tobacco-knife 
tobacco-knife (to-lmk'6-nif), ;;. A knife for 
cnttinf.' UJP plK to!iaeco. [t is (jenerally a !, r nil- 
lotinc-knile, pivoted at one end, and operated 
l>v a lever or lian<lli>. 
tobaCCO-maH (to-bak'6-iimn), /<. A tobacconist. 
Till- Inliarrii-mrn . . . KWIM-C "itli i'MMift Irreverence 
Uj vend nothing lint tin: iimvst ,S]nmi-h leaf. 
Duron, Annuls of the .stage, I. ii. 
tobacconert (to-lmk'o-ner), << L< //< + 
-ii-er. The n in inserted in this word and t<>- 
lnH-mitist, etc.. after the analogy of words from 
(lie Latin (I'latoiiixt, etc.)-] One who uses 
lolmuco; a smoker of tobacco. Sylceiihr, To- 
bacco Buttered. 
tobacconingt (lo-lmk'o-ning), . [< tobacco + 
-n-iiifi. Of. It. idlxiccare, take tobacco (Florio, 
Nil 1 ).] The act or practice of taking tobacco. 
jMMfwr, Tobacco Uattered. 
tobacconingt (to-bak'o-uing), . Using or 
smoking tobacco. 
Musketeers, waiting (or the major's return, drinking 
anil tubacconing as freely as If it [the cathedral I had 
turned ale-house. Bp. Hall, Hard Measure. 
tobacconist (to-bak'o-nist), n. [< tobacco + 
-n-ixt.] 1. A dealer in tobacco ; also, a manu- 
facturer of tobacco. 2f. A smoker of tobacco. 
The best Tobacconiit 
That ever held a pipe within his flat. 
Time? Vhutle (E. E. T. S.), p. 72. 
What kind of Chlmny is 't 
Less Sensible then a Tobacconittf 
Sylvetler, Tohacco Battered. 
tobacconize (to-bak'o-niz), . t. ; pret. and pp. 
tobacconized, ppr. totiacconizing. [< tobacco + 
-n-ize. ] To impregnate or saturate with tobac- 
co, or with the oil or the fumes of tobacco. 
The American, VIII. 73. 
tobacco-pipe (to-bak'6-pip), n. 1. A pipe in 
which tobacco is smoked. 
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tobaCCO-WOrm ito-liak'o-wenni, ii. The larva 
of the spliinx-nioili rrntujinri-i i-in-nlinn. wliieli 
feeds on the leaves of the growing tobacco- 
Tobacco-worm (Protoparft Carolina), a, larva; *, tnoth. 
Japanese Tobacco-pipe. 
I'd have it present whipping, man or woman, that 
should but deal with a tobacco-pipe. 
It. Jonson, Every M an in his Humour, ill. '. 
And in his grlezly Orlpe 
An over-grown, great, long Tobacco-Pipe. 
Sylvester, Tobacco Battered. 
2. Same as Indian-pipe. S. Judd, Margaret, 
i. 16. [Local, New Eng.] Queen's tobacco-pipe, 
a Jocular designation of a peculiarly shaped kiln belong- 
ing to the customs, and situated near the London Docks, 
in which are piled up damaged tobacco and cigars, and 
goods (such as tobacco, cigars, and tea) which have been 
smuggled, till a sufficient quantity has accumulated, when 
the whole is burned. Tobacco-pipe Clay. Same as 
pipe-flat/. Tobacco-pipe flail, the pipe-fish. 
tobacco-plant (to-bak'6-plaut), n. See tobac- 
co, 1. 
tobacco-pouch (to-bak'6-pouch), . A pouch 
or bag for a small quantity of tobacco for smok- 
ing or chewing, carried about the person. 
tobacco-press (to-bak'6-pres), t. 1. A machine 
for packing granulated tobacco into bags or 
boxes for commercial purposes. 2. A press 
for condensing and compacting plug tobacco 
in tubs or boxes. 3. A machine for pressing 
booked and wrapped tobacco-leaves flat, so 
that they will lie compactly when packed. E. 
H. Knight. 
tobaccoi-root (to-bak'6-rot), n. See Lewisia. 
tobacco-Stick ('to-bak'6-stik), n. In tobacco- 
runny, one of a series of sticks on which to- 
bacco-leaves are hung to dry in curing-houses. 
tobacco-stopper (to-bak'6-stop*er), n. A con- 
trivance for pressing down the half-burned 
tobacco in the bowl of a pipe, to prevent the 
ashes from being scattered and to improve the 
draft of the pipe. Tobacco-stoppers are used chiefly 
by the smokers of pipes with large and deep bowls, such 
as are common in Germany. 
tobacco-stripper (to-bak'6-strip'er), . A per- 
son employee! in the process of manufacturing 
tobacco to remove the midrib of the leaf by 
stripping or tearing. 
tobacco-tongs (to-bak'6-tongz), n. sing, and 
pi. Iron tongs of light and ornamental design, 
used by a smoker to take a coal from the hearth 
to light his pipe. It is a form of lazy-tongs. 
tobacco-wheel (to-bak'6-hwel), H. A machine, 
resembling the hay-baud machine, for twisting 
dried tobacco-leaves into a rope for conve- 
nience of packing. /.'. //. Kingltt. 
plant in the United States, and often does great 
damage. 
Tobago cane (to-ba'go kan). [So called from 
the island of Tobago, in the West Indies.] The 
slender stem of the palm Bactrin minor, of the 
United States of Colombia and the West Indies, 
sometimes imported into Europe to make walk- 
ing-sticks. 
to-be (tij-be'), n. [< tobe: see6e.] The future; 
that which is to come. [Rare.] 
Dispensing harvest, sowing the To-Be. 
Tenniivm, Princeu, vll. 
tobeatt, r. t. [< ME. tobeten; < AS. tobedtan, 
beat severely, < to- + bedtan, beat: see to-2 
and beat 1 .] To beat excessively. 
Though that thow shuldlst for thl aothe lawe 
Ben al to-beUn and to-drawe. hum. of the Rote, 1. 6126. 
Tobias-fish (to-bi'as-fish), . Same as sand-eel, 1. 
tobine, . [CJf. G. "tobin = D. tabijn, tabby: see 
tabby 1 , Uibin.] A stout twilled silk textile em- 
ployed for women's dresses, and considered very 
durable. Diet, of Needlework. 
toboggan (to-bog'an), n. [Formerly also to- 
bogftin, toboggan, tarboggin; < Amer. Ind. given 
as otobanask (Cree), odabagan, etc., a sled.] 
A long narrow sled made of a single thickness 
(about i inch) of wood (commonly birch) curved 
backward at one end, the curved end being 
kept in place by leather thongs: originally em- 
\^P^ 
\ * 
Toboggans on Toboggan-slide. 
loads over the snow, but now used chiefly in the 
sport of coasting. It is 16 or n; Inches wide, if made 
of one piece, or wider if two boards are Joined togcthci. 
The sport of tobogganing has been very popular in 
Canada, and has been introduced to some extent In the 
United States, 
toboggan (to-bog'an), p. i. [< toboggan, n.] To 
slide down-hill on a toboggan, 
tobogganer (to-bog'au-er), w. [< toboggan + 
-er l 7\ One who practises sliding on a toboggan, 
tobogganing (to-bog'an-iug), . [Verbal n. of 
toboggan, 0.J The sport or practice of sliding 
on toboggans. 
tocher 
tobogganist (to-bog'an-iKt), w. [< toboggan + 
-i*t.] A tobogganer! Tin- f >////, XIV. .">-'. 
[Kaiv.J 
toboggan-shoot (to-l>og'an-shOt), . Same as 
toboggan-Slide (to-lmg'an-slid), n. A steep de- 
cline down which tobogganers slide. It Is di- 
vided longitudinally Int.ui number of different counei to 
pnrvi-nt collisions, and Isgenerally provided also with atop* 
along the side for the convenience of the tobogganen 
when returning. See cut under toboggan. 
toboggin, w. See tobo<j<i<tn. 
to-breadd'i'bred), M. '['< t l + fcmirfi.] Aner- 
tra loaf added bv bakers to every dozen, com- 
pleting a bakers' dozen. Also called in-brtail. 
See bakertf dozen, un<ler bal;< r. 
tobreakt, . t. [ME. tobreken, < AS. tobrecan 
(= G. zerbrechen), < id- , apart, + brecan, break : 
see to-* and break. Cf. all, adv.] To break in 
pieces; destroy. 
To-broken ben the itatuU hye In heven 
That creat were eternally to dure. 
Chaucer, Scogan, 1. 1. 
A certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Ablme- 
lech's head, and all to brake his scull. Judges Ix. 63. 
tobrestt, r. See toburxt. 
toburstt, r. [ME. tobrttttm, < AS. toberstan (= 
OS. tebrctau = OHG. zabrestan, MUG. zebreateti, 
G. zerbersten), burst asunder, < to-, apart, + 
berstan, burst: see to-2 and burst.] I. trann. 
To burst or break in pieces. 
Atropos my thred of life to-brette, 
If I be fals. Chaucer, Trollus, IT. i:.4. 
II. intrang. To burst apart; break in pieces. 
For man may love of posslblllte 
A woman so his herte may tn breite, 
And she nought love ageyn, but if hire leste. 
Chaucer, Trollus, ii. 608. 
toby (to'bi), . [So called from the familiar per- 
sonal name Toby.] A small jug usually rep- 
resenting in 
its form a 
stout old man 
with a three- 
cornered hat, 
the angles of 
which form 
spouts for 
pouring out 
the liquor 
contained in 
the. vessel: it 
is .frequent- 
ly 'used as a 
mug. 
There was also 
a goodly Jug 
of well-browned 
clay, fashioned 
. into the form of 
an old gentle- 
man. . . . "Put 
Toby this way, 
my dear." This 
Toby was the 
brown jug. 
Dickenit, Barna- 
[by Budge, Iv. 
tocan, " Same 
as toucan. 
toccata (tok-kii'tS), n. [< It. toccata, pp. fern, 
of toccarc = Sp.'Pg. tocr= F. toucher, touch: 
see toucA.] In nni.iii: a work for a keyboard- 
instrument, like the pianoforte or organ, origi- 
nally intended to utilize and display varieties of 
touch : but the term has been extended so as 
to include many irregular works, similar to the 
prelude, the fantasia, and the improvisation. 
Toccatas were first written early in the seventeenth cen- 
tury, and were then flowing and homophonic in structure. 
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries they have usu- 
ally been intricately contrapuntal, and calculated to tax 
the highest virtuosity. 
It was Bach, however, who raised the Toccata far beyond 
all previous and later writers. Grove's Diet. Jf uric, IV. 130. 
toccatella, toccatina (tok-ka-tel'la, -te'na), n. 
[It., dim. of toccata, q. v.] In music, a short or 
simple toccata. 
TOCCU8 (tok'us), . [NL. (Strickland, 1841), 
orig. Tockus (Lesson, 1831), also Tocvs (Reich- 
enbach, 1849), < African tok: see lock*.] A 
genus of hornbills or Bucerotidte, having the 
culmeu compressed, and only elevated into a 
low, sometimes obsolete, crest. It is the largest 
genus of the family, with about 12 species. The type is 
T. erythrurhunchui, a bird In which the bill is deep-red 
and the head and neck are gray with a white superciliary 
stripe. In others the bill is mainly yellow or black. With 
two exceptions (T. gingalentit of Ceylon and T. oritevt of 
Malabar), the species are African. 
tocher (toeh'er), . [< Ir. tocliar, Gael, tock- 
rudli, a portion or dowry.] The dowry which 
Tol) )' >' 
iSth cenlury. 
