TOLD, t[=o]ld, _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of _tell_.
TOLE, TOLL, t[=o]l, _v.t._ to draw as with a lure, to attract,
entice.--_ns._ T[=O]'LING, T[=O]'LLING, the use of toll-bait to allure
fish: a method of decoying ducks. [See _Toll_ (1).]
TOLEDO, t[=o]-l[=e]'d[=o], _n._ a sword-blade made at _Toledo_ in
Spain.--_adj._ TOL'LETAN, of Toledo. [L. _Toletum_.]
TOLERABLE, tol'[.e]r-a-bl, _adj._ that may be tolerated or endured:
moderately good or agreeable: not contemptible.--_ns._ TOLERABIL'ITY,
TOL'ERABLENESS.--_adv._ TOL'ERABLY.--_n._ TOL'ERANCE, the tolerating or
enduring of offensive persons or opinions, charity, patience,
indulgence.--_adj._ TOL'ERANT, tolerating: enduring: indulgent: favouring
toleration.--_adv._ TOL'ERANTLY.--_v.t._ TOL'ER[=A]TE, to bear: to endure:
to allow by not hindering.--_ns._ TOLER[=A]'TION, act of tolerating:
allowance of what is not approved: liberty given to a minority to hold and
express their own political or religious opinions, and to be admitted to
the same civil privileges as the majority; TOLER[=A]'TIONIST; TOL'ERATOR.
[L. _toler[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, from _toll[)e]re_, to lift up.]
TOLL, t[=o]l, _n._ a tax for the liberty of passing over a bridge or road,
selling goods in a market, &c.: a portion of grain taken by a miller for
grinding.--_v.t._ (_Shak._) to exact as a tribute.--_adj._ TOLL'ABLE,
subject to toll.--_ns._ TOLL'AGE, payment of toll: the amount paid as toll;
TOLL'BAR, a movable bar across a road, &c., to stop passengers liable to
toll; TOLL'BOOTH, a booth where tolls are collected; TOLL'BRIDGE, a bridge
where toll is taken; TOLL'DISH, a dish for measuring the toll in mills;
TOLL'ER, TOLL'-GATH'ERER; TOLL'GATE, a gate where toll is taken;
TOLL'HOUSE, the house of a toll-gatherer; TOLL'MAN, the man who collects
toll: a toll-gatherer; TOL'SEY (_obs._), a tollbooth: an exchange. [A.S.
_tol_, _toll_; cf. Dut. _tol_, Ger. _zoll_; and _tell_, to count.]
TOLL, t[=o]l, _v.i._ to sound, as a large bell, esp. with a measured sound,
as a funeral bell.--_v.t._ to cause to sound, as a bell: to strike, or
signal by striking.--_n._ the sound of a bell when tolling.--_n._ TOLL'ER.
[M. E. _tollen_, to pull--A.S. _tyllan_, in _for-tyllan_, to allure.]
TOLL, t[=o]l, _v.t._ (_law_) to take, annul. [L. _toll[)e]re_, to take
away.]
TOL-LOL, tol-lol', _adj._ (_slang_) pretty good.--_adj._ TOL-LOL'ISH,
tolerable.
TOLT, t[=o]lt, _n._ an old English writ removing a court-baron cause to a
county-court. [O. Fr. _tolte_--Low L. _tolta_--L. _toll[)e]re_, to take
away.]
TOLTEC, tol'tek, _n._ a member of the earlier race who occupied Mexico,
their power passing later into the hands of the Aztecs.--_adj._ TOL'TECAN.
TOLTER, tol't[.e]r, _v.i._ (_prov._) to flounder about.
TOLU, t[=o]'l[=u], _n._ Tolu balsam, yielded by _Myroxylon Toluifera_, a
native of Venezuela, Ecuador, and Brazil, employed in medicine and
perfumery.--_n._ TOL'[=U][=E]NE, methyl benzene.--_adj._ TOL'[=U]IC. [From
Santiago de _Tolu_ in Columbia.]
TOM, tom, _n._ a dim. of _Thomas_--used generically for man in 'tomfool,'
&c.: a male, esp. a male cat: (_prov._) a close-stool.--_ns._
TOM'-AND-JER'RY, a drink of hot rum and eggs, spiced and sweetened;
TOM'-TROT, a toffee made with treacle, sugar, and butter.--TOM, DICK, AND
HARRY, any persons taken at random.--LONG TOM, a long gun, as distinguished
from a carronade, a gun carried amidships on a swivel-carriage.
TOMAHAWK, tom'a-hawk, _n._ a light war-hatchet of the North American
Indians, either wielded or thrown.--_v.t._ to cut or kill with a tomahawk.
[The Indian name.]
TOMALLEY, to-mal'i, _n._ the so-called liver of the lobster.--Also
TOMALL'Y. [Prob. _tourmalin_, from the greenish colour.]
TOMAN, t[=o]-män', _n._ a Persian gold coin worth 7s. 2d.--Also TOMAUN'.
[Pers.]
TOMATO, t[=o]-mä't[=o], or t[=o]-m[=a]'t[=o], _n._ the pulpy edible fruit
of a plant of the Nightshade family (_Solanaceæ_), or the plant itself,
native to South America, but now much cultivated in Europe--earlier called
the 'love-apple':--_pl._ TOMA'TOES. [Sp. _tomate_--Mex. _tomate_.]
TOMB, t[=oo]m, _n._ a pit or vault in the earth, in which a dead body is
placed: a tombstone.--_adjs._ TOMB'IC; TOMB'LESS, without a tomb.--_n._
TOMB'STONE, a stone erected over a tomb to preserve the memory of the dead.
[Fr. _tombe_--L. _tumba_--Gr. _tymbos_.]
TOMBAC, tom'bak, _n._ a name given to an alloy of copper and zinc like
Prince's metal, or to an alloy of copper and arsenic.--Also TOM'BAK. [Malay
_t[=a]mbaga_, copper.]
TOMBOC, tom'bok, _n._ a Javanese long-handled weapon.
TOMBOLA, tom'b[=o]-la, _n._ a kind of lottery game played in France and the
southern United States. [It.,--_tombolare_, to tumble.]
TOMBOY, tom'boi, _n._ a wild romping girl, a hoyden: (_Shak._) a strumpet.
[_Tom_ and _boy_.]