystalline acids, C9H10ON.CO2H, which are toluyl derivatives of glycocoll.
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Tolutation (?), n. [L. tolutim on a trot, properly, lifting up the feet, akin to tollere to lift up.] A pacing or ambling. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Toluyl (?), n. [Toluic + -yl.] (Chem.) Any one of the three hypothetical radicals corresponding to the three toluic acids.
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Toluylene (?), n. (Chem.) (a) Same as . (b) Sometimes, but less properly, tolylene.
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Tolyl (?), n. [Toluic + -yl.] (Chem.) The hydrocarbon radical, CH3.C6H4, regarded as characteristic of certain compounds of the aromatic series related to toluene; as, tolyl carbinol.
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Tolylene (?), n. (Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical, C6H4.(CH2)2, regarded as characteristic of certain toluene derivatives.
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Tolypeutine (?), n. (Zoöl.) The apar.
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Tom (?), n. The knave of trumps at gleek. [Obs.]
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Tom, n. 1. A familiar contraction of Thomas, a proper name of a man.
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2. The male of certain animals; -- often used adjectively or in composition; as, tom turkey, tomcat, etc.
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Tomahawk (?), n. [Of American Indian origin; cf. Algonkin tomehagen, Mohegan tumnahegan, Delaware tamoihecan.] A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.
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Tomahawk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tomahawked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tomahawking.] To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.
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Tomaley (?), n. The liver of the lobster, which becomes green when boiled; -- called also tomalline.
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