Chapter Torsal to Total of T by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Toss
(Toss), v. i.

1. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.

To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets and enreges our pain.

Tillotson.

2. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean. Shak.

To toss for, to throw dice or a coin to determine the possession of; to gamble for. — To toss up, to throw a coin into the air, and wager on which side it will fall, or determine a question by its fall. Bramsion.

Toss
(Toss), n.

1. A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.

2. A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk. Swift.

Tossel
(Tos"sel) n. See Tassel.

Tosser
(Toss"er) n. Ohe who tosser. J. Fletcher.

Tossily
(Toss"i*ly) adv. In a tossy manner. [R.]

Tossing
(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.

Tosspot
(Toss"pot`) n. A toper; one habitually given to strong drink; a drunkard. Shak.

Tossy
(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
(Tost) imp. & p. p. of Toss.

Tosto
(||Tos"to) a. [It.] (Mus.) Quick; rapid.

||Pui tosto[It.] (Mus.), faster; more rapid.

Toswink
(To*swink") v. i. [Pref. to- + swink.] To labor excessively. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Tot
(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.

3. A foolish fellow. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Tota
(To"ta) n. [From the native name in Egypt.] (Zoöl.) The grivet.

Total
(To"tal) a. [F., fr. LL. totalis, fr. L. tolus all,whole. Cf. Factotum, Surtout, Teetotum.] Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss. " Total darkness." "To undergo myself the total crime." Milton.