TONY, t[=o]'ni, _adj._ (_U.S._) genteel, high-toned.
TOO, t[=oo], _adv._ over: more than enough: extremely: likewise.--_adj._
TOO-TOO, quite too: extreme, superlative: (_slang_) extravagantly and
affectedly sentimental, gushing. [A form of _to_, sig. lit. 'added to.']
TOOART, t[=oo]'art, _n._ a eucalyptus of south-western Australia, with
remarkably heavy and durable wood.--Also TU'ART, TEW'ART.
TOOK, t[=oo]k, _pa.t._ and obsolete _pa.p._ of _take_.
TOOL, t[=oo]l, _n._ an instrument used by workmen: one who acts as the mere
instrument of another.--_v.t._ to mark with a tool, esp. to ornament or
imprint designs upon, of bookbinders: (_slang_) to drive, as a coach or
other vehicle: to carry in a vehicle.--_v.i._ to travel in a vehicle, to
drive.--_n._ TOOL'ING, workmanship done with a tool. [A.S. _tól_, _tohl_;
perh. from the root of _tow_.]
TOOLEY STREET, t[=oo]l'i str[=e]t, _n._ a street in Southwark, at the foot
of London Bridge, famous through Canning's story of its three tailors who
began their petition to parliament with 'We, the people of England.'
TOOM, t[=oo]m, _adj._ empty.--_n._ a dumping-ground for rubbish. [Ice.
_tómr_, empty.]
TOON, t[=oo]n, _n._ a large tree of the bead-tree family, with red wood and
astringent bark.--Also _East Indian mahogany_, _Indian cedar_.
TOOT, t[=oo]t, _v.i._ to pry or peep about: (_obs._) to be prominent.--_n._
TOOT'ER, anything projecting. [A.S. _totian_, to elevate.]
TOOT, t[=oo]t, _v.i._ to make short unmusical sounds on a flute or
horn.--_v.t._ to blow, as a horn, &c.--_n._ a sound, as of a horn, a blast:
(_U.S._) a spree.--_n._ TOOT'ER, one who toots, or that upon which he
toots. [Old Dut. _tuyten_; cf. Ice. _thjóta_, to resound, A.S. _theótan_,
to howl.]
TOOT, t[=oo]t, _n._ (_slang_) an idle worthless creature: the devil.
TOOTH, t[=oo]th, _n._ one of the hard bodies in the mouth, attached to the
skeleton, but not forming part of it, developed from the dermis or true
skin, their function primarily the mastication of the food: the taste or
palate, relish: anything tooth-like: a prong: one of the projections on a
saw or wheel:--_pl._ TEETH.--_v.t._ to furnish with teeth: to cut into
teeth.--_ns._ TOOTH'ACHE, an ache or pain in a tooth; TOOTH'-BRUSH, a brush
for cleaning the teeth; TOOTH'-DRAW'ER (_Shak._), one whose business is to
extract teeth with instruments, a dentist; TOOTH'-DRAW'ING, the act of
extracting a tooth: the practice of extracting teeth.--_adjs._ TOOTHED,
having teeth: (_bot._) having tooth-like projections on the edge, as a
leaf; TOOTH'FUL, full of teeth.--_n._ a small drink of spirits, &c.--_adj._
TOOTH'LESS, having no teeth.--_ns._ TOOTH'-ORNAMENT, a Romanesque and Early
Pointed moulding, consisting of a square four-leaved flower pointed in the
centre; TOOTH'PICK, an instrument for picking out anything in the teeth;
TOOTH'-POW'DER, a powder used with a tooth-brush for cleaning the
teeth.--_adj._ TOOTH'SOME, pleasant to the taste.--_ns._ TOOTH'SOMENESS;
TOOTH'-WASH, a liquid preparation for cleansing the teeth; TOOTH'WORT, a
name for _Lathræa squamaria_, one of the insectivorous plants, as well as
for _Dentaria bulbifera_, one of the Cruciferæ, common in England, also
known as 'coral-wort' and 'tooth-violet.'--_adj._ TOOTH'Y, having teeth:
toothsome: biting.--TOOTH AND NAIL, with all possible vigour and fury.--A
SWEET TOOTH, a relish for sweet things; IN SPITE OF ONE'S TEETH, IN THE
TEETH OF, in defiance of opposition; SHOW ONE'S TEETH, to threaten, to show
one's anger and power to injure; THROW, CAST, IN ONE'S TEETH, to fling at
one, as a taunt, or in challenge; TO THE TEETH (_Shak._), in open
opposition or defiance. [A.S. _tóth_ (pl. _téth_, also _tóthas_); cog. with
Goth. _tunthus_, L. _dens_, _dent-is_, Gr. _o-dous_, _o-dont-os_, Sans.
_danta_.]
TOOTLE, t[=oo]t'l, _v.i._ to make a series of feeble sounds, as a poor
player on the flute. [Freq. of _toot_.]
TOP, top, _n._ the highest part of anything: the upper end or surface: the
upper part of a plant: the crown of the head: the highest place, rank, or
crown, consummation: the chief or highest person: (_naut._) a small
platform at the head of the lower mast: the end-piece of a jointed
fishing-rod: the same as _top-boot_, esp. in _pl._--_adj._ highest,
foremost, chief: good, capital.--_v.t._ to cover on the top: to tip: to
rise above: to surpass: to rise to the top of: to take off the top of: to
hit a golf ball above its centre.--_v.i._ to be eminent:--_pr.p._ top'ping;
_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ topped.--_adj._ TOP'-BOOT'ED, wearing
top-boots.--_n.pl._ TOP'-BOOTS, long-legged boots with an ornamental band
of bright-coloured leather round the top.--_ns._ TOP'COAT, a coat worn
outside one's other clothes: TOP'-DRAIN'ING, the act or practice of
draining the surface of land.--_v.t._ TOP'-DRESS, to spread manure on the
surface of.--_n._ TOP'-DRESS'ING, a dressing of manure laid on the surface
of land: (_fig._) any superficial covering.--_adjs._ TOP'FULL (_Shak._),
full to the top or brim; TOP'GALLANT, applied to the mast and sail next
above the topmast and topsail and below the royal-mast.--_n._ TOP'-HAMP'ER,
unnecessary weight on a ship's upper-deck.--_adj._ TOP'-HEAV'Y, having the
upper part too heavy for the lower: tipsy.--_n._ TOP'-KNOT, a crest or knot
of feathers upon the head of a bird: a knot of ribbons worn by women on the
top of the head: the popular name of some small fishes of the same genus as
the turbot and brill.--_adjs._ TOP'-KNOTTED; TOP'LESS (_Shak._), supreme,
without superior; TOP'LOFTICAL, TOP'LOFTY, having a high top, pompous,
bombastic.--_ns._ TOP'LOFTINESS; TOP'MAN, a man stationed in one of the
tops: a top-sawyer; TOP'MAST, the second mast, or that immediately above
the lower mast.--_adj._ TOP'MOST, next the top: highest.--_ns._ TOP'PER,
one who, or that which, excels; TOP'PING, the act of one who tops, that
which tops: (_pl._) that cut off in topping.--_adj._ surpassing,
pre-eminent: arrogant.--_adv._ TOP'PINGLY.--_adj._ TOP'-PROUD (_Shak._),
proud in the highest degree.--_ns._ TOPSAIL (top's[=a]l, or -sl), a sail
across the topmast; TOP'-SAW'YER, the upper sawyer in a sawpit: (_coll._) a
superior, a person of importance; TOP'-SIDE, the upper part; TOPS'MAN, a
head-drover, a foreman; TOP'-SOIL, the upper part or surface of the soil;
TOP'-SOIL'ING, removal of the top-soil; TOP'-STONE, a stone placed on the
top, or which forms the top. [A.S. _top_; Ger. _zopf_.]
TOP, top, _n._ a child's toy, shaped like a pear, and set or kept whirling
round by means of a string or a whip. [Prob. Old Dut. _top_, _toppe_,
_dop_, _doppe_; Mid. High Ger. _topf_, _tupfen_, a pot.]
TOPARCH, t[=o]'pärk, _n._ the ruler or principal man in a place: the
governor of a toparchy.--_n._ T[=O]'PARCHY, a small state or government
consisting of only a few cities: command in a small state or subdivision of
a country. [Gr. _toparch[=e]s_--_topos_, a place, _archein_, to
rule--_arch[=e]_, beginning.]
TOPAZ, t[=o]'paz, _n._ a mineral, ranked among gems, found generally in
primitive rocks, colourless, light blue or green, rose-pink, orange or
straw-yellow, in great variety of shades, the most prized generally from
Brazil.--_adj._ T[=O]'PAZINE.--_n._ TOPAZ'OLITE, a garnet resembling a
topaz. [O. Fr. _topase_, _topaze_--Gr. _topazion_, also _topazos_.]
TOPAZA, t[=o]-p[=a]'za, _n._ a genus of humming-birds.
TOPE, t[=o]p, _v.i._ to drink hard or to excess: to tipple:--_pr.p._
t[=o]'ping; _pa.p._ t[=o]ped.--_n._ T[=O]'PER, a drunkard. [From _tope_, an
obs. verb 'to drink hard,' from the phrase _to top off_, sig. 'to drink off
at one draught.']
TOPE, t[=o]p, _n._ a Buddhist tumulus for the preservation of relics, of
more or less solid masonry, in which the relics are deposited--the oldest
spherical, others having polygonal bases, originally crowned with an
umbrella-shaped finial, and surrounded by a carved stone railing with
elaborately carved gateway. [Corr. from Sans. _st[=u]pa_, a heap.]
TOPE, t[=o]p, _n._ a small species of British shark--the _Miller's dog_ and
_Penny dog_.
TOPHET, t[=o]'fet, _n._ a place at the south-east corner of Gehenna, or
vale of Hinnom, to the south of Jerusalem, once the scene of idolatrous
rites, later the common lay-stall of the city, in which fires were kept
burning: the future place of torment for the damned. [Heb. _t[=o]pheth_.]
TOPHUS, t[=o]'fus, _n._ a gouty deposit:--_pl._ T[=O]'PH[=I].--_adj._
TOPH[=A]'CEOUS. [L., 'sandstone.']
TOPIA, t[=o]'pi-a, _n._ a kind of mural decoration common in old Roman
houses.--_adj._ T[=O]'PI[=A]RY, clipped into ornamental shapes, of trees
and shrubs--also T[=O]PI[=A]'RIAN. [L.,--Gr. _topos_, a place.]
TOPIC, top'ik, _n._ a subject of discourse or argument: a matter.--_adj._
TOP'ICAL, pertaining to a place: local: relating to a topic or subject:
relating to things of local interest.--_adv._ TOP'ICALLY, with reference to
a particular place or topic. [Fr.,--Low L.,--Gr. _ta topika_, the general
principles of argument--_topos_, a place.]
TOPOGRAPHER, t[=o]-pog'raf-[.e]r, _n._ one who describes a place, &c.: one
skilled in topography.--_adjs._ TOPOGRAPH'IC, -AL, pertaining to
topography.--_adv._ TOPOGRAPH'ICALLY, in a topographical manner.--_ns._
TOPOG'RAPHIST; TOPOG'RAPHY, the description of a place: a detailed account
of the superficial features of a tract of country: the art of describing
places. [Gr. _topos_, a place, _graphein_, to describe.]
TOPOLATRY, t[=o]pol'a-tri, _n._ veneration for a place. [Gr. _topos_, a
place, _latreia_, worship.]
TOPOLOGY, t[=o]-pol'[=o]-ji, _n._ the art of aiding the memory by
associating things with places. [Gr. _topos_, a place, _legein_, to speak.]
TOPONYM, top'[=o]-nim, _n._ (_anat._) a topographical name, the technical
designation of any region of an animal.--_n._ TOPON'OMY, topical
terminology, the place-names of a district.--_adjs._ TOPON'YMAL,
TOPONYM'IC, -AL.--_n._ TOPON'YMY, the nomenclature of anatomical regions.
[Gr. _topos_, a place, _onoma_, a name.]