toll-man 
Itnl now lln> turnpike gates again 
Klew open in short space ; 
The bill-men thinking, as Urf.u , 
That Ullplu rode a race. 
Cmcprr, John lillpln. 
tol-lol (tol-lol'), it. [Perhaps from tnlrrnlili-.] 
Toli-rablv good: pretty fair. [Slang.] 
tol-lol-ish(tol-!..l'ish), it. Tolerable. [Slang.] 
Lord Nelson, too, was pretty well 
That is, bU*M .' 
ir. .v. (lillirrt, .Mysfie Selvagee. 
tollon (tol'cin), n. Same an tuyon. 
tolo (to'lo). n. (African.] The koodoo, s/n/>- 
xii-i -i-iix /.mill, an Africiin iintelope. Seo cut un- 
der kiifidittt. 
tolosa-WOOd (to-lo'sii-wud), n. An Australian 
shm!) or tree, I'itttmpitrum bit'olor. 
tolsestert (tol-srs'tf-r), . [MK. *t<>tesh-r (ML. 
tolxi'xtrum), < toll 1 + xrxtrr, xejrti-r (< L. nextnri- 
HX): see */(/, seller.'] A duty paid by tenant* 
of some manors to the lord for liberty to brew 
and sell ale. lin/i. Ilii-t. 
tolseyt (tol'si), . [ol +-*ey(forw2f).] A 
tollbootli; also, a place where merchants usu- 
ally assembled and commercial courts were 
held. 
The place under It la their Toltey or Exchange, for the 
meeting of their merchants. 
/*:/, Tour through Great Britain, III. 239. (Dana.) 
tolt (tolt), n. [< ML. to/to (OF. tolte, etc.), < L. 
tnllere, take away: see toll*.] In old Knij. taw, 
a writ whereby a cause depending in a court- 
baron was removed into a county court. 
Toltec (tol'tek), H. [Mex.] A member of a 
race of Mexico which, according to tradition, 
coming from the north, ruled the country from 
the seventh to the eleventh century, their power 
passing later to the Aztecs. The remains of Mex- 
ican architecture which have been ascribed to them con- 
flat principally of colossal pyramidal structures of adobe 
bricks temples and buildings of great size and rude plan 
corresponding to the needs of a communal state of soci- 
ety. The last, which are elaborately decorated with rude 
sculpture in high relief, seem to show that the Toltecs 
were a people of some civilization ; and there is reason to 
believe that they were acquainted with the arts of weav- 
ing, pottery, hieroglyphic writing, and perhaps with that 
of working metals. Their religion Is said to have been 
mild, and their laws just. Their civilization was overlain 
by that of the Aztecs, who ingrafted on it many bloody 
religious rites and childish social practices. 
Toltecan (tol'te-kan), . [<2MMe + -M.] Re- 
lating to the family of ancient civilized peoples 
dwelling in Mexico, and in Peru and various 
parts of South America. Kncyc. Brit. 
tolter (tol'ter), v. i. [< ME. tolteren; cf. tottrr.] 
To struggle; flounder. Hallitcell. [Prov. Eng.] 
tolu (to-lu' or to'lu), n. [Short for Tolu bulmim 
or balsam of Tolu, so called as being brought 
from Tolu, now Santiago tie Tola, in the United 
States of Colombia. 
The origin of Tolu in 
this name is not as- 
certained.] A bal- 
sam obtained from 
incisionsthrough the 
bark of Afyrofyloii 
Toluifera, an ever- 
green tree 60 or 80 
feet high, found in 
the uplands of the 
United States of Co- 
lombia. It is a semi- 
fluid substance, becom- 
ing nt length hard and 
brittle, of properties like 
those of the balsam of 
1'eru, bnt less decided. 
It is somewhat used in 
medicine, and much 
more In perfumery, for 
burning pastilles. More 
fully named balmm of 
Mu. 
toluene (tol'u-eu), . 
[< tolu + -ewe.] Methyl benzene (CH 6 .CH 3 ), 
a hydrocarbon forming a colorless mooile liquid 
ha ving the odor of benzene, and of specific grav- 
ity 0.883 at 32 F. It is soluble to some extent in al- 
co'hol, ether, and fixed and volatile oils, and dissolves Io- 
dine, sulphur, and many resins. It Is obtained by the dry 
distillation of tolu and many other resinous bodies, by the 
;irtion of potash on benzyllc alcohol, and by heating toluic 
iii-id with lime. Also toluol. 
tolugt, r. ' [ME. tolu<iyca, Magge* : < to-* + 
/nil*.] To pull about. 
Ligtliche Lyer lepe awey thanne, 
1/jrkynge thorw lanes to-htiigtd of manye. 
Pifrt Plotnnan (B), ii. 211'. 
toluic (to-lu'ik),rt. [< tolu + -ie.] Pertaining t<> 
or produced from tolu Toluic acid, an aromatic 
monobasic acid (OeH4. CH 3 .CO 2 H), a homologue of benzole 
acid. It has three isomerii- modifications. 
toluol (tol'u-ol), M. [< tnlit + -<>l.] Same a* 
toluene. 
Teltttftra). 
6871 
tolutatlont (I'll-u-la'shon), n. |< 1,1,. liilul-, in 
inliiHiii, mi n trot, luliiiiirix, trotting (< lullrn . 
lift: see Inliniti). + -utimi. Cf. //<<".] A pu- 
cingiir ambling. Sir T. Rrownr,Vu\p. Err., iv.ti. 
tolu-tree (tn-lu'tre). . The tree yielding tolu. 
See lulu. 
Tolypeutes (tol-i-pu'te/.). . [NL. (Illiger, 
1811), < (}r. rn'/i -i i >n; wind off, achieve, < TO/I 
m/, a clue, ball.] A genus of armadillos, of the 
family lhixi/i>i>iliiln; including the three-banded 
armadillo or apar, T. tricinrtits. Two others are 
described. Sec cut under ii/mi; 
tolypentine (tol-i-pu'tin), a. and H. [< Tolujifu- 
tfx + -/'/'. ] I, n. Relating or belonging to the 
genus Tolypeutes; like an apar. 
II. . A member of the genus Tolgpeute*. 
Stand. \at. Hint., V. 50. 
torn 1 (torn), n. [< ME. Tomme, Thnmme, abbr. of 
Tliomax,( lAj. Thomas,^ Or. 6wuof,< Heb. Thoma, 
lit. 'twin.' Cf. Thomas Didymus, ' Thomas the 
twin,' the name of one of the apostles.] 1. 
[cap. or /. e.] A familiar form of the common 
Christian name Thomas. Used, like the name Jack, 
as a generic name for a man or a fellow, Implying some de- 
gree of slight or contempt: as, a font-fool ; Tom o' Bedlam. 
It happened one time that a Tom of Bedlam came up tn 
him, and had a mind to have thrown him from the liattle- 
ments, saying, "Leap, Tom, leap." 
Aubrry, Lives (Thomas More). 
"Tom Raw, the Urlmn," a name which used 10 be ap- 
plied to a subaltern in India for a year and a day after hi* 
joining the army. A*, and Q., 7th ser., X. 172. 
2. Used, like jack, attributively or in composi- 
tion with the name of an animal, a male : as, a 
tom-cat; hence, as a noun, a male; specifically, 
a male cat. 
Tom = " male " is commonly used In the neighbourhood 
of Llphook, Hampshire, when little animals or birds arc 
spoken of. The word frequently stands by itself, as lu the 
question " Is It only the tarns which sing ? " i. e. , only the 
male nightingales and cuckoos; bnt It also appears in nu- 
merous compounds. I have heard torn-rat, torn-rabbit, torn- 
mouse, to?n-nedgehog, torn-ferret, torn-weasel, tom-robio, 
/oin-thrush, twin-blackbird, tmn-pigeon, tmn-turkey. Tom- 
cock is rarely used in referring to the domestic fowl, but 
such words as tom-brahnta and torn-ban tain are quite com- 
mon. A sparrow, however, Is a Jack-sparrow, and a dog 
or larger animal Is, I believe, never a torn. 
X. and Q., 7th ser, VI. 109. 
Cata In each clime and latitude that dwell, 
Brown, sable, sandy, grey, and tortoiseshell, 
Of titles obsolete, or yet in use, 
Tom, Tybert, Roger, Rutterkln, or Puss. 
lluddfuford. Monody on Dick, an Academical Cat, Halmii 
[gundi, 1791. (Quoted In N. and Q., 7th ser., V. 350.) 
3t. The knave of trumps at gleek. 
Tom, the knave, is nine, and tldle, the four of trumps, 
is four : that is to aay, you are to have two apiece of the 
other two gamesters. Wil't Interpreter, p. 3B5. (A'nrra.) 
4. A close-stool. Halliicell. [Prov. Eng.] 5. 
A machine formerly used in gold-washing, first 
in the southern Atlantic States, and later in 
California, where, however, it was soon super- 
seded by the sluice. It is a trough set In an Inclined 
position, about 20 inches wide at the upper and 30 at the 
lower end, near which for a short distance the wooden bot- 
tom la replaced by one of perforated sheet-iron, the holes 
being about an inch in diameter. Through these holes 
the finer gravel and sand with the gold pass Into a some- 
what wider flat box with riffles, on which the precious 
metal is caught by the help of the current and the neces- 
sary amount of stirring with the shovel. The torn Is some- 
thing like the " rocker," except that it is longer, and has 
no rocking motion. Both are very rough and cheap ma- 
chinery; and most of the stuff originally worked by their 
aid has been washed over again, and sometimes a great 
number of times. Bottle Tom, the bottle-tit, a bird. 
Long torn, (a) \rnit.. a long gun as distinguished from 
a carronade; a large gun, especially when carried amid- 
ships on a swivel-carriage, etc., as distinguished from the 
smaller guns carried in broadside. (6) Same as def. ft. 
above, (r) A kind of large pitcher or water-can In use in 
England in the ear- 
ly part of the nine- 
teenth century. 
Old Tom. See old. 
Tom and Jerry, 
a hot, frothy, highly 
spiced drink, made 
of eggs, sugar, rum, 
cinnamon, cloves, 
allspice, etc. Tom 
Cox's traverse. 
See traverse. 
tom 2 t, A Mid- 
dle English form 
of toom. Alliter- 
ative Poems (ed. 
Morris), iii. 135. 
tomahawk 
(tom'a-hak), . 
[Formerly also 
(given as In- 
dian) tiimaliark 
(Smith), tamn- 
(Webster), 
ml:'i (Stra- 
tomato-gall 
1-ln-vi: ut' Ann-r. hid. origin: Alj/nnkin tomr- 
Inii/ini. Mnlicgan tiiiiiiinliii/ini. |)i-la\v;irr lamoi- 
hecan, a tomahawk : explained by Lacombe from 
the Oreo dialect otomiilialc, knwk him down. 
Htiiiniiliiriiir, lie i.n knocked down.] 1. The war- 
ax of the Indians of North America. The head 
was sometimes the horn of a deer put through a piece of 
wood In the form of a pickax, sometimes a long stone 
sharpened at lioth cn<K n*ed In the same way. Alter th<- 
Tomhk with SUM Hud. 
advent of white traders iron was brought into use for th>> 
heads. The tomahawk la also used as a hatchet. (Capl. 
John Smith.) The blunt side of the head Is sometimes 
formed Into a pipe-bowl whti-h communicates with a tu- 
bular hollow made in the handle, the whole serving as 
a tobacco-pipe. 
It was and is the custom of the Indians to go through 
the ceremony of burying the tomahau't when they made 
peace ; when they weut to war they dug it up again. 
Hence the phrases "to bury the trrmahawk " and " to dig 
up the tomahawk " are sometimes used by political speak- 
ers and writers with reference to the healing up of past 
disputes or the breaking out of new ones. Bartltll. 
Then smote the Indian tomaJwick 
On crashing door and shattering lock. 
Whittirr, Pentllcket 
2. In her., a bearing representing a hatchet of 
some fanciful form, supposed to be an Indian 
tomahawk. To bury the tomahawk. See the quota- 
tion from Bartlett, above. 
tomahawk (tom'a-hak), r. I. [< tomahairk, .] 
To strike, cut, or kill with a tomahawk. 
I have noticed, within eighteen months, the death of an 
aged person who was tomahawked by the Canadian savage* 
on their last Incursion to the banks of the Connecticut 
River. Everett, Orations, I. 386. 
tomalley, tomally (to-mal'i), n. [Appar. a var. 
of tourmalin, with ref. to the color.] The soft 
yellowish or greenish hepatic substance or so- 
called liver of the lobster. As used for food 
it is also called gaute. See greeii-yland (under 
aland) and hepatopancreas. 
tomalline (to-mal in), n. Same as tomalley. 
toman, tomaun (to-man', -man'), n. [Some- 
times also tomand; = It. tomano (Florio), < 
I 'i-rs. toman, a coin so called, < Mongol toman, 
ten thousand.] A current gold coin of Persia, 
worth 7*. 2Jrf. English (about $1.76). 
One of the Khan's followers assured me that his chief 
would lose at least three thousand tomang of his income 
were this brigandage suppressed. O'Donooan, Herv, xif. 
tomatat, . An obsolete form of tomato. Jeffer- 
son, Notes on Virginia (1787), p. 64. 
tomato (to-ma'to or to-ma'to), . ; pi. tomatoes 
(-toz). [Formerly also towiata,- = F. tomate.< 
8p. Pg. tomate, < Mex. tomatl, a tomato.] The 
fruit of a garden vegetable, Lycopersicum escn- 
l< nt a in, native in tropical South America, now 
widely cultivated for its esculent fruit in tem- 
perate as well as tropical lands ; also, the plant 
Itself. The stem Is ordinarily weak and reclining, much 
branched, becoming 4 feet long, bnt in a French variety 
the upright or tree tomato erect, and sustaining it - 
own fruit. The leaves are interruptedly pinnate, and stain 
green by contact. It has a small yellow flower, the parts 
of which are often multiplied in cultivation. The fruit is 
a berry, normally one- or two-celled and small ; under cul- 
ture, often many-celled and complicated In structure as If 
by the union of several fruits, Urge and of a depressed- 
glol>ose form. A simple pear-shaped form exist* ; and In 
one very distinct variety, L. eera*(farme, the cherry- or 
currant-tomato, the fruit is scarcely larger than a large 
currant, and is borne In long racemes. The color is com- 
monly some tint of red, sometimes yellow, In one variety 
nearly white. The torn ato-fruit is of a soft, pulpy texture 
and peculiar slightly acid flavor. It Is nutritious and 
wholesome, with laxative and antiscorbutic properties. 
The tomato was Introduced into Europe early in the six- 
teenth century ; but its esculent use in northern countries 
began much later. In the United States it was known only 
as a curiosity till about 1830. It is often called love-applr, 
a translation of the French pontme d'amour, which Is a cor- 
ruption of the former Italian name porno dei Mori, the 
plant having reached Italy through Morocco. From this 
name aphrodisiac properties have been ascribed to it. 
Cannibal's tomato, a Polynesian shrub, Solanum anthro. 
pophafrorum, with dark glossy foliage, and berries of the 
size, shape, and color of small tomatoea. The fruit Is some- 
times made Into a sauce, and the leaves are used as a vege- 
table, having been formerly considered a requisite of a 
cannibal f east Cherry- or currant-tomato. See def. 
Husk-tomato. Same as ttratfbernt-ttnnato. Straw- 
berry tomato. See ttrawbrrry -tomato. Tomato catch- 
up. Seecairhup.- Tomato-fruit worm, the larva of /Mi' - 
ot fit* armiiiera, a common and cosmopolitan noctnid moth. 
It feeds also upon cotton-bolls, the ears of Indian corn, 
and many other plants. See cut under Htliothit. To- 
mato hawk-moth, the tomato-sphinx. Tree-tomato. 
(a) See def. (6) See OpAonundni. 
tomato-gall (to-ma'to-gal), N. A gall made 
upon the twigs of the grape-vine in the United 
States by the gall-midge A*i/i/mi ritix: so 
