Toss"ing, n. 1. The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling
suddenly; a rolling and tumbling.
2. (Mining) (a) A process which consists in washing ores by violent
agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earhy
particles; — called also tozing, and treloobing, in Cornwall. Pryce.
(b) A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while
melted.
Toss"pot` (?), n. A toper; one habitually given to strong drink; a
drunkard. Shak.
Toss"y (?), a. Tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud;
contemptuous; scornful; affectedly indifferent; as, a tossy
commonplace. [R.] C. Kingsley.
Tost (?), imp. & p. p. of Toss.
||Tos"to (?), a. [It.] (Mus.) Quick; rapid.
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||Pui tosto (&?;) [It.] (Mus.), faster; more rapid.
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To*swink" (?), v. i. [Pref. to- + swink.] To labor excessively. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Tot (?), n. [Cf. Toddle, Tottle, Totter.] 1. Anything small; —
frequently applied as a term of endearment to a little child.
2. A drinking cup of small size, holding about half a pint. [Prov.Eng.]
Halliwell.