6. [Probably the same word.] A headdress of linen or woolen, that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes; — called also toy mutch. [Scot.] "Having, moreover, put on her clean toy, rokelay, and scarlet plaid." Sir W. Scott.

Toy
(Toy), v. i. [imp. & p. p. toyed ; p. pr. & vb. n. toying.] To dally amorously; to trifle; to play.

To toy, to wanton, dally, smile and jest.
Shak.

Toy
(Toy), v. t. To treat foolishly. [Obs.] E. Dering

Toyear
(To*year) adv. [To, prep. + year. ] This year. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Toyer
(Toy"er) n. One who toys; one who is full of trifling tricks; a trifler.

Toyful
(Toy"ful) a. Full of trifling play. [Obs.] Donne.

Toyhouse
(Toy"house`) n. A house for children to play in or to play with; a playhouse.

Toyingly
(Toy"ing*ly) adv. In a toying manner.

Toyish
(Toy"ish), a.

1. Sportive; trifling; wanton.

2. Resembling a toy.

Toy"ish*ly, adv.Toy"ish*ness, n.

Toyman
(Toy"man) n. One who deals in toys.

Toyshop
(Toy"shop`) n. A shop where toys are sold.

Toysome
(Toy"some) a. Disposed to toy; trifling; wanton. [R.] Ford.

Toze
(Toze) v. t. To pull violently; to touse. [Obs.]

Tozy
(To"zy) a. [See Toze ] Soft, like wool that has been teased.To"zi*ness n.

Trabea
(||Tra"be*a) n.; pl. Trabeæ [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) A toga of purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes. — worn by kings, consuls, and augurs. Dr. W. Smith.

Trabeated
(Tra"be*a`ted) a. (Arch.) Furnished with an entablature.

Trabeation
(Tra`be*a"tion) n. [L. trabs, trabis, a beam, a timber.] (Arch.) Same as Entablature.

Trabecula
(||Tra*bec"u*la) n.; pl. Trabeculæ [L., a little beam.] (Anat.) A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in the framework of an organ part.

Trabecular
(Tra*bec"u*lar) a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a trabecula or trabeculæ; composed of trabeculæ.

Trabeculate
(Tra*bec"u*late) a. (Bot.) Crossbarred, as the ducts in a banana stem.

Trabu
(Tra"bu) n. (Zoöl.) Same as Trubu.

Trace
(Trace) n. [F. trais. pl. of trait. See Trait.] One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.

Trace
(Trace), n. [F. trace. See Trace, v. t. ]


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