toft 
2. A messuage ; a house and homestead. Also 
toftstead. 
Vm-sthorne was the property of Henry <le Wrdcst, in 
the reign of Stephen, or Henry II., who granted a loft and 
a croft in the vill of VVrdest to Henry the son of Adam de 
Winhill. Bairns, Hist. Lancashire, II. 38. 
3. In En//, common law: (a) A messuage the 
tenant of which is entitled by virtue of it to 
rights of common in other laud in the parish 
or district. 
A house with its stables and farm-buildings, surrounded 
by a hedge or inclosure, was called a court, or, as we find 
it in our law books, a curtilage ; the tnfl or homestead of 
a more genuine English dialect. 
/laUam, Middle Ages, ix. 1. 
(ft) A piece of ground on which a messuage 
formerly stood, and which, though the messuage 
be gone to decay, is still called by a name in- 
dicating something more than mere land. 
toft 2 (toft), . [< tuffi.~\ A grove of trees. 
Bailey, 1781. 
toftman (toft'man), . ; pi. toftmcn (-men). 
[< toffl + man.']" The owner or occupier of a 
toft.' 
toftstead (toft'sted), . Same as to/ft, 2. 
The fields are commonable from the 12th of August to 
the 12th of November to every burgess or occupier of a 
toftstead. Arch/eologia, XLVI. 415. 
tofus, n. A variant of tophus for toph. 
tog 1 !, v. A Middle English form of tug. 
tog 2 (tog), . [A slang term, perhaps < OF. 
togue, toge, L. toga, a robe: see toge, toga. 
Hence tog, v., togeman, togman, and toggery.'} 
A garment : usually in the plural. 
Look at his togs superfine cloth, and the heavy-swell 
cut ! Dickens, Oliver Twist, xvi. 
What did I do but go to church with all my topmost 
tags ! And that not from respect alone for the parson. 
Ii. D. Blackmore, Maid of Sker, vii. 
Long tog, a coat. Tuft's Glossary of Thieves' Jargon, 
1798. Long togs (iwnrf.), shore clothes. 
I took no "long togs" with me; . . . being dressed like 
the rest, in white duck trousers, blue jacket, and straw 
hat. R. H, Dana, Jr., Before the Mast, p. 131. 
tog 2 (tog), v. t.; pret. and pp. togged, ppr. tog- 
ging. [< tog?, .] To dress. [Slang.] 
He was tog'd gnostically enough. 
Scott, St. Ronan's Well, iv. 
Scrumptious young girls you toy out so finely, 
Adorning the diggings so charming and gay. 
Chambers's Journal, July, 1879, p. 368. (Encyc. Diet.) 
toga (to'gii), n. [< L. toga, a mantle, lit. a 
covering, < tegere, cover: see tect, tegument. 
Cf. toge.] The principal outer garment worn 
by the ancient Romans. It was a loose and flowing 
mantle or wrap, of irregular form, in which it differed from 
the kindred Greek 
garment, the hima- 
tion, which was rec- 
tangular. It was 
made of wool, or 
sometimes (under the 
emperors) of silk, and 
its usual color was 
white. It covered the 
whole body with the 
exception of the right 
arm, and the right to 
wear it was an exclu- 
sive privilege of the 
Roman citizen. The 
toga mrilis, or manly 
robe, was assumed by 
Roman youths when 
they attained the age 
of fourteen. The toga 
prsetexta, which had 
a deep purple border, 
was worn by the chil- 
dren of the nobles, by 
girls until they were 
married, and by boys 
until they were four- 
teen, when they as- 
sumed the toga viri- 
lis. It was also the 
official robe of the 
higher magistrates, 
of priests, and of 
persons discharging 
vows. The togapicta was ornamented with Phrygian em- 
broidery, and was worn by high officers on special occa- 
sions, such as the celebration of a triumph. The trabea 
was a toga ornamented with horizontal purple stripes ; it 
was the characteristic uniform of the knights (equttes) 
upon festival days. Persons accused of any crime allowed 
their togas to become soiled (toga sordidata) as a sign of 
dejection ; candidates for public offices whitened their 
togas artificially with chalk ; while mourners wore a toga 
pulla of natural black wool. See also cut in next column. 
togaed (to'giid), a. [< toga + -ed 2 .] Equipped 
with or clad in a toga. 
A couple of toyaed effigies of recent grand-dukes. 
H. James, Jr., Trans. Sketches, p. 316. 
togated (to'ga-ted), a. [< L. toga-tux, wearing 
or entitled to wear the toga (< toga, toga: see 
toga), + -ed 2 .] i_ Dressed in a toga or robe; 
draped in the classical manner. 
Roman Toga. Statue of the Emperor 
Tiberius. 
Diagram of Roman Toga (according to MiiHer, in " Philologus" ). 
FRA, sinus of toga. As worn, point E was placed on the left 
shoulder, the edge FT hanging down free in front of the body ; the 
whole of the remainder of the garment was then thrown diagonally 
around the back, so that a on the seam of the sinus came under the 
right elbow, and f> at the middle of the waist in front : the seam was 
now directed upward, so that the point c approximately covered E, 
where the garment first touched the body. The last third of the toga, 
OPCQ, was thrown over the left shoulder and fell to the ground in 
voluminous folds, draping the back. The so-called umbp or nodus 
of the toga was found at F, over the left breast, at the point of junc- 
tion of the sinus. Point Lfell over the left calf, point M over the right, 
and point N over the left wrist. 
On a Marble ... is the Effigies of a Man Togated. 
Ashmole, Berkshire, I. 146. 
The I/niversity, the mother of togated Peace. 
Wood, Fasti Oxon., II. (Richardson.) 
Hence 2. Stately; majestic. 
What homebred English could ape the high Roman 
fashion of such Ingated words as 
"The multitudinous sea incarnadine "? 
Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 161. 
toget (tog), n. [ME. *togc or togue (see the first 
quot. ) ; < OP. toge, togue, F. toge = Sp. Pg. It. 
toga, < L. toga, toga: see toga.] A toga. 
Alle with taghte mene and towne in togers [read togei ? 
togues ?] fulle ryche, 
Of saunke realle in suyte, sexty [Romaynes] at ones. 
Afttrte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 178. 
Why in this woolvish toge should I stand here, 
To beg of Hob and Dick, that do appear, 
Their needless vouches 1 Shale., Cor., li. 3. 122. 
[The above is a modern reading ; in the first folio the read- 
ing is tongue; later folios have gown. Compare toped.] 
toged (to'ged), a. [< toge + -erf 2 .] Clad in a 
toga; togated. 
The bookish theoric, 
Wherein the toged consuls can propose 
As masterly as he. Shak., Othello, i. 1. 25. 
[The first quarto has the above reading ; the rest of the 
later editions have tongued.] 
togedert, togedret, adv. Obsolete forms of to- 
gether. 
togemant, togmant (tog'-, tog'man), n. [< 
tog 2 + man. ] A cloak. 
Sometime shall come in some Rogue, some picking 
knave, a Nimble Prig, . . . and plucketh off as many gar- 
ments as be ought worth, that he may come by, and worth 
money, and . . . maketh port sale at some convenient 
place of theirs, that some be soon ready in the morning, 
for want of their Casters and Togemans. 
Harman, Caveat for Cursetors, p. 105. 
together (to-geTH'er), adv. [Formerly or dial, 
also togeder, togider, togither (So. tkegither); < 
ME. togeder, togedere, togedre, togidcre, togidrc, 
togaderc, < AS. togxdere, togsedre, togeador, to- 
gether, < to, to, + geador, gador, at once, to- 
gether: see gather. Cf. togethers.) 1. In com- 
pany; in conjunction; simultaneously. 
Mercifully ordain that we may become aged together. 
Tobit viii. 7. 
The subject of two of them [panels of sculpture] is his 
[Maximilian's] confederacy with Henry the Eighth, and 
the wars they made together upon France. 
Addison, Remarks on Italy (Works, ed. Bohn, I. 535). 
Together let us beat this ample field. 
Pope, Essay on Man, i. 9. 
2. In the same place ; to the same place. 
The kynges were sette to-geder at oon table. 
Merlin(E. E. 1. S.), ii. 133. 
Crabbed age and youth cannot live together. 
Shak., Passionate Pilgrim, 1. 157. 
3. In the same time ; contemporaneously. 
While he and I live together, I shall not be thought the 
worst poet of the age. Dryden, Pref. to Fables. 
4. The one with the other; with each other; 
mutually. 
Pilgrymes and palmers plijted hem togidere 
To seke seynt lames and seyntes in rome. 
Piers Plowman (B\ Prol., 1. 46. 
When two or more concepts are compared together ac- 
cording to their comprehension, they either coincide or 
they do not. Sir W. Hamilton, Logic, xii. 
5. In or into combination, junction, or union ; 
so as to unite or blend : as. to sew, knit, pin, 
bind, or yoke two things together. 
Kyng David . . . putte theise 2 Names [Jebus and Sa- 
lem] to gidere, and cleped it Jebusalem. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 73. 
What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put 
asunder. Mat. xix. (i. 
I'll manacle thy neck and feet together. 
Shak., Tempest, i. 2. 461. 
The small faction which had been held together by the 
influence and promises of Prince Frederic had been dis- 
persed by his death. Maeaulay, Lord Olive. 
toggle-press 
6. Without intermission; uninterruptedly; on 
end. 
Can you sit seven hours together, and say nothing? 
Fletcher, Wildgoose Chase, ii. 2. 
It has been said in the praise of some men that they 
could talk whole hours together upon anything. 
Addison, Lady Orators. 
To consist, get, hang, etc., together. See the verbs. 
Together with, in union, combination, or company with. 
This Earth, together u<ith the Waters, make one Globe 
and huge Ball, resting on it selfe. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 48. 
He [the Moorish king] had a mighty host of foot-soldiers, 
together with squadrons of cavalry, ready to scour the 
country. Irving, Granada, p. 11. 
togetherst (to-geTH'erz), adv. [< ME. toge- 
dcres; < together + adverbial gen. -c*.] Same 
as together. 
The next day he assembled all the Capteines of his army 
togetheri. J. Brende, tr. of Quintus Curtius, iv. 
toggelt, An obsolete spelling of toggle. 
toggery (tog'er-i), n. [< tog 2 + -cry.] Clothes; 
garments. [Slang.] 
Had a gay cavalier 
Thought fit to appear 
In any such toggery then twas term'd "gear." 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, II. 291. 
This party . . . was not brilliantly composed, except 
that two of its members were gendarmes in full toggery. 
II. James, Jr., Little Tour, p. 160. 
toggle (tog'l), n. [Formerly also toggel, togi/il ; 
appar. a dim. form, connected with tug (ME. 
toggen), tow 1 . Cf. tuggle.~\ 1. Nant., a pin 
placed through the bight or eye of a rope, block- 
strap, or bolt, to keep it in its place, or to put 
the bight or eye of another rope upon, and 
thus secure them both together; also, a pin 
passed through a link of a chain which is itself 
passed through a link of the same or a different 
chain. 
The yard-ropes were fixed to the halter by a toggle in the 
running noose of the latter. 
Marryat, Frank Mildmay, viii. (Dames.) 
2. Two rods or plates hinged together by a 
toggle-joint : a mechanical device for transmit- 
ting force or pressure at a right angle with its 
direction. See toggle-joint, and cut under stone- 
breaker. Blubber-toggle, a blubber-fld (which see, un- 
der fid). 
toggle (tog'l), v. t.; pret. and pp. toggled, ppr. 
toggling. [< toggle, n.] To fix or fasten (itself 
in something) like a toggle-iron ; used reflexive- 
ly, to stick fast. 
A rocket at short range was fired entirely through the 
body of a whale, and toggled itself on the side. 
Fisheries of U. S., X. Ii. 254. 
toggle-bolt (tog'1-bolt), n. See toggle, 1. 
toggle-harpoon (tog'l-har-pon' 1 '), n. The com- 
mon toggle-iron. 
toggle-hole (tog'1-hol), n. A hole made, as in 
blubber, for inserting a toggle. 
toggle-iron (tog'l-I"ern), . The form of whal- 
ers' harpoon now in general use, having a mov- 
able blade instead of fixed barbs ; the instru- 
ment used in first striking a whale (when ex- 
plosives are not employed), for fastening it to 
the whale-boat by means of a tow-line, so that 
the boat may be hauled up to the whale, and 
the latter be killed by hand-lancing at close 
quarters, or by bomb-lancing at longer range. 
Toggle-iron. 
It consists of a harpoon-shank and socket without any sta- 
tionary barbed flukes ; upon the extreme end of the shank 
is a blade, working upon the principle of a toggle. This 
blade has a cutting edge for penetrating the blubber, and 
adull back which prevents it from cutting its way out when 
the line is hauled upon. Also called simply the iron. 
toggle-joint (tog'l-joint), n. In meeh., a joint 
formed of plates or bars hinged together in 
such manner that when at rest the 
two parts form a bend called the fl 
knuckle; an elbow- or knee-joint. It is V\ 
used by applying power, by means of a screw \L 
or a lever, against the knuckle, when the ten- /7 
dency of the two leaves or bars to extend exerts u 
a powerful pressure. This device is much used 
in printing-presses and other presses. See tog- Toggle- 
gle-press. See also cuts under skate and stone- joint. 
breaker. 
toggle-lanyard (tog't-lan^yard), n. See the 
quotation. 
It [the toggle] has a hole near one end, through which 
a rope is attached, which is termed the toygle-luntinrd. 
This lanyard is used in handling or confining the toggle. 
C. M. Scammon, Marine Mammals, p. :ili 
toggle-press (tog'1-pres), n. A press in which 
impression is rnad*e by the simultaneous action 
