3. Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing;
attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect. [Written also toilette.]
Toilet glass, a looking-glass for a toilet table or for a dressing
room. — Toilet service, Toilet set, earthenware, glass, and other
utensils for a dressing room. — Toilet table, a dressing table; a
toilet. See def. 2 above. — To snake one's toilet, to dress one's self;
especially, to dress one's self carefully.
Toi*lette" (?), n. [F.] See Toilet, 3.
Toil"ful (?), a. Producing or involving much toil; laborious; toilsome;
as, toilful care. Mickle.
Toi`li*nette" (?), n. [F. toilinet. See Toil a net.] A cloth, the weft
of which is of woolen yarn, and the warp of cotton and silk, — used for
waistcoats.
Toil"less (?), a. Free from toil.
Toil"some (-sm), a. Attended with toil, or fatigue and pain; laborious;
wearisome; as, toilsome work.
What can be toilsome in these pleasant walks?
Milton.
— Toil"some*ly, adv. — Toil"some*ness, n.
Toise (?), n. [F., fr. LL. tesa, fr. L. tensus, fem. tensa, p. p. of
tendere to stretch, extend. See Tense, a.] An old measure of length in
France, containing six French feet, or about 6.3946 French feet.
To*kay" (t*k"), n. [Named fr. Tokay in Hungary.] 1. (Bot.) A grape of
an oval shape and whitish color.