(d) Accord; adaptation; as, an occupation to his taste; she has a
husband to her mind.
He to God's image, she to his was made.
Dryden.
(e) Comparison; as, three is to nine as nine is to twenty-seven; it is
ten to one that you will offend him.
All that they did was piety to this.
B. Jonson.
(f) Addition; union; accumulation.
Wisdom he has, and to his wisdom, courage.
Denham.
(g) Accompaniment; as, she sang to his guitar; they danced to the music
of a piano.
Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft
recorders.
Milton.
(h) Character; condition of being; purpose subserved or office filled.
[In this sense archaic] "I have a king here to my flatterer." Shak.
Made his masters and others . . . to consider him to a little wonder.
Walton.
To in to-day, to-night, and to-morrow has the sense or force of for or
on; for, or on, (this) day, for, or on, (this) night, for, or on, (the)
morrow. To-day, to-night, to- morrow may be considered as compounds,
and usually as adverbs; but they are sometimes used as nouns; as,
to-day is ours.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to- morrow; Creeps in this petty pace
from day to day.
Shak.
To and again, to and fro. [R.] — To and fro, forward and back. In this
phrase, to is adverbial.
There was great showing both to and fro.
Chaucer.
— To-and-fro, a pacing backward and forward; as, to commence a
to-and-fro. Tennyson. — To the face, in front of; in behind; hence, in
the presence of. — To wit, to know; namely. See Wit, v. i.
To, without an object expressed, is used adverbially; as, put to the
door, i. e., put the door to its frame, close it; and in the nautical
expressions, to heave to, to come to, meaning to a certain position.
To, like on, is sometimes used as a command, forward, set to. "To,
Achilles! to, Ajax! to!" Shak.
Toad (?), n. [OE. tode, tade, AS. tdie, tdige; of unknown origin. Cf.
Tadpole.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging
to the genus Bufo and allied genera, especially those of the family
Bufonidæ. Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during
the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of the species
burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on
insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are
glands that secrete an acrid fluid.
The common toad (Bufo vulgaris) and the natterjack are familiar
European species. The common American toad (B. lentiginosus) is similar
to the European toad, but is less warty and is more active, moving
chiefly by leaping.
Obstetrical toad. (Zoöl.) See under Obstetrical. — Surinam toad.
(Zoöl.) See Pita. — Toad lizard (Zoöl.), a horned toad. — Toad pipe
(Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant (Equisetum limosum) growing in muddy
places. Dr. Prior. — Toad rush (Bot.), a low-growing kind of rush
(Juncus bufonius). — Toad snatcher (Zoöl.), the reed bunting. [Prov.
Eng.] — Toad spittle. (Zoöl.) See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo. — Tree
toad. (Zoöl.) See under Tree.
Toad"eat`er (?), n. [Said to be so called in allusion to an old alleged
practice among mountebanks' boys of eating toads (popularly supposed to
be poisonous), in order that their masters might have an opportunity of
pretending to effect a cure. The French equivalent expression is un
avaleur de couleuvres. Cf. Toady.] A fawning, obsequious parasite; a
mean sycophant; a flatterer; a toady. V. Knox.
You had nearly imposed upon me, but you have lost your labor. You're
too zealous a toadeater, and betray yourself.
Dickens.
Toad"fish` (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) Any marine fish of the genus Batrachus,
having a large, thick head and a wide mouth, and bearing some
resemblance to a toad. The American species (Batrachus tau) is very
common in shallow water. Called also oyster fish, and sapo. (b) The
angler. (c) A swellfish.
Toad"flax` (?), n. (Bot.) An herb (Linaria vulgaris) of the Figwort
family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; —
called also butter and eggs, flaxweed, and ramsted.