Chapter Tom Folio to Tooth of T by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Urban VI.)
   For a sub-deacon 1 3/4 inch. (Gastaldus, xi. sect. i. chap. viii.)
   For a deacon 2 inches. (Gastaldus, xi. sect. i. chap. ix.)
   For a priest 2 1/2 inches. (Council of Palencia.)

Tontine (2 syl.). A legacy left among several persons in such a way that as anyone dies his share goes to the survivors, till the last survivor inherits all. So named from Lorenzo Tonti, a Neapolitan, who introduced the system into France in 1653.

Tony Lumpkin A young clownish bumpkin in She Stoops to Conquer, by Oliver Goldsmith.

Too Many for [Me] or One too many for [me]. More than a match. “Il est trop fort pour moi.”

“The Irishman is cunning enough; but we shall be too many for him.”- Mrs. Edgeworth.

Tooba or Touba [eternal happiness ]. The tree Touba, in Paradise, stands in the palace of Mahomet, (Sale: Preliminary Discourse to the Koran.)

Tool To tool a coach. To drive one; generally applied to a gentleman Jehu, who undertakes for his own amusement to drive a stage-coach. To tool is to use the tool as a workman; a coachman's tools are the reins and whip with which he tools his coach or makes his coach go.

Tooley Street A corruption of St. Olaf- i.e. 'T-olaf, Tolay, Tooly. Similarly, Sise Lane is St. Osyth's Lane.

Toom Tabard [empty jacket ]. A nickname given to John Baliol, because of his poor spirit, and sleeveless appointment to the throne of Scotland. The honour was an “empty jacket,” which he enjoyed a short time and then lost. He died discrowned in Normandy.

Tooth Greek, odont'; Latin, dent'; Sanskrit, dant'; Gothic, tunth'; Anglo-Saxon, tóth, plural, téth.    Golden tooth. (See Golden.)
   Wolf's tooth. (See Teeth.)
   In spite of his teeth. (See Teeth.)