Toll"booth`, v. t. To imprison in a tollbooth. [R.]

That they might tollbooth Oxford men.

Bp. Corbet.

Toll"er (?), n. [AS. tollere.] A toll gatherer. "Tollers in markets."

Piers Plowman.

Toll"er, n. One who tolls a bell.

Tol"le*tane (?), a. [L. Toletanus.] Of or pertaining to Toledo in

Spain; made in Toledo. [Obs.] "Tables Tolletanes." Chaucer.

Toll"gate` (?), n. A gate where toll is taken.

Toll"house` (?), n.; pl. Tollhouses (&?;). A house occupied by a

receiver of tolls.

Toll"man (?), n.; pl. Tollmen (&?;). One who receives or collects toll;

a toll gatherer. Cowper.

Tol"men (?), n. See Dolmen.

Tol"ses*ter (?), n. [LL. tolsestrum. Cf. Toll 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.

Tol"sey (?), n. A tollbooth; also, a merchants' meeting place, or

exchange. [Obs.] Halliwell.

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.

Tol"tec (?), n. (Ethnol.) One of a race which formerly occupied Mexico.

— Tol"te*can (#), a.

To*lu" (?), n. A fragrant balsam said to have been first brought from

Santiago de Tolu, in New Granada. See Balsam of Tolu, under Balsam.

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.

Tol"u*ate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of any one of the toluic acids.

Tol"u*ene (?), 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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