toggle-press 
of twoknoc-shiipod levers pressing aMiiul r:n'h 
other; M ]nvss whirl] acts by :i tn^'lr-joint. 
tOghtt, a. A Miilillti English form of tout. 
togideret, togidret, <"''' Middi<- English forms 
of ttnl< Iht r. 
togidrest, <"''' A Middle English form of togc- 
tKn. 
togmant, !( '".'/<<. 
togot, '. i. [ME. /</"". < AS. "tinjun (= OHG. 
;.ii//iii) let. AS. li'M/iiiiiiini = <>S. li-i/aiigiin), < /", 
apart, + </", <;": sec In-- .-mil </"] To go dif- 
r.'ivnl \\nvs; si-utter. 
Antony Is shcnt, BIII! put him to the fllghte, 
Anil 111 his folk lo-ijn, tllllt bust go mi K lit<-. 
Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 663. 
tOgrindt, ' < [MK. Ini/riinlni: < to- 2 + 
To grind or break to pieces; crush. 
Good men for oure guiles he al to-rrrynt to dethe. 
Pier* Plowman (C), xii. 62. 
Ointer shi'lles dric antl ulle to yrminde 
With h:mlr iiiii-hi- iinil with fym's doth the same. 
Pallatliu*, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 42. 
togs ((OR/.), H. i>l. See tog*. 
togue (tog), n. The Mackinaw or great lake- 
trout, Salrclinus (Cristivonur) nitnifiyeusli, called 
Iniii/e in Vermont. See cut under Infa-trout, 2. 
[Maine.] 
Togue. One of the lake trout found in New England 
and the adjacent Eastern Provinces. Togue are . . . taken 
with a heavy trout tackle. Tribune Book of Sports, p. 164. 
The togue or gray trout oj Maine and New Brunswick. 
Sporteman'f Gazetteer, p. 304. 
to-heapt, <itlr. [ME. toliepe = OFries. tohanc, 
It'liniic, toli<>i>i<; cf. Sw. tillhopa = Dan. tilhobe; 
< to* + heap.'] Together. 
If that Love ought lete his brydel go, 
Al that was loveth asonder sholde lepe, 
And lost were al that Love halt now to-hepe. 
Chanter, Trollus, Hi. 1764. 
tohewt, ' '. [< ME. tohewen, < AS. tohedwan (= 
OFries. tehawa = D. tohouwen = MLG. toJtouwen 
= MHG. zehomoen, G. zerhauen), cut to pieces, 
(. to-, apart, 4- hedtean, cut, hew: see to- 2 and 
Item 1 .] To cut or hack heavily; cut to pieces. 
His helme to-heiren was In twenty places. 
Chaucer, Troilus, II. 638. 
How grcte pite Is it that so felre children shull thus he 
slayn and alle to hemn with wronge and grete synne. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 261. 
toho (to-ho'), interj. A call to pointers or set- 
ters to halt or stop, as when running upon birds. 
tohu bolui (to'hS bo'ho). [F. tolni-bohu; from 
tlie Heb. words in Gen. i. 2, translated ' with- 
out form' and 'void.'] Chaos. 
It was surely impossible any man's reason should tell 
him the particular circumstances of the world's creation, 
as that Its material principal was a tohu and bohu, that it 
was agitated by the divine spirit, that several! portions 
were form'd at several! times, that all was finished in six 
dayes space, etc. Bp. Parker, Hatonick Phil., p. 85. 
toil 1 (toil), c. [Early mod. E. also toylt; < ME. 
toilen, toylen (Sc. toi/je, tulge), appar. < OF. toil- 
ler, touiller, toouillcr, teouiller, F. touiller, mix, 
entangle, trouble, besmear; origin unknown. 
Cf. toft 1 , . The sense 'labor, till' appears to 
be due in part to association with tilfi (ME. til- 
len, Men, tolen, titlien, etc.), and the form is near 
to that of MD. tuylen, <ei<fe,till, labor (see till 1 ); 
but the AS. verb could not produce an E. form 
toil, and a ME. verb of such general import could 
hardly be derived from MD. The sense 'pull' 
may be duo in part to association with KM 3 , 
tolft.~\ I.t trans. 1. To pull about ; tug ; drag. 
The displtous lewes nolde not spare 
Til trie [choice] fruit weore tore and touted. 
Holy Rood (ed. Morris), p. 143. 
His syre a sontere, . . . 
His teeth with /"tiling of lether tatered [jagged] as a sawe ! 
Piers Plowman's Great (E. E. T. S.X 1. 753. 
2. To harass; weary or exhaust by toil: often 
used reflexively (whence later, by omission of 
the reflexive pronoun, the intransitive use): 
sometimes with out. 
For some paltry gaine, 
He digs, & delves, & toiela himselfe with paine. 
Times' Whiffle (E. E. T. 8.), p. 118. 
I am weary and toiled with rowing up and down in the 
seas of questions. Jer. Taylor, Great Exemplar, Ded., p. 4. 
3. To labor; work; till. 
Places well toiled and husbanded. Holland. (Imp. Diet.) 
II. iii/i-d nn. 1. To work, especially for a con- 
siderable time, and with great or painful fatigue 
of body or mind ; labor. 
Master, we have tailed all the night, and have taken 
nothing. 
Luke T. 5. 
See yonder poor, o'erluboiir'd wight, 
Su ahjwt. nii'iin, and vile, 
Who bfgs a brother of the earth 
To give him leave to toil. 
Burn*, Man was Made to Mourn. 
6367 
All things have rest ; why should we toil alone. 
We only toil, who arc the first of things ? 
Tennyton, Lotos Eaten, Chorlc Song. 
2. To move or travel with difficulty, weariness, 
or pain. 
The king of men, by Juno's self ineplr'd, 
Toil'd through the tt-nts, and all his army flr'd. 
Pope, Iliad, rill. 207. 
Slow toiling upward from the misty vale, 
I leave the bright enamelled zones below. 
<>. H'. Holmes, Nearing the Snow-Line. 
= 8yn. 1. To drudge, moil, strive. See the noun, 
toil ' ( toil ), n. [Early mod. E. also toyle ; < ME. 
inil, toile, toyle (Sc. tuilye, tttilue, toolye, etc.); 
from the verb.] It. Confusion; turmoil; up- 
roar; struggle; tussle. 
Troilus, In the toile, turnyt was of hon, 
Ffaght vppon fote felly agayne. 
KUnuHrn of Troy (E. E. T. 8.X 1. 6650, 
And whan these com on ther was so grete toUe and 
romour of noyse that wonder It wa> to hetre, and ther- 
with a-roos so grete a dust* that the cleir sky wax all derk. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.\ Hi. 888. 
2. Harassing labor; labor accompanied with 
fatigue and pain ; exhausting effort. 
Flexure 's a Toil when constantly pursn'd. 
Gangrene, tr. of Eleventh Satire of Juvenal. 
Sic as you and I, 
Wlm drudge and drive through wet and dry, 
Wi' never ceasing toil. 
Burnt, First Epistle to Davle. 
It 's been a long toil for thee all this way in the heat, 
with thy child. Mr*. Gaskcll, Sylvia's Lovers, xuvl. 
3. A work accomplished ; an achievement. 
Behold the boast of Roman pride ! 
What now of all your bril* are known? 
A grassy trench, a broken stone ! 
Scott, Bokeby, II. 5. 
=Syn. 2. Labor, Drudgery, etc. (see work, n.); effort, ex- 
ertion, pains. 
toil 2 (toil), H. [Early mod. E. also toyl, toyle; 
< OF. toile, cloth, linen cloth, also a stalking- 
horse of cloth, a web (pi. toiles, toils, an inclo- 
sure to entangle wild beasts), F. toile, cloth, 
linen, sail, pi. toils, a net, etc., = Pr. tela, teila 
= Sp. tela = Pg. tela, tea = It. tela, < L. tela, a 
web, a thing woven, orig. *terto,< texere, weave : 
see text.'} A net, snare, or gin; any web, cord, 
or thread spread for taking prey. 
There his welwoven toylet and subtil tralnes 
He laid, the brutish nation to enwrap. 
Spenser, Astrophel, 1. 97. 
I long have hunted for thee ; and, since now 
Thou art in the toil, It is in vain to hope 
Thou ever Shalt break out 
Fletcher (and another'!), Prophetess, Ii. 3. 
The Law of iUelf [reason] Is but like a Toyl to a wild 
Beast ; the more he struggles, the more he Is Intangled. 
StiUingJIeet, Sermons, III. viii. 
toile (twol), . [P.: see toP.] Cloth: used 
in some technical names Toile dr^e, oil-cloth, 
especially that which Is of very fine or rare quality : the 
French term, often used in English. Toile Colbert, a 
kind of canvas used for embroidery : same as connaiight. 
Diet, of Needlework. Toile d'Alsace, a thin linen cloth 
used for women's summer dresses. Compare toile de 
Vichy. Toile de religleuse. Same as nun't-dolh or 
nun'g-veiling. Toile de Vichy, a linen material used for 
summer dresses for women, generally having a simple 
striped pattern. Wet. of Needlework. 
toi!6 (F. pron. two-la'), ' [F.,<totfe, cloth: see 
toil' 2 . ] In lace-making, the closely worked or mat 
part of the pattern ; hence, the pattern in gen- 
eral, as distinguished from the ground. 
toiler (toi'lr), . [Early mod. E. toyler ; < 
toil 1 + -er 1 .] One who toils; one who labors 
in a wearying or unremitting manner. 
I will not pray for those goodes In getting and heaping 
together whereof the toylen of the worlde thinke them- 
selfes fortunate. UdaU, On Pet. i. 
toilet, toilette (toi'let, toi-let'), [Early mod. 
E. also toylet; < OF. toilette, a cloth, a bag to 
put clothes in, F. toilette, a toilet, dressing-ta- 
ble, dressing-apparatus, dressing-gown, wrap- 
per, dress, dim. of toile, cloth: see toiP.] If. 
A cloth, generally of linen. 
Toilette. ... A Toylet, the stuffe which Drapers lap 
about their clothes. Cotgrave. 
Hence 2j. An article made of linen or other 
cloth, (a) A cloth to be thrown over the shoulders dur- 
ing shaving or hair-dressing. 
Pleasant was the answer of Archelans to the barber, 
who, after he had cast the linnet) toylet about his shoul- 
ders, put this question to him : How shall I trim your 
Majesty? Without any more prating, quoth the king. 
Plutarch, Morals (trans. ), iv. 232. (Latham.) 
(ft) A cover for a dressing-table, or for the articles set 
upon it* Now called toilet-coper. 
Toilet, a kind of Table-cloth, or Carpet, made of One 
Llnnen, Sattin, Velvet, or Tissue, spread upon a Table in 
a Bed-Chamber, where Persons of Quality dress them- 
selves ; a Dressing-cloth. 
JT. Phillipt, World of Words. 1706. 
toilet-table 
(c) A bag or cloth case for holding clothing, etc. 
Toilette. ... A Toylet, . . . abagtnpnt night. clothe*, 
and Imckeram, or other stulfe to wrap any other clothe*, 
In. Cotgrave, 1611. 
Hence 3f. The articles, collectively, usc.l in 
ing, as a mirror, bottles, boxes, brush' 1 *. 
and combs, set upon the dressing-table; a toi- 
let-service. 
The gn-atc looklng-glas*e and MM of beaten and nuu- 
lira O&WI* given liy thi' (Jin-i 
Evelyn, Diary, June 0, 1602. 
And now, unvcll'd, the trnlrt stands dlsplay'd, 
Each silver rase In mystic order laid. 
Pope, K. of the I.., I. 121. 
4. A dressing-table furnished with a mirror: 
more commonly called toilet-table. 
Plays, operas, circles, I no more must view ! 
My toilette, patches, all thr world, adieu ! 
Lady M. W. Montagu, Town Eclogue*, vl. 
The lieutenant folded his arms, and, leaning against the 
toilet, sunk Into a reverie. 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legend*, I. 15. 
5. The process of dressing; formerly, specifi- 
cally, the dressing and powdering of the hair, 
during which women of fashion received callers. 
Ill carry yon Into Company ; Mr. Falnlove, you shall 
Introduce him to Mrs. t lerimont's Toilet. 
Steele, Tender Husband, I. 1. 
The merchant from th' Exchange returns In peace, 
And the long labours of the tauet cease. 
Pope, H. of the L., III. 24. 
HI* best blue .-nit ... he wore with becoming calm- 
ness ; having, after a little wrangling, effected what was 
always the one point of Interest to him In his toilette he 
had transferred all the content! of bis every day pocket* 
to those actually In wear. 
George Eliot, Mill on the Flow, L 9. 
6. The dress and make-up of a person : as, his 
toilet was not irreproachable ; also, any particu- 
lar costume: as, a toilet of white silk: in the 
last sense chiefly used by writers of "fashion 
articles." 
Few places could present a more brilliant show of out- 
door (oilttthan might be seen Issuing from Mllby church 
at one o'clock. George Eliot, Janet's Repentance, II. 
There are a great many things involved in a girl's toil: i 
which yon would never think of ; the dress Is not all, nor 
nearly all. Mrs. CHiphant, Poor Gentleman, xv. 
7. In surg., the cleansing of the part after an 
operation, especially in the peritoneal cavity. 
After the removal of the products of pregnancy the 
ilet of the peritoneal cavity may be made by spongen, 
towels, or a running stream of water from an elevated 
' 
toilet of the peritoneal cavity may be made by spongen, 
towels, or a running stream of water from an elevated 
fountain. Buck't Handbook of Med. Sciences, II. 7S>. 
To make one'B toilet, to bathe, dress, arrange the hiir, 
and otherwise care for the person. 
toilet-cap (toi'let-kap), n. A cap worn during 
the toilet, perhaps on account of the absence of 
the periwig. 
I am to get my Lord a toilet-tap, and comb-case of silk, 
to make use of In Holland, for he goes to the Hague. 
/V;/j/. Diary, Sept. IS, 160. 
toilet-Cloth (toi'let-kloth), H. The cover for a 
toilet-table or dressing-bureau, often embroi- 
dered or of lace. 
toilet-cover (toi'let-kuv'er), M. A cover for a 
toilet-table, formerly often of rich stuffs, em- 
broidery, etc., in later times more commonly 
of washable material decorated with ribbons, 
etc., which can be detached. 
toilet-cup (toi'let-kup), n. A large cup or bowl 
used for any purpose connected with the dress- 
ing-table, as to receive small toilet articles of 
any kind. Compare vide-poelie. 
toileted (toi'let-ed), a. [< toili-t + -erf 2 .] 
Dressed. [Rare.] 
And then the long hotel piazza came in view, efflorescent 
with the fiill-rutlrferf fair. 
Bret Harte, Argonauts (Mr. John Oakhnrst), p. 120. 
toilet-glass (toi'let-glas), . A looking-glass 
for use in the dressing-room, especially one set 
upon the toilet-table. 
toilet-quilt (toi'let-kwilt), n. A cover for the 
toilet-table when quilted or piqu6, ornamented 
with stitching or the like. 
toilet-service (toi'let-sei/vis), n. Same as toi- 
let-set. 
toilet-set (toi'let-set), n. The utensils collec- 
tively of porcelain, glass, silver, etc., for use 
in making the toilet. 
toilet-soap (toi'let-sop), . Any fine quality of 
soap made up in cakes for use in the toilet. 
toilet-sponge (toi'let-spunj), . See sponge. 
toilet-table (toi'let-ta'bl), n. Adressing-table ; 
especially, a table arranged for a lady with the 
appurtenances of the toilet, and made some- 
what ornamental, as with lace or ribbons. 
When she [the bride] dropped her veil, Burton, who was 
best man on the occasion, felt forcibly reminded of the 
lace-covered toilet-table in her dressing-room. 
Whyte Melmlle, White Rose, II. xxx. 
