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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: tobias - toe strap</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="tobias"> Tobias, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. in the Douay Bible: <DD> a. =Tobit (def. 2). <DD> b. the book of Tobit, included in the canon. <DD> 2. the son of Tobit, hero of the Apocryphal book of Tobit. </DL> <A NAME="tobit"> Tobit, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a book of the Protestant Old Testament Apocrypha, included in the canon of the Roman Catholic Bible as Tobias. (Abbr:) Tob. <DD> 2. an Israelite exile in Nineveh. </DL> <A NAME="toboggan"> toboggan, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a long, narrow, flat sled with its front curved upward and without runners. <DD> 2. (U.S. Dialect.) =stocking cap. <DD>v.i. 1. to slide downhill on a toboggan. <DD> 2. (Informal, Figurative.) to decline sharply and rapidly in value. noun tobogganer. </DL> <A NAME="tobogganist"> tobogganist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who toboggans. </DL> <A NAME="toby"> toby (1), noun, pl. -bies.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a long, slender, cheap cigar. </DL> <A NAME="toby"> Toby or toby (2), noun, pl. -bies.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small, fat jug or mug in the form of a fat man wearing a long coat and three-cornered hat, used for drinking ale or beer. </DL> <A NAME="tobyjug"> Toby jug or mug =Toby.</DL> <A NAME="toccata"> toccata, noun, pl. -tas.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) a composition for the piano, organ, or harpsichord, using full chords and running passages, often intended to exhibit the technique of the performer. </DL> <A NAME="tocharian"> Tocharian, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. an extinct Indo-European language or group of languages of which records from about 600 A.D. have been discovered in Turkestan. <DD> 2. one of the people of Central Asia who spoke this language. <DD>adj. of or having to do with this language or people. Also, Tokharian. </DL> <A NAME="tocher"> tocher, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) <DD>noun a dowry. <DD>v.t. to furnish with a tocher; dower. </DL> <A NAME="tocology"> tocology, noun. =obstetrics.</DL> <A NAME="tocopherol"> tocopherol, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of four closely related alcohols associated with, or one of the components of, vitamin E, important as an antisterility factor in the diet, present in wheat germ and certain other vegetable oils, milk, and lettuce and other plant leaves. </DL> <A NAME="tocsin"> tocsin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an alarm sounded by ringing a bell or bells; warning signal. Ex. the tocsin of the soul--the dinner-bell (Byron). <DD> 2. a bell used to sound an alarm. Ex. Oh, what a tocsin has she for a tongue (Walter de la Mare). </DL> <A NAME="tod"> tod (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) expr. on one's tod, by oneself; on one's own; alone. Ex. Francis Chichester went off on his tod around the world (Punch). </DL> <A NAME="tod"> tod (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) <DD> 1. a fox. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) a crafty person. Ex. Take care of the old tod; he means mischief (Robert Louis Stevenson). </DL> <A NAME="tod"> tod (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an old British unit of weight, usually for wool, equal to about 28 pounds. Ex. a tax of five ... shillings upon the exportation of every tod of wool (Adam Smith). <DD> 2. a bushy mass, especially of ivy. </DL> <A NAME="toda"> Toda, noun, pl. -da or -das.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a member of a Dravidian people of southern India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka) whose culture centers on the care and cult of the buffalo. Ex. Amongst the Toda, several men, usually brothers, share the wife (Manchester Guardian Weekly). <DD> 2. the language of this people. </DL> <A NAME="today"> today or to-day, noun, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. this day. Ex. Today is Sunday. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) the present time or age. Ex. The popular writers of today can well become the old masters of tomorrow (Listener). <DD>adv. 1. on or during this very day. Ex. What are you doing today? <DD> 2. (Figurative.) at the present time; now; nowadays. Ex. Many girls wear their hair short today. </DL> <A NAME="toddle"> toddle, verb, -dled, -dling, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. to walk with short, unsteady steps, as a baby does. Ex. When his health enabled him to toddle abroad (Thackeray). <DD>noun a toddling way of walking. </DL> <A NAME="toddler"> toddler, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a child just learning to walk. </DL> <A NAME="toddy"> toddy, noun, pl. -dies.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a drink made of whiskey, brandy, rum, or other alcoholic liquor, with hot water, sugar, and spices. <DD> 2. a beverage made from the fermented sap of an East Indian palm. </DL> <A NAME="toddypalm"> toddy palm,<DL COMPACT><DD> any palm with sap that can be used for toddies. </DL> <A NAME="todo"> to-do, noun, pl. -dos.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a fuss; bustle. Ex. to make a great to-do over nothing. </DL> <A NAME="tody"> tody, noun, pl. -dies.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various small, brilliantly colored, insect-eating birds of the West Indies, related to the motmots and kingfishers. </DL> <A NAME="toe"> toe, noun, verb, toed, toeing.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1a. one of the five end parts of the human foot. <DD> b. a corresponding part in a vertebrate animal. <DD> 2. the part of a stocking, shoe, or slipper, that covers the toes. Ex. to have a hole in the toe of a sock. <DD> 3. the forepart of a foot or hoof. <DD> 4. anything like a toe or the toes in shape or position. Ex. the toe and heel of a golf club. <DD> 5. a part of a machine placed vertically in a bearing, or a part projecting from a shaft, rod, or belt. <DD> 6. the part beyond the point of a frog in a railroad track. <DD>v.t. 1. to touch or reach with the toes. Ex. Toe this line. <DD> 2. to furnish with a toe or toes; make or put a new toe on. Ex. to toe a stocking. <DD> 3a. to drive (a nail) in slantwise. <DD> b. to fasten (boards) with nails driven in such a way. <DD> 4. to hit or kick with the toe. <DD>v.i. 1. to turn the toes in walking or standing. Ex. to toe in, to toe out. <DD> 2. to move on or tap with the toes in dancing. expr. dig in one's toes, (Especially British.) to take a firm or inflexible position. Ex. If the African leaders dig in their toes, the Government may give way (London Times). expr. on one's toes, ready for action; alert. Ex. Leading the Youth Symphony of New York, [he] offered a program fit to keep a top professional orchestra on its toes (New York Times). expr. step (or tread) on one's toes, to offend or annoy one. Ex. ... stepping on the toes of vested interests (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists). expr. stub one's toe, to fumble; blunder. Ex. The scientist as the visionary bungler stubbing his toe over the most obvious facts of life certainly has his counterpart in everyday experience (Wall Street Journal). expr. toe to toe, facing one another at close quarters. Ex. to fight it out toe to toe. adj. toelike. </DL> <A NAME="toeboard"> toeboard, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a board for the feet to rest upon, as on the floor of an automobile; floorboard. <DD> 2. a board marking the limit of the thrower's run in putting the shot and similar feats. </DL> <A NAME="toecap"> toecap, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a caplike piece of leather or metal covering the toe of a shoe or boot. </DL> <A NAME="toecrack"> toe crack,<DL COMPACT><DD> a sand crack on the front of a horse's hoof. </DL> <A NAME="toed"> toed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. driven into wood, etc., on a slant. Ex. a toed nail. <DD> 2. fastened with nails driven in this way. Ex. a toed board. </DL> <A NAME="toed"> -toed,<DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) having ______toes. Ex. Three-toed = having three toes. </DL> <A NAME="toedance"> toe dance,<DL COMPACT><DD> a dance or dancing on the tips of the toes, usually with special slippers, as in ballet. </DL> <A NAME="toedance"> toe-dance, intransitive verb, -danced, -dancing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to do a toe dance; be a toe dancer. </DL> <A NAME="toedancer"> toe dancer,<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who does a toe dance, especially a professional dancer. </DL> <A NAME="toehold"> toehold, noun, or toe hold,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. a small crack, projection, or ridge, just large enough for the toes in climbing. Ex. a cliff without a toehold. <DD> b. the position of being supported by a toehold. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) any means of entering, overcoming, or expanding. <DD> 3. a hold in wrestling in which the opponent's foot is held and twisted. </DL> <A NAME="toein"> toe-in, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a slight inward tilt of the wheels of an automobile, trailer, or similar vehicle. </DL> <A NAME="toeless"> toeless, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having no toes. </DL> <A NAME="toenail"> toenail, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the nail growing on a toe. <DD> 2. a nail driven on a slant. <DD>v.t. to fasten with toed nails; toe. </DL> <A NAME="toeout"> toe-out, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a slight outward tilt of the wheels of an automobile, trailer, or other vehicle. </DL> <A NAME="toepiece"> toepiece, noun. =toecap.</DL> <A NAME="toering"> toe ring,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a ring worn on the toe. <DD> 2. a stout ferrule on the end of a cant hook. </DL> <A NAME="toeshoe"> toeshoe, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a ballet shoe reinforced at the toe for toe-dancing. </DL> <A NAME="toestrap"> toe strap,<DL COMPACT><DD> a strap which passes over the toes and helps to hold a sandal, ski, snowshoe, or the like on one's foot, or gives one a firm footing or hold and prevents slipping. </DL> <A HREF="toff.dic">NEXT</A>