TOFFEE, TOFFY, tof'i, _n._ a hard-baked sweetmeat, made of sugar and
butter.--Also TAFF'Y. [Ety. unknown.]
TOFORE, t[=oo]-f[=o]r', _adv._, _prep._ (_Shak._) before: formerly. [A.S.
_tóforan_.]
TOFT, toft, _n._ a hillock: a messuage with right of common.--_ns._
TOFT'MAN; TOFT'STEAD. [Ice.]
TOG, tog, _n._ (_slang_) a garment--generally in _pl._--_v.t._ to
dress.--_n._ TOG'GERY, clothes.--_n.pl._ Long'-togs (_naut._), shore
clothes. [Prob. through Fr. from L. _toga_, a robe.]
TOGA, t[=o]'ga, _n._ the mantle or outer garment of a Roman
citizen.--_adjs._ TOG[=A]'TED, T[=O]'GED, dressed in a toga or gown.--_n._
TOGE (_Shak._), a robe.--TOGA PRÆTEXTA, the purple-hemmed toga worn by
curule magistrates and censors, and by freeborn boys till fourteen; TOGA
VIRILIS, the garb of manhood, put on by boys at fourteen.
[L.,--_teg[)e]re_, to cover.]
TOGETHER, t[=oo]-geth'[.e]r, _adv._ gathered to one place: in the same
place, time, or company: in or into union: in concert. [A.S.
_tógædere_--_tó_, to, _geador_, together.]
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TOGGLE, tog'l, _n._ (_naut._) a short bar of wood, tapering from the middle
towards each end, placed in an eye at the end of a rope, to keep the end
from passing through a loop or knot: an appliance for transmitting force at
right angles to its direction.--_v.t._ to fix like a toggle-iron: to fix
fast.--_ns._ TOGG'LE-[=I]'RON, a whaler's harpoon with movable blade
instead of barbs; TOGG'LE-JOINT, an elbow or knee joint. [Conn. with _tug_
and _tow_.]
TOGUE, t[=o]g, _n._ the mackinaw or great lake-trout.
TOHO, t[=o]-h[=o]', _interj._ a call to pointers to stop.
TOHU BOHU, t[=o]'h[=oo] b[=o]'h[=oo], _n._ chaos. [From the Heb. words in
Gen. i. 2, 'without form' and 'void.']
TOIL, toil, _n._ a net or snare. [O. Fr. _toile_, cloth--L. _tela_, from
_tex[)e]re_, to weave.]
TOIL, toil, _v.i._ to labour: to work with fatigue.--_n._ labour, esp. of a
fatiguing kind.--_n._ TOIL'ER.--_adjs._ TOIL'FUL, TOIL'SOME, full of
fatigue: wearisome; TOIL'LESS.--_adv._ TOIL'SOMELY.--_n._
TOIL'SOMENESS.--_adj._ TOIL'-WORN, worn out with toil. [O. Fr. _touiller_,
to entangle; of dubious origin--prob., acc. to Skeat, from a freq. form of
Old High Ger. _zucchen_ (Ger. _zucken_), to twitch; cf. Old High Ger.
_zocchón_, to pull, _zogón_, to tear; all derivatives from Old High Ger.
_zíhan_ (Ger. _ziehen_), to pull.]
TOILE, twol, _n._ cloth.--_n._ TOILINET', -TE', a fabric with silk and
cotton chain and woollen filling: a kind of German quilting. [Fr.]
TOILET, TOILETTE, toil'et, _n._ a dressing-table with a mirror: also a
cover for such a table: the whole articles used in dressing: mode or
operation of dressing: the whole dress and appearance of a person, any
particular costume.--_ns._ TOIL'ET-CLOTH, -COV'ER, a cover for a
dressing-table.--_adj._ TOIL'ETED, dressed.--_ns._ TOIL'ET-GLASS, a mirror
set on the dressing-table; TOIL'ET-SET, -SERV'ICE, the utensils
collectively used in dressing; TOIL'ET-SOAP, a fine kind of soap made up in
cakes; TOIL'ET-T[=A]'BLE, a dressing-table.--MAKE ONE'S TOILET, to dress.
[Fr. _toilette_, dim. of _toile_, cloth; cf. _Toil_ (1).]
TOISE, toiz, _n._ an old French lineal measure=6.395 Eng. feet. [Fr.,--L.
_tend[)e]re_, _tensum_, to stretch.]
TOISON, toi'zon, _n._ the fleece of a sheep.--TOISON D'OR, the golden
fleece. [Fr.,--Low L. _tonsion-em_--L. _tond[=e]re_, to shear.]
TOIT, toit, _n._ (_prov._) a cushion.
TOKAY, t[=o]-k[=a]', _n._ a sweetish and heavy wine with an aromatic
flavour, produced at _Tokay_ in Hungary: a variety of grape.
TOKEN, t[=o]'kn, _n._ a mark: something representing another thing or
event: a sign: a memorial of friendship: a coin issued by a private person
or civic authority redeemable in current money: in old Presbyterian use, a
voucher of lead or tin, inscribed with the name of the church or parish,
admitting a qualified communicant to the celebration of the Lord's Supper:
a measure of press-work, 250 impressions on one form: a thin bed of coal
showing the vicinity of a thicker seam.--_v.t._ (_obs._) to set a mark
upon.--BY THE SAME TOKEN, further in corroboration; MORE BY TOKEN (see
MORE). [A.S. _tácen_; Ger. _zeichen_, a mark.]