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To toe in, to stand or carry the feet in such a way that the toes of either foot incline toward the other. — To toe out, to have the toes of each foot, in standing or walking, incline from the other foot.

Toed
(Toed) a.

1. Having (such or so many) toes; — chiefly used in composition; as, narrow- toed, four-toed.

2. (Carp.) Having the end secured by nails driven obliquely, said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing.

To-fall
(To-fall") n. (Arch.) A lean- to. See Lean-to.

Toffee
(Tof"fee Tof"fy) , n. Taffy. [Eng.]

Tofore
(To*fore" To*forn") , prep. & adv. [AS. toforan. See To, prep., Fore.] Before. [Obs.]

Toforn him goeth the loud minstrelsy.
Chaucer.
Would thou wert as thou tofore hast been!
Shak.

Toft
(Toft) n. [OE. toft a knoll; akin to LG. toft a field hedged in, not far from a house, Icel. topt a green knoll, grassy place, place marked out for a house, Dan. toft.]

1. A knoll or hill. [Obs.] "A tower on a toft." Piers Plowman.

2. A grove of trees; also, a plain. [Prov. Eng.]

3. (O. Eng. Law) A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house.

Toftman
(Toft"man) n.; pl. Toftmen The owner of a toft. See Toft, 3.

Tofus
(||To"fus) n. [L., tufa.]

1. Tophus.

2. (Min.) Tufa. See under Tufa, and Toph.

Toga
(||To"ga) n.; pl. E. Togas L. Togæ [L., akin to tegere to cover. See Thatch.] (Rom. Antiq.) The loose outer garment worn by the ancient Romans, consisting of a single broad piece of woolen cloth of a shape approaching a semicircle. It was of undyed wool, except the border of the toga prætexta.

||Toga prætexta. [L.], a toga with a broad purple border, worn by children of both sexes, by magistrates, and by persons engaged in sacred rites. — ||Toga virilis [L.], the manly gown; the common toga. This was assumed by Roman boys about the time of completing their fourteenth year.

Togated
(To"ga*ted) a. [L. togatus, from toga a toga.] Dressed in a toga or gown; wearing a gown; gowned. [R.] Sir M. Sandys.

Toged
(To"ged) a. Togated. [Obs. or R.] Shak.

Together
(To*geth"er) adv. [OE. togedere, togidere, AS. togædere, togædre, togadere; to to + gador together. &radic29. See To, prep., and Gather.]

1. In company or association with respect to place or time; as, to live together in one house; to live together in the same age; they walked together to the town.

Soldiers can never stand idle long together.
Landor.