<B>toffy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-fies.</B> <B>=toffee.</B></DL>
<A NAME="toft">
<B>toft, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(British Dialect.) a homestead. <DD><B> 2. </B>a knoll or hillock. </DL>
<A NAME="tofu">
<B>tofu, </B>noun. <B>=bean curd.</B></DL>
<A NAME="tog">
<B>tog, </B>noun, verb, <B>togged,</B> <B>togging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><I>noun </I> a garment. <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to clothe; dress (out, up). <BR><I>expr. <B>togs,</B> </I>clothes. <BR> <I>Ex. "Look at his togs, Fagin!" said Charley ... "Look at his togs!--Superfine cloth, and the heavy swell cut!" (Dickens).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="toga">
<B>toga, </B>noun, pl. <B>-gas,</B> <B>-gae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a loose outer garment worn in public by men who were citizens of ancient Rome, especially in time of peace. <DD><B> 2. </B>any similar loose outer garment. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) a robe of office. <BR> <I>Ex. the toga of royalty.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="togaed">
<B>togaed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> wearing a toga or togas. </DL>
<A NAME="togated">
<B>togated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=togaed.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>Latinized. <BR> <I>Ex. togated words or language.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>stately; majestic. </DL>
<A NAME="togavirilis">
<B>toga virilis,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) the toga of manhood. It was an all-white toga worn by Roman boys from 14 to 17 years of age. </DL>
<A NAME="togavirus">
<B>togavirus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of two groups of viruses transmitted by mosquitoes, ticks, and other arthropods. Yellow fever, dengue, and equine encephalitis are caused by togaviruses, formerly classified as arboviruses. </DL>
<A NAME="together">
<B>together, </B>adverb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adv. </I> <B>1a. </B>with each other; in company. <BR> <I>Ex. to eat together. They were standing together. The girls were walking together.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>with united action; in cooperation. <BR> <I>Ex. to work together for peace.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>into one gathering, company, mass, or body. <BR> <I>Ex. to come together as friends. The pastor called the parish together. The woman will sew these pieces together and make a dress.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>at the same time; at once. <BR> <I>Ex. rain and snow falling together. You cannot have day and night together.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>without a stop or break; on end; continuously. <BR> <I>Ex. She reads for hours together. He worked for several days and nights together.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>taken or considered collectively. <BR> <I>Ex. This one costs more than all the others together.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> (U.S. Slang.) free of confusion or anxiety; mentally and emotionally stable. <BR> <I>Ex. Friends were saying that she was happier, more together, than she had been in some time (New Yorker).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>together with,</B> </I>along with. <BR> <I>Ex. The mayor, together with his financial advisors, has been working hard on the budget. Simon ... entered Persia, together with Thaddeus (John Jackson).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="togetherness">
<B>togetherness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition of being close together or united, especially in family or social activities. </DL>
<A NAME="toggenburg">
<B>Toggenburg, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a breed of goats, originally from Switzerland, raised for their milk, and having brown hair and a light stripe down each side of the face. </DL>
<A NAME="toggery">
<B>toggery, </B>noun, pl. <B>-geries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) garments; clothes. </DL>
<A NAME="toggle">
<B>toggle, </B>noun, verb, <B>-gled,</B> <B>-gling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a pin, bolt, or rod put through a loop in a rope or a link of a chain to keep it in place, to hold two ropes together, or to serve as a hold for the fingers. <DD><B> 2a. </B><B>=toggle joint.</B> <DD><B> b. </B>a device furnished with a toggle joint. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to furnish or fasten with a toggle. </DL>
<A NAME="togglebolt">
<B>toggle bolt,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a bolt whose nut is flanged to work a spring and spread out when the bolt has gone through a wall or other surface. It is used to support heavy objects hanging on thin walls. </DL>
<A NAME="toggleiron">
<B>toggle iron,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a harpoon with a pivoted crosspiece near the point, instead of fixed barbs. </DL>
<A NAME="togglejoint">
<B>toggle joint,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a kneelike joint that transmits pressure at right angles. It has two arms that are hinged at an angle. A force applied at the hinge, causing the angle to straighten, produces a much greater force at the ends of the arms. </DL>
<A NAME="toggleswitch">
<B>toggle switch,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an electric switch with a projecting lever that is pushed through a small arc to open or close the circuit. The common light switch is a toggle switch. </DL>
<A NAME="togolander">
<B>Togolander, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a native or inhabitant of the former German protectorate of Togoland, in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, of which a part is now the Republic of Togo and part incorporated in Ghana. </DL>
<A NAME="togolese">
<B>Togolese, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-lese.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Togo or the former Togoland or their people. <DD><I>noun </I> a native or inhabitant of Togo or the former Togoland. </DL>
<A NAME="togs">
<B>togs, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>tog.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="togue">
<B>togue, </B>noun, pl. <B>togues</B> or (collectively) <B>togue.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (in Canada, especially the Maritimes) lake trout. </DL>
<A NAME="toheroa">
<B>toheroa, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an edible green marine clam of New Zealand. </DL>
<B>toil</B> (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>hard work; labor. <BR> <I>Ex. to succeed only after years of toil.</I> (SYN) drudgery, travail, effort, exertion. <DD><B> 2. </B>a spell of hard work; laborious task. <BR> <I>Ex. All the day's long toil is past (Thomas Hood).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>something made or done by hard work. <BR> <I>Ex. the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells (William Cowper).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Archaic.) a fighting; strife. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to work hard; labor. <BR> <I>Ex. to toil with one's hands for a living.</I> (SYN) drudge, slave. <DD><B> 2. </B>to move with difficulty, pain, or weariness. <BR> <I>Ex. Carrying heavy loads, they toiled up the mountain.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to bring, make, or obtain by hard work or effort. </DL>
<A NAME="toil">
<B>toil</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a net; snare. <BR> <I>Ex. A lion was caught in the toil.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>toils,</B> </I>something like a net or snare. <BR> <I>Ex. The fly was caught in the toils of the spider. The thief was caught in the toils of the law.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="toile">
<B>toile, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sheer linen and silk cloth. </DL>
<A NAME="toiledejouy">
<B>toile de Jouy,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cotton or linen cloth having colored patterns on a light-colored background. </DL>
<A NAME="toiler">
<B>toiler, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who toils; hard worker; laborer. </DL>
<A NAME="toilet">
<B>toilet, </B>noun, adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a bathroom or lavatory. <DD><B> 2. </B>a porcelain bowl with a seat attached and with a drain at the bottom connected with a tank of water to flush the bowl clean; water closet. Waste matter from the body is disposed of in a toilet. <DD><B> 3. </B>the process of dressing. Washing, bathing, combing the hair, and putting on one's clothes are all parts of one's toilet. <BR> <I>Ex. She made a hurried toilet.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a set of toilet articles. <DD><B> 5. </B><B>=dressing table.</B> <DD><B> 6a. </B>a person's dress; costume. <DD><B> b. </B>the manner or style of dressing. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Surgery.) the cleansing of a part after an operation. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or for the toilet. Combs and brushes are toilet articles. <DD><I>v.i., v.t. </I> to perform one's toilet; get dressed. <BR> <I>Ex. He rose from bed, toileted, and had breakfast.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="toiletpaper">
<B>toilet paper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a soft, absorbent, cleansing paper, usually rolled up, for use in a lavatory. </DL>
<A NAME="toiletry">
<B>toiletry, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> soap, face powder, perfume, or other articles for the toilet. </DL>
<B>toilet-train, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to give toilet training to. </DL>
<A NAME="toilettraining">
<B>toilet training,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the training of a child to control his bladder and bowel movements and to use the toilet. </DL>
<A NAME="toiletwater">
<B>toilet water,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fragrant liquid, not so strong as perfume, used in or after bathing or after shaving. </DL>
<A NAME="toilful">
<B>toilful, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> characterized by or involving hard work; laborious; toilsome. adv. <B>toilfully.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="toilless">
<B>toilless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> free from toil. </DL>
<A NAME="toils">
<B>toils, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>toil</B> (2). </DL>
<A NAME="toilsome">
<B>toilsome, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> requiring hard work; laborious; wearisome; tiring. <BR> <I>Ex. We made a long, toilsome climb up the mountain.</I> (SYN) fatiguing, onerous. adv. <B>toilsomely.</B> noun <B>toilsomeness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="toilworn">
<B>toilworn, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> worn by toil; showing the effects of toil. </DL>
<A NAME="toingandfroing">
<B>toing and froing,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a moving to and fro; restless activity; bustle; fuss. <BR> <I>Ex. The toing and froing about the biological dangers of fallout continues (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="toise">
<B>toise, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an old French linear measure equal to 1.949 meters or 6.395 English feet. </DL>
