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Tortulous (tôrt�lŭs; 135), a. (Nat. Hist.) Swelled out at intervals like a knotted cord.
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Tortuose (?), a. [See Tortuous.] Wreathed; twisted; winding. Loudon
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Tortuoslty (?), n. [L. tortuositas: cf. F. tortuosite.] the quality or state of being tortuous.
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Tortuous (?), a. [OE. tortuos, L. tortuosus, fr. tortus a twisting, winding, fr. torquere, tortum, to twist: cf. F. tortueux. See .] 1. Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla.
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The badger made his dark and tortuous hole on the side of every hill where the copsewood grew thick. Macaulay.
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2. Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.
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That course became somewhat lesstortuous, when the battle of the Boyne had cowed the spirit of the Jakobites. Macaulay.
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3. Injurious: tortious. [Obs.]
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4. (Astrol.) Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely. [Obs.] Skeat.
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Infortunate ascendent tortuous. Chaucer.
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--Tortuously, adv. -- Tortuousness, n.
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Torturable (?), a. Capable of being tortured.
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Torture (tôrt�r; 135), n. [F., fr. L. tortura, fr. torquere, tortum, to twist, rack, torture; probably akin to Gr. trepein to turn, G. drechseln to turn on a lathe, and perhaps to E. queer. Cf. , , , , , n., , , , , ] 1. Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind. Shak.
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Ghastly spasm or racking torture. Milton.
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2. Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel.
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3. The act or process of torturing.
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Torture, which had always been deciared illegal, and which had recently been declared illegal even by the servile judges of that age, was inflicted for the last time in England in the month of May, 1640. Macaulay.
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torture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. tortured (tôrt�rd; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. tTorturing.] [Cf. F. Torturer. ] 1. To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.
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2. To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person. Shak.
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3. To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort. Jar. Taylor.
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4. To keep on the stretch, as a bow. [Obs.]
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The bow tortureth the string. Bacon.
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Torturer (tôrt�rẽr), n. One who tortures; a tormentor.
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Torturingly, adv. So as to torture. Beau. & Fl.
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Torturous (tôrt�rŭs), a. Involving, or pertaining to, torture. [R.] “The torturous crucifixion.” I. Disraeli.
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Torula (?), n.; pl. Torulæ (�) [NL., dim. of L. torus a semicircular molding.] (Biol.) (a) A chain of special bacteria. (b) A genus of budding fungi. Same as . Also used adjectively.
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Torulaform (?), a. (Biol.) Having the appearance of a torula; in the form of a little chain; as, a torulaform string of micrococci.
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Torulose (?), a. [L. torulus, dim. of torus: cf. F. toruleux. See ] (Bot.) Same as
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Torulous (?), a. Same as
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Torus (tōrŭs), n.; pl. Tori (tōrī). [L., a round, swelling, or bulging place, an elevation. Cf. 3d .]
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1. (Arch.) A large molding used in the bases of columns. Its profile is semicircular. See Illust. of Brande & C.
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2. (Zoöl.) One of the ventral parapodia of tubicolous annelids. It usually has the form of an oblong thickening or elevation of the integument with rows of uncini or hooks along the center. See Illust. under .
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3. (Bot.) The receptacle, or part of the flower on which the carpels stand.
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4. (Geom.) (a) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane. (b) The solid inclosed by such a surface; -- sometimes called an anchor ring.
Syn. --3d Tore{2}.
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Torved (?), a. Stern; grim. See [Obs.]
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But yesterday his breath
Awed Rome, and his least torved frown was death. J. Webster (1654).
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Torvity (?), a. [L. torvitas. See .] Sourness or severity of countenance; sternness. [Obs.]
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Torvous (?), a. [L. torvus. ] Sour of aspect; of a severe countenance; stern; grim. [Obs.]
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That torvous, sour look produced by anger. Derham.
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Tory (?), n.; pl. Tories (#). [ Properly used of the Irish bogtrotters who robbed and plundered during the English civil wars, professing to be in sympathy with the royal cause; hence transferred to those who sought to maintain the extreme prerogatives of the crown; probably from Ir. toiridhe, tor, a pursuer; akin to Ir. & Gael. toir a pursuit.] 1. (Eng. Politics) A member of the conservative party, as opposed to the progressive party which was formerly called the Whig, and is now called the Liberal, party; an earnest supporter of existing royal and ecclesiastical authority.
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☞ The word Tory first occurs in English history in 1679, during the struggle in Parliament occasioned by the introduction of the bill for the exclusion of the duke of York from the line of succession, and was applied by the advocates of the bill to its opponents as a title of obloquy or contempt. The Tories subsequently took a broader ground, and their leading principle became the maintenance of things as they were. The name, however, has for several years ceased to designate an existing party, but is rather applied to certain traditional maxims of public policy. The political successors of the Tories are now commonly known as Conservatives. New Am. Cyc.
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2. (Amer. Hist.) One who, in the time of the Revolution, favored submitting to the claims of Great Britain against the colonies; an adherent to the crown.
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Tory (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Tories.
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Toryism (?), n. The principles of the Tories.
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Toscatter (?), v. t. [Pref. to- + scatter.] To scatter in pieces; to divide. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Tose (?), v. t. [ See ] To tease, or comb, as wool. [Obs.or Prov. Eng.]
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Tosh (?), a. [Cf. OF. tonce shorn, clipped, and E. tonsure.] Neat; trim. [Scot.] Jomieson.
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Toshred (?), v. t. [Pref. to- + shred. ] To cut into shreds or pieces. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Toss (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tossed (�); (less properly Tost ); p. pr. & vb. n. Tossing.] [ W. tosiaw, tosio, to jerk, toss, snatch, tosa quick jerk, a toss, a snatch. ] 1. To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.
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2. To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head.
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He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me,
He would not stay. Addison.
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3. To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm.
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We being exceedingly tossed with a tempest. Act xxvii. 18.
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4. To agitate; to make restless.
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Calm region once,
And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent. Milton.
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5. Hence, to try; to harass.
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Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men. Herbert.
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6. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar. [Obs.] Ascham.
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Coloq. To toss off , (a) to drink hastily. (b) to accomplish easily or quickly. (c) to say in an offhand manner; as, to toss off a comment. (d) to masturbate; -- British slang. -- Coloq. To toss the cars .See under Oar, n.
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Toss, v. i. 1. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.
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To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets and enrages our pain. Tillotson.
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2. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean. Shak.
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Coloq. To toss for , to throw dice or a coin to determine the possession of; to gamble for. -- Coloq. To toss up , to throw a coin into the air, and wager on which side it will fall, or determine a question by its fall. Bramsion.
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Toss, n. 1. A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.
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2. A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk. Swift.
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Tossel (?), n. See .
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Tosser (?), n. One who tosses. J. Fletcher.
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Tossily (?), adv. In a tossy manner. [R.]
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Tossing, n. 1. The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling and tumbling.
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2. (Mining) (a) A process which consists in washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earthy particles; -- called also tozing, and treloobing, in Cornwall. Pryce. (b) A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.
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Tosspot (?), n. A toper; one habitually given to strong drink; a drunkard. Shak.
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Tossy (?), a. Tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud; contemptuous; scornful; affectedly indifferent; as, a tossy commonplace. [R.] C. Kingsley.
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Tost (?), imp. & p. p. of Toss.
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Tosto (?), a. [It.] (Mus.) Quick; rapid.
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Coloq. Pui tosto (�) [It.] (Mus.), faster; more rapid.
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Toswink (?), v. i. [Pref. to- + swink.] To labor excessively. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Tot (?), n. [Cf. , , .] 1. Anything small; -- frequently applied as a term of endearment to a little child.
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2. A drinking cup of small size, holding about half a pint. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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3. A foolish fellow. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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Tot (?), n. [L.] Lit., so much; -- a term used in the English exchequer to indicate that a debt was good or collectible for the amount specified, and often written opposite the item.
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Tot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Totted; p. pr. & vb. n. Totting.] 1. To mark with the word “tot”; as, a totted debt. See , n.
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2. [Cf. .] To add; to count; to make up the sum of; to total; -- often with up. [Colloq., Eng.]

The last two tot up the bill. Thackeray.
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Tota (?), n. [From the native name in Egypt.] (Zoöl.) The grivet.
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Total (?), a. [F., fr. LL. totalis, fr. L. tolus all,whole. Cf. , , .] Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss. “ Total darkness.” “To undergo myself the total crime.” Milton.
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Coloq. Total abstinence . See , n., 1. -- Coloq. Total depravity . (Theol.) See Original sin, under .
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Whole; entire; complete. See .
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Total, n. The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.
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Total (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Totaled (?) or Totalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Totaling or Totalling.] 1. To bring to a total; also, to reach as a total; to amount to. [Colloq.]
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2. to determine the total of (a set of numbers); to add; -- often used with up; as, to total up the bill.
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3. To damage beyond repair; -- used especially of vehicles damaged in an accident; as, he skid on an ice patch and totaled his Mercedes against a tree. From total loss. [colloq.]
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Totalis (?), n. [See , a.] The total.

I look on nothing but totalis. B. Jonson.
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Totalisator (?), n. Same as .
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Totality (?), n. [Cf. F. totalite, LL. totalitas.] 1. The quality or state of being total; as, the totality of an eclipse.
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2. The whole sum; the whole quantity or amount; the entirety; as, the totality of human knowledge. Buckle.
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The totality of a sentence or passage. Coleridge.
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Totalization (?), n. Act of totalizing, or state of being totalized.
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Totalizator (?), n. [From : cf. F. totalisateur.] A machine for registering and indicating the number and nature of bets made on horse races. Called also totalizer.
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Totalize (?), v. t. To make total, or complete; to reduce to completeness. Coleridge.
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Totalize, v. i. To use a totalizator.
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Totalizer (?), n. Same as .
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Totally, adv. In a total manner; wholly; entirely.
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Totalness, n. The quality or state of being total; entireness; totality.
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Totara (?), n. [Maori.] A coniferous tree (Podocarpus totara), next to the kauri the most valuable timber tree of New Zealand. Its hard reddish wood is used for furniture and building, esp. in wharves, bridges, etc. Also mahogany pine.
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Tote (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toted; p. pr. & vb. n. Toting.] [Said to be of African origin.] To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; to tote a gun on one's hip; -- a colloquial word originating in the Southern States, and used there esp. by negroes, now common throughout the U. S.
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Tote, n. [L. totum, fr. totus all, whole.] The entire body, or all; as, the whole tote. [Colloq.]
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Totear (?), v. t. [Pref. to- + tear. ] To tear or rend in pieces. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Totem (?), n. [Massachusetts Indian wutohtimoin that to which a person or place belongs.] 1. A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or a clan; also, the object or animal itself, considered as an symbol of the family.
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And they painted on the grave posts
Of the graves, yet unforgotten,
Each his own ancestral totem
Each the symbol of his household;
Figures of the bear and reindeer,
Of the turtle, crane, and beaver. Longfellow.
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The totem, the clan deity, the beast or bird who in some supernatural way attends to the clan and watches over it. Bagehot.
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2. Anything which serves as a venerated or mystic symbol or emblem.
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Totemic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a totem, or totemism.
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Totemism (?), n. 1. The system of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a tribe by the totem.
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2. Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real or imaginary object; nature worship. Tylor.
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Totemist, n. One belonging to a clan or tribe having a totem. -- Totemistic (#), a.
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{ Totem pole or Totem post }. A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols, set up before the house of certain Indian tribes of the northwest coast of North America, esp. Indians of the Koluschan stock.
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Toter (?), n. [See to carry.] (Zoöl.) The stone roller. See Stone roller (a), under .
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T'other (?). A colloquial contraction of the other, and formerly a contraction for that other. See the Note under , 2.
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The tothir that was crucifield with him. Wyclif(John xix. 32)
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Totipalmate (?), a. [L. totus all, whole + E. palmate.] (Zoöl.) Having all four toes united by a web; -- said of certain sea birds, as the pelican and the gannet. See Illust. under .
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Totipalmi (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. totus all, whole + palmus palm.] (Zoöl.) A division of swimming birds including those that have totipalmate feet.
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Totipresence (?), n. [L. totus all, whole + E. presence.] Omnipresence. [Obs.] A. Tucker.
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Totipresent (?), a. [L. totus all, whole + E. present.] Omnipresent. [Obs.] A. Tucker.
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Totter (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tottered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tottering.] [Probably for older tolter; cf. AS. tealtrian to totter, vacillate. Cf. to incline, , , .] 1. To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to be unsteady; to stagger; as, an old man totters with age. “As a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.” Ps. lxii. 3.
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2. To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver.
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Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. Dryden.
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Totterer (?), n. One who totters.
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Totteringly, adv. In a tottering manner.
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Tottery (?), a. Trembling or vaccilating, as if about to fall; unsteady; shaking. Johnson.
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Tottle (tŏtt'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tottled (tŏtt'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Tottling (tŏttlĭng).] [See , .] To walk in a wavering, unsteady manner; to toddle; to topple. [Colloq.]
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Tottlish (tŏttlĭsh), a. Trembling or tottering, as if about to fall; unsteady. [Colloq. U. S.]
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Totty (?), a. [OE. toti. Cf. .] Unsteady; dizzy; tottery. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Sir W. Scott.
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For yet his noule [head] was totty of the must. Spenser.
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Toty (?), a. Totty. [Obs.]
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My head is toty of my swink to-night. Chaucer.
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Toty (?), n. A sailor or fisherman; -- so called in some parts of the Pacific.
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Toucan (t�kăn; 277), n. [F., fr. Pg. tucano; from Brazilian name. ] 1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of fruit-eating birds of tropical America belonging to Ramphastos, Pteroglossus, and allied genera of the family Ramphastidæ. They have a very large, but light and thin, beak, often nearly as long as the body itself. Most of the species are brilliantly colored with red, yellow, white, and black in striking contrast.
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2. (Astronom.) A modern constellation of the southern hemisphere.
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Toucanet (?), n. (Zoöl.) A small toucan.
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Touch (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Touched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Touching.] [F. toucher, OF. touchier, tuchier; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. zucchen, zukken, to twitch, pluck, draw, G. zukken, zukken, v. intens. fr. OHG. ziohan to draw, G. ziehen, akin to E. tug. See , v. t., , and cf. , .] 1. To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.
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Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear
Touched lightly. Milton.
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2. To perceive by the sense of feeling.
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Nothing but body can be touched or touch. Greech.
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3. To come to; to reach; to attain to.
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The god, vindictive, doomed them never more-
Ah, men unblessed! -- to touch their natal shore. Pope.
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4. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone. [Obs.]
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Wherein I mean to touch your love indeed. Shak.
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5. To relate to; to concern; to affect.
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The quarrel toucheth none but us alone. Shak.
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6. To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of.
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Storial thing that toucheth gentilesse. Chaucer.
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7. To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the books. Pope.
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8. To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to melt; to soften; especially, to cause feelings of pity, compassion, sympathy, or gratitude in.
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What of sweet before
Hath touched my sense, flat seems to this and harsh. Milton.
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The tender sire was touched with what he said. Addison.
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9. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
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The lines, though touched but faintly, are drawn right. Pope.
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10. To infect; to affect slightly. Bacon.
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11. To make an impression on; to have effect upon.
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Its face . . . so hard that a file will not touch it. Moxon.
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12. To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music.
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[They] touched their golden harps. Milton.
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13. To perform, as a tune; to play.
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A person is the royal retinue touched a light and lively air on the flageolet. Sir W. Scott.
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14. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly. “ No decree of mine, . . . [to] touch with lightest moment of impulse his free will,” Milton.
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15. To harm, afflict, or distress.
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Let us make a covenant with thee, that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee. Gen. xxvi. 28, 29.
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16. To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
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She feared his head was a little touched. Ld. Lytton.
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17. (Geom.) To be tangent to. See , a.
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18. To lay a hand upon for curing disease.
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19. To compare with; to be equal to; -- usually with a negative; as, he held that for good cheer nothing could touch an open fire. [Colloq.]
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20. To induce to give or lend; to borrow from; as, to touch one for a loan; hence, to steal from. [Slang]
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Coloq. To touch a sail (Naut.), to bring it so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes. -- Coloq. To touch the wind (Naut.), to keep the ship as near the wind as possible. -- Coloq. To touch up , to repair; to improve by touches or emendation.
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