To"ken (t"k'n), n. [OE. token, taken, AS. tcen; akin to OFries. tken,
OS. tkan, D. teeken, G. zeichen, OHG. Zeihhan, Icel. tkan, teiken, Sw.
tecken, Dan. tegn, Goth. taikns sign, token, gateihan to tell, show,
AS. teón to accuse, G. zeihen, OHG. zhan, G. zeigen to show, OHG.
zeign, Icel. tj, L. dicere to say, Gr. deikny`nai to show, Skr. diç.
Cf. Diction, Teach.] 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.
2. A memorial of friendship; something by which the friendship of
another person is to be kept in mind; a memento; a souvenir.
This is some token from a never friend.
Shak.
3. Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or
right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith, etc.
Say, by this token, I desire his company.
Shak.
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.
It is now made unlawful for private persons to issue tokens.
5. (Med.) A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to
indicate, the approach of death. [Obs.]
Like the fearful tokens of the plague, Are mere forerunners of their
ends.
Beau. & Fl.
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.
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.
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.
Token money, money which is lawfully current for more than its real
value. See Token, n., 4. - - Token sheet (Print.), the last sheet of
each token. W. Savage.
To"ken, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tokened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tokening.]
[AS. tcnian, fr. tcen token. See Token, n.] To betoken. [Obs.] Shak.
To"kened (?), a. Marked by tokens, or spots; as, the tokened
pestilence. [Obs.] Shak.
To"ken*less (?), a. Without a token.
Tok"in (?), n. A tocsin. [Obs.] Halliwell.
Tol (tl), v. t. (Law) To take away. See Toll.
||To"la (?), n. [Hind., from Skr. tul a balance.] A weight of British
||India. The standard tola is equal to 180 grains.
||
To*lane" (?), n. [From Toluene.] (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.
Tol"booth` (?), n. See Tollbooth.
Told (tld), imp. & p. p. of Tell.
Tole (tl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Toling.] [OE.
tollen to draw, to entice; of uncertain origin. Cf. Toll to ring a
bell.] To draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing or
desirable; to allure by some bait. [Written also toll.]
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.
To*le"do (?), 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.
Tol`er*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being tolerable. [R.]
Fuller. Wordsworth.
Tol"er*a*ble (?), a. [L. tolerabilis: cf. F. tolérable. See Tolerate.]
1. Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or
mentally.
As may affect the earth with cold and heat Scarce tolerable.
Milton.
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.
— Tol"er*a*ble*ness, n. — Tol"er*a*bly, adv.
Tol"er*ance (?), n. [L. tolerantia: cf. F. tolérance.] 1. The power or
capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance.
Diogenes, one frosty morning, came into the market place, shaking, to
show his tolerance.
Bacon.
2. The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons,
or of the expression of offensive opinions; toleration.
3. (Med.) The power possessed or acquired by some persons of bearing
doses of medicine which in ordinary cases would prove injurious or
fatal.
Tolerance of the mint. (Coinage) Same as Remedy of the mint. See under
Remedy.
Tol"er*ant (?), a. [L. tolerans, p. pr. of tolerare to tolerate: cf. F.
tolérant. See Tolerate.] Inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration;
forbearing; indulgent.
Tol"er*ate (?), 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 Thole, and
cf. Atlas, Collation, Delay, Elate, Extol, Legislate, Oblate, Prelate,
Relate, Superlative, Talent, Toll to take away, Translate.] 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.
Crying should not be tolerated in children.
Locke.
We tolerate them because property and liberty, to a degree, require
that toleration.
Burke.
Syn. — See Permit.
Tol`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. toleratio: cf. OF. toleration.] 1. The act of
tolerating; the allowance of that which is not wholly approved.
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.
3. Hence, freedom from bigotry and severity in judgment of the opinions
or belief of others, especially in respect to religious matters.
Toll (?), v. t. [L. tollere. See Tolerate.] (O. Eng. Law) To take away;
to vacate; to annul.
Toll, v. t. [See Tole.] 1. To draw; to entice; to allure. See Tole.
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.
3. To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to ring a toll
for; as, to toll a departed friend. Shak.
Slow tolls the village clock the drowsy hour.
Beattie.