Tooth-ornament. 
Lincoln Cathedral, 
I- 11.; 1. 1 r. 1 1. 
tooth-net 
tooth-net (toth'net), . A large fishing-net 
anchored. [Scotch.] 
tooth-Ornament (tolh'or mi-ment), . In mi 
ilii'i-itt urcA., a molding of the Somaiiesqna a&d 
Karly Pointed styles, espccial- 
Iv frequent in Normnncly and 
in KiiL'hinil. It cnnsistsof aBqnarc 
fnur-lr;ivr<l llnwrr, the center of which 
project* In ;i piiint. It is nenerally In- 
sc-rteil in ii Imllow molding, with the 
tlowi-rs in i-lu(! contact with one mi- 
other, though they arc not unfrequent- 
ly placed a short distance apart, :unl in 
rich suits of molding!* are of ton n JH at 
ed several times. ' 'niii]i;iiv ilmf-iimlti, 
and nnil-linnli'il innliiini/ (under uail- 
headed). 
tooth-paste (t8th'p4*t), . A 
ilentitrice in the form of paste, 
toothpick (tiitli'pik), n. and a. 
[< tooth + yV/,-'. Cf. /!/>/- 
tooth.] I. w. 1. An implement, 
as a sharpened quill or a small 
pointed piece of wood, for 
cleaning the teeth of sub- 
stances lodged between them. 
In the seventeenth century twithpicks were often of pre- 
cious material, as gold ; and gold and silver toothpicks 
are toilet articles still sometimes used. 
I have all that 's requisite 
To the making up of a signior: my spruce ruff, 
My hooded cloak, long stocking, and paned hose, 
My case of toothpicktt, and my silver fork 
To convey an olive neatly to ray mouth. 
IHa&riiiger, Great Duke of Florence, ill. 
2. A bowie-knife. [Slang, U. S.] 
Things supposed to be required by " honor " will coarsen 
as they descend among the vulgar; . . . the duel will de- 
velop into a street or bar-room tight, with "Arkansas tooth- 
picks " as the weapons. The Sation, Dec. 7, 1882, p. 485. 
3. An umbelliferous plant, Ammi Visnaga, of 
the Mediterranean region : so named from the 
use made of the rays of the main umbel, which 
harden after flowering. Also called toothpick 
bishop's-weed, and Spanish toothpick. 
II. n. Shaped like a toothpick: specifically 
noting boots and shoes having narrow, pointed 
toes. [Slang.] 
toothpicker (toth'pik'er) M. [< tooth + picker.] 
1. One who or that which picks teeth. 
They write of a bird that Is the crocodile's toothpicker, 
and feeds on the fragments left in his teeth whiles the ser- 
pent lies a-sunning. /.'"'. T. Adams, Works, 1.83. 
2. That with which the teeth are picked; a 
toothpick. [Rare.] 
Go to your chamber, and make cleane your teeth with 
your toofA-pi'c*er, which should be either of itiorie, silver, 
or gold. Babets Book (E. E. T. 8.), p. 252. 
tooth-plugger (toth'plug'er), . A dental in- 
strument for filling teeth. See plugger. 
tooth-powder (toth'pou*der), n. A powder 
used in cleaning the teeth. 
tooth-pulp (toth'pulp), n. Connective and 
other soft tissue filling the pulp-cavity of a 
tooth. It is in part nervous, and is very sensi- 
tive when exposed to the air through caries of 
the dentin. 
tooth-raket (tiith'rfik), . A toothpick. 
Dentiscalpiuin, 
tooth-rake. 
Curedent. A tooth-scraper, or 
Nomendator. (Nares.) 
tooth-rash (toth'rash), n. A cutaneous erup- 
tion sometimes occurring during the process of 
dentition : same as strophulus, 
tooth-ribbon (toth'rib'qn), n. The lingual rib- 
bon, or radula, of a mollusk. See odontophorc, 
and cuts under radnla and ribhon. P. P. Car- 
penter. 
tooth-sac (toth'sak), n. Connec- 
tive tissue in the fetus contain- 
ing the germ of the teeth. 
tooth-Saw (tOth'sa), n. In tlnilix- 
tri/, a fine frame-saw for sawing 
off a natural tooth in order to set 
an artificial pivot-tooth, for saw- 
ing between teeth which are 
overcrowded, etc. 
tooth-scrapert (toth'skra'per), . 
A toothpick. See the quotation 
under tootli-rnke. 
tooth-shell (toth'shel), n. Any 
member of the genus Dentdliiiiii. 
family Diiitnliiilie, order Soli'im- 
i-iinrliir. or class SoapAopodd. The 
shells are symmetrical, tubular, conical, 
and generally rnrvi-tl. Set- thd U-dniH-:ii 
terms. Also called toothfd shell. False 
tooth-shells, the Ctecidx. 
tOOth-SOapt (toth'soji), . Soap 
for cleaning the teeth. Tn/wll. 
Beasts, 1607. (lliilliirt'll.'i 
toothsome (toth'sum), . [< tooth + -xi i mi . 1 
Palatable; pleasing to the taste: relishing. 
Tooth-shell 
(f-ntalis strM 
6383 
Though leas toothsome to me, they were more wholesome 
("run-. T, (Imp. Diet) 
tOOthsomely (totli'smn-li). mlr. In n toothsome 
manner. 
toothsomeness (tSth'sum-iiM), . The state 
or character of lieiiiR toothsome : plejisniitiies- 
to the taste. 
toothstickt itdth'stik), n. A toothpick. 
In a manuscript volume of the private account* of 
Francis Sit well, of Renlsnaw, from August 20, 1728, to 
.March ', 1748, the following entries occur: 1729, Sept. 6. 
" IHslmrsed at London [among many other Items) a silver 
',..//,- >/i<* Sd " . . . X. and <)., 7th ser., VII. 30. 
tooth-violet (toth'vi'o-let), n. Same an r<>'- 
irni't, 1. 
tooth-winged (tOth'wingd), a. Having, as cer- 
tain butterflies, the outer margin of the wings 
dentate or notched: opposed to xmi/iii -Hinged: 
applied to some of the .\'i/m/ili<ili:/a', as mem- 
bers of the genera (Irapta and Vanessa. 
toothwort (toth'wert), . [< tooth + worfl.] 
1. A plant, Latltrtea squamaria, so named from 
the tooth-like scales on the rootstock and the 
base of the stem, or according to some from 
the capsules, which when half-ripe strongly 
simulate bumau teeth. Also called clown's lung- 
wort, 2. A plant of the genus Dentaria: same 
&s coralwort, I. 3. See Plumbago, 2. 4. The 
shepherd's-pnrse, Cupsella Bitrsnpaxtorix : an 
old use. 
tooth-wound (MJth ' w8nd), n. A wound in- 
flicted by the tooth of an animal. It generally 
belongs to the class of punctured wounds, and is prone to 
. become seriously inflamed, even when the animal Inflict- 
ing it is not venomous. 
toothy (tO'thi), a. [< tooth + -.y 1 .] 1. Hav- 
ing teeth ; full of teeth. [Rare.] 
Let the green hops lie lightly ; next expand 
The smoothest surface with the toothy rake. 
Smart, Hop-Gardeu, ii. 
2. Toothsome. [Colloq.] 
A certain relaxation subsequently occurs, during which 
meat or game which Is at first tough becomes more ten- 
der and toothy. Alien, and Pfeurol., X. 451). 
3. Biting; carping; crabbed; peevish. [Prov. 
Eng. and Scotch.] 
Toothy critics by the score, 
In bloody raw [row]. Buna, To W. Creech. 
tooting-hillt (to'ting-hil), it. [< ME. totyng- 
hylte, tytynge-Mlc ; < tooting, verbal n. of toot 1 , 
r., + hilll.] Same as foothill. Prompt. Parr.. 
p. 497. 
tooting-holet (to'ting-hol), n. K ME. totyng- 
hole ; < tooting, verbal n. of toot', .. + hole!.] 
A spy-hole. 
They within the citee perceived well this totyng-hole, 
and laled pece of ordynaunce directly against the wyn- 
dowe. Hall, Hen. VI., an. 0. 
tOOting-placet (to'ting-plas), n. [ME. totyng- 
placf; < tooting, verbal n. of toot 1 , r., + place.'} 
A watch-tower. 
Toting place. Wydif, Isa. xxL 6. 
tootle (to'tl), v. i. ; pret. and pp. tootled, ppr. 
tootling. [Freq. or dim. of toot?.] To toot 
gently or repeatedly ; especially, to produce a 
succession of weak modulated sounds upon a 
flute. 
Two Fidlers scraping Lilla burlero, my Lord Mayor's De- 
light, upon a Couple of Crack'd Crowds, and an old 011- 
verlan trooper twitting upon a Trumpet. 
Quoted in Athton'i Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, 
[I. 86. 
We are all for tootling on the sentimental flute In litera- 
ture. K. L. Stecenmn, Inland Voyage, p. 14. 
too-too (to'to), tide, and a. See phrase under 
too 1 . 
toot-plant (tot'plant), n. [< toot (< Maori tittu) 
+ plant 1 .'} A large shrub, of New Zealaud, 
Coriaria sarmentosa (if not the same as C. rtts- 
rifolia), having long four-angled branches, 
large leaves, and gracefully drooping panicles. 
The plant is poisonous and destructive to cattle not. 
however, it is said, to goats. The property appears to be 
that of an irritant narcotic. The berry-like fruit without 
the seeds Is edible. Also irinrbcrry. 
toot-poison (tot'poi'zn), . The poison of the 
toot-plant. 
too-whoo, it. and v. See tu-whoo. 
toozle (to'zl), r. t. A dialectal variant of tousle. 
toozoo (to-z8'), [Imitative.] The cushat 
or ring-dove, Coltimbapalumbus. [Prov. Eng.] 
top 1 (top), n. and a. [Early mod. E. also toppe ; 
Sc. tap ; < ME. top, toppe, < AS. top, a tuft or ball 
at the point or top of anything, = OFries. top 
= 1). top, end, point, summit, = MLG. top, LG. 
tulip = OHG. MHG. zopf, end, point, tuft of 
hair, pigtail, top of a tree, G. :opf, top, = Icel. 
tii/i/ii-. tuft, lock of hair, crest, top, = Sw. '<>;'/' 
a summit, = Dan. top, tuft, crest, top; appar. 
orig. 'a projecting end or point' (cf. tap 1 ). 
top 
Henrp, from Tout., OF. tope, dim. touprt, F. tmi- 
/nt, tuft "f luiir, crest, ton, knob. = Sp. fnjir = 
It. toppe, md. *'f. ///)'.] I. . 1. Atuft orcn-t 
mi the apex or summit of anything, as a helmet, 
tho head, etc.; hence, the hair of the head; es- 
pecially, the foreloi-k. 
His top wait dnkked lyk a prcent bcforn. 
rii-n. I'rul. tnC. T., I. 600. 
Let ' take the Instant by the forward top. 
Shalt., All's Wi-ll, v. :i. :KI. 
2. Any bunch of hair, fibers, or filaments ; spe- 
cifically, in inioli ii-niiiiiiil'.. ;t liuiidleof long-sta- 
ple combed wool-slivers, ready for the spinner. 
and weighing H pounds. 
A tiipnt of flax, de lln le toup. 
AW. Antig. (ed. Halliwcll and WrightJ, II. 78. 
This long flhre, . . . which is railed the top In I In- 
worrtti-il m;innfitrtnre. 
W. C. Bramwttt, Wool-Carding, p. 27. 
3. The crown of the head, or the upper surface 
of the head back of the forehead ; the vertex 
or sinciput. 
Thou take hym by the toppr and I by the tayli- ; 
A sorowfull songe in faith he shall singe. 
Chester Playi, II. 176. (HaUiuM.) 
All the starred vengeance of heaven fall 
Onheringratefultop.' Shak., Lear, 11. 4. 165. 
4. The highest or uppermost part of anything ; 
the most elevated end or point; the summit; 
the apex. 
Pieres the Plowman al the place me shewed, 
And bad me toten on the tree on toppe and on rote. 
Piers Plowman (B), rvL 22. 
Their statues are very falrely erected in Alabaster vppon 
the toppe of the monument. Coryal, Crudities, I. 62. 
And long the way appears, . . . 
And high the mountain-top*, In cloudy air, 
The mountain-'")!* where Is the throne of Truth. 
M. Arnold, Thyrsln. 
Specifically (a) The head or upper part of a plant, es- 
pecially the above-ground part of plants yielding root- 
crops: as, potato-top*, turnip-top*; In phar., the newer 
growing parts of a plant. 
If the buds are made our food, they are called heads, or 
topt: so cabbage heads, heads of asparagus and artichoke. 
IFatt*, Logic, I. vL | 3. 
The fruiU and top of juniper are the only officinal parts. 
IT. S. Dispensatory, 14th ed., p. 827. 
(ft) The upper part of a shoe. Compare def. 13 and top-lxxit. 
He has tops to his shoes up to his mid leg. 
Farquhar, Beaux' Stratagem, Hi. 1. 
(c) The upper end or source ; head waters, as of a river. 
[Rare.) 
The third navigable river is called Toppahanock. . . . 
At the top of It Inhabit the people called Mannahoackn 
amongst the mountaines. 
Copt. John Smith, Works, I. 117. 
(d) The upper side : the surface. 
Such trees as spread their roots near the top of the 
ground. Bacon. 
(<> pi. The collection of a few copies of each sheet of a 
printed book placed on the top of a pile of such printed 
sheets. 
5. That which is first or foremost, (a) The begin- 
ning : noting time. [Rare.] 
In thende of Octob'r, or In the toppe 
Of Novemb'r in the lande Is hem to stoppe. 
Pattadius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. .\ p. 00. 
(ft) That which comes first in the natural or the accepted 
order ; the flrst or upper part ; the head : as, the top nf 
page ; the top of a column of figures. 
Cade. What Is thy name? 
Clerk. Emmanuel. 
Dick. They use to write It on the top of letters. 
Shak., 2 Hen. VI., Iv. 2. 107. 
Ralph left her at the fop of Regent Street, and turned 
down a by-thoroughfare. Dickcwt, Nicholas Nlckleby, x. 
(c) The most advanced or prominent part; the highest 
part, place, rank, grade, or the like. 
Take a boy from the top of a grammar school, and one 
of the same age, bred ... in his father's family, . . . and 
. . . see which of the two will have the more manly car- 
riage. Locke, Education, | 70. 
Home was head ; his brilliant composition and thorough 
knowledge of the books brought him to the fop. 
l-'iimir. Julian Home, xlx. 
6. The crowning-point. [Rare.] 
He was upon the fop of his marriage with Magdaleine 
the French King's daughter. 
KnoUe*, Hist of the Turks. (Latham.) 
7. The highest point or degree; pinnacle; ze- 
nith ; climax. 
What valiant foemen, like to autumn's corn, 
Have we mow'd down in fop* of all their pride ! 
SAo*.,3Hen VI., v. T. 4. 
Thus by that Noise without, and this within, 
she summon 'd was unto the top of fear. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, Ir. 818. 
And when my hope was at the top, I still was wont mis- 
taken, O. Burnt, My Father was a Karmer. 
8. The highest example, type, or representa- 
tive ; chief; crown ; consummation ; acme. 
Godliness being the chiefest fop and well-spring of all 
true virtue*, even as find Is of all good things. 
Honker. Eccles. Polity, v. 1. 
