toy 
Cast nut tli) in' eyes ti> nc yet fro, 
AH thou wertf full "f toi/t-x. 
Hubert Bm>k(V.. .. T. S.), p. go. 
'I'n. HUH ! ni'Vi-r been i-oiirlicr, my lunl 1 .' 
V<>. Nrvrr, my l;nlv. 
/.'.. \iid why iliil tin- inn t:iln- liiin in tli' lii-ad now'; 
1'li'lf'iH'i/i. l;ils-<y II AllllN.is, i. I. 
7. Same as tiii/-iiiiili-li. [Now Seoteh. ] 
(In my head nofoj/ 
But was IHT pattcTii. 
Mriehrrdind ani:tlii-r\ Two Noble Klnimen, I. :t. 
8. In uni.iii; iii old English writers, a dance-tum- 
or other litfht, trilling piece. 9. A toy dog. 
In tin- '/'",'/< i-qiiiil Mist wi'iit to the well-known Wee 
KIciwiT nncl a very good Hlack -ami -tan called Little Jem. 
Tlu- /.,/,/ 1 1,.,,,,!.,!,), .Inn. 28, 1882. (Kncye. Diet.) 
Philosophical toy, any device or contrivance, of no prac- 
tiral use, which M'rves U. illustrate some fact or principle 
in natural science In an attractive or entertaining aa well 
as instructive manner, as a contrivance for producing the 
i-il. -rtn of so-called natural magic. The Ixittle imp la a 
good f\atii]il>-. SIT nits under Cartesian and phenakix- 
buciipr. Steel toys. See steel. lo take toyt, to he- 
come restive; start. 
The hot horse, hot us tire, 
Took toij at this, and fell to what disorder 
His power could give his will, bounds, comes on end. 
Fletcher (and another), Two Noble Kinsmen, v. 4. 
Toy dog, any dog bred to an unusually small or pygmy 
size and Kept as a net or plaything ; a toy. Spaniels and 
terriers are so bred in some strains, and there are various 
mongrel toys. Toy spaniel. See spaniel, 1. Toy ter- 
rier, a terrier bred to small or pygmy size and kept as a 
plaything. Such terriers are usually of the black-and-tan 
variety, and some of them are among the smallest dogs 
known. 
In-breeding is certain, If carried too far, to stunt the 
growth of any animal, nnd this Is, without any doubt, the 
means by which the modem ton-terrier was flrst origi- 
nated. 1'. .S'Anic, Book of the Dog, xxll. 
toy (toi), v. [< toy, n."] I. intrioix. 1. To trifle; 
amuse one's self; play. 
Some plaid with strawes ; some ydly salt at ease ; 
Hut other some could not abide to '"/. 
Speruer, F. Q., II. U. 36. 
Pale dreamers, whose fantastic lay 
Toyt with smooth trifles like a child at play. 
0. W. Uolmet, Poetry. 
2. To dally amorously. 
Aft on the banks we'd sit us thalr, 
And sweetly kiss and '"//. 
Oilderny (Child's Ballads, VI. 199). 
A i"i faineant who chewed bang, and '"/' with dancing 
girls. Macaulatt, Warren Hastings. 
To tick and toyt. SeeKdri. 
Il.t trans. To treat in playful fashion; play 
with. 
They must have oyle, candles, wine and water, flowre, 
and such other things trifled and toyed withal. 
It, ,i,ri. Expos, on Heb. ill. 
toy-block (toi'blok), H. One of a set of small 
blocks, usually of wood or papier-mache, vari- 
ously shaped, and plain, lettered, or pictured, 
forming a plaything for children, 
toy-box (toi'boks), w. A box for holding toys; 
a box of toys. Carlyle, Sartor Resartus, ii. 6. 
to-year (t<J-yer'), adr. [< ME. tuyere; orig. 
two words : see to 1 and year. Cf. to-day.] In 
this year; during the year: often pronounced 
t' i/i'itr. Grose. [Prov. Eng.] 
Yive hem Joye that hit here 
Of alle that they dretne to-yere. 
Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 84. 
toyer (toi'er), ii. [< toy + -eri.] One who 
toys ; one who is full of idle tricks. 
Wanton Cupid, idle layer, 
Pleasing tyrant, soft destroyer. 
W. Harrison, Passion of Sappho (Nichols's Collection), 
[IV. 183. 
toyful (toi'ful), a. [< toy + -//.] Full of idle 
sport; playful. 
It quickened next a toySul ape, and so 
Gamesome it was, that it might freely go 
From tent to tent, and with the children play. 
Dunne, Progress of the Soul, st. 46. 
toyingly (toi'ing-li),arfi - . Triflingly: wantonly. 
Ii<iil,-il, 1731. 
toyish (toi'ish), n. [< toy + -i*l.] If. Fit 
only for a plaything ; trifling; fantastic; whim- 
sieal. 
Capricciare, to growe or be humorous, taish, or fantasti- 
cal. Florio, 1598. 
Adieu, ye toyinh reeds, that once could please 
My softer lips, and lull my cares to ease. 
Pomfret, Dies Novtssima. 
The contention Is trifling and toyish. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 320. 
2. Toy-like; small: as, a toyixh church, 
toyishly (toi'ish-li), arfc. In a toyish or trifling 
manner, 
toyishnesst (toi'ish-nes), w. Inclination to toy 
or trifle. 
Your society will discredit that toyishneis of wanton 
fancy that plays tricks with words, and frollcks with the 
raprices of frothy imagination. Glanville, Seep. Sci. 
II I O'.i 
toylt, toylet, V, mi'l ". Old spelling* of ti'il. 
toyman (toi'maii), ": pi. /<"/""" i-mcm. 'MH 
who makes or sells toys. 
I'.ut what in oddnr.-w can !" motr -uhhnu 
Than Hloane, the foremost toyman of his time 
}'ntiii;i. Love of Fame, iv. n.;. 
toy-mutch (toi'mudi), . A close linen or 
woolen cap, without lace, frill, or border, and 
with flaps covering the neck and part of the 
shoulders, worn chiefly bv old women. Also 
tug. [Scotch.] 
Tpynbee's experiment. The exhaustion of air 
from the middle ear by swallowing when both 
the mouth and nostrils are closed, 
toyo (toi'6), H. [S. Ainer.] A fragrant plant 
of British Guiana, an infusion and syrup of t In- 
leaves and stems of which are employed as a 
ivincdy in chronic coughs. Trens. nf 'l'."i. 
toyon (toi'on), . The California!! holly, Heteru- 
nirlcx arbutifolia. Also toll'nt. 
toyoust (toi'tis), a. [< toy + -OK*.] Trifling. 
Against the hare In all 
Prove layout. 
Warner, Albion's I'.ngland, v. 27. 
toy-shop (toi'shop), . If. A shop where trin- 
kets and fancy articles were sold. 
All the place about me was covered with packs of rib- 
bon, brocades, embroidery, and ten thousand other mate- 
rials, sufficient to have furnished a whole street of toy- 
thopt. Additon, Spectator, No. 490. 
We stopped again at Wirman's, the well-known toythoj* 
In St. James's Place. ... He sent for me to coioe out of 
the coach, and help him to choose a pair of silver buckles. 
Bonrell, Johnson, an. 1778. 
2. A shop where toys or playthings are sold, 
toysome (toi'sum), . [< toy + -some.] Play- 
ful ; playfully affectionate ; amorous. 
Two or three toysome things were said by my lord (no 
ape was ever so fond '>, and I could hardly forbear him. 
Richardton, Sir Charles tirandlson, III. Ixxl. 
toywort (toi'wert), n. The shepherd's-purse, 
Ctipsellu Bursa-pastoris. [Prov. Eng.] 
toze, tozer, etc. See tose, etc. 
T-panel (te'pan'el), n. See panel. 
T-plate (te'plat), n. I. An iron plate in cross- 
section like the letter T. Also 
called T-iron. 2. In vehicles 
and other structures, a wronght- 
iron sta. 
for rein 
one piece is joined to another 
by a mortise and tenon. It is 
shaped like the letter T, and has one or more 
screw- or bolt-holes on each arm. 
tr. An abbreviation: (n) of transitire; (b) of 
translation, translated, translator; (<) of trans- 
nose; (d) of transfer; (e) of trill. 
Tr. In chem., the symbol for terbium. 
tra-. See trans-. 
traast, A Middle English form of trace 1 . 
trabal (trab'al), a. [< L. trabalis, belonging 
to beams, < trabs, a beam : see trare.] Of or 
pertaining to a trabs; specifically, of or per- 
taining to the trabs cerebri, or corpus callosum ; 
callosal. Buck's Handbook of jfed. Science*, 
VIII. 517. 
trabea (tra'be-a), H.; pi. trabeie (-e). [L.] A 
robe of state worn by kings, consuls, augurs, 
etc., in ancient Home. It was a toga orna- 
mented with horizontal purple stripes. See 
toga. 
Plucking purples in Goito's moss, 
Like edges of a trabea (not to cross 
Your consul-humor), or dry aloe-shafts, 
For fasces, at Kerrara. Bnncniiuj, Sordello, v. 
trabeate (tra'be-at), a. [Irreg. < L. trabs, a 
beam, a timber,' + -ate 1 .] Same as trabeated. 
C. H. Moore, Gothic Architecture, p. 6. 
trabeated (tra'be-a-ted), a. [< trabeate + -erf 2 .] 
In arch., furnished with an entablature; of or 
pertaining to a construction of beams, or lintel- 
construction. 
trabeation (tra-be-a'shon), n. [< trabeate + 
-ION.] In arch., an entablature; a combina- 
tion of beams in a structure; lintel-construc- 
tion in principle or execution. 
trabecula (tra-bek'u-la), H.; pi. trabecute (-le). 
[NL., < L. trabecula. dim. of trabs, a beam: 
see irate.] 1. In bot., one of the projec- 
tions from the cell-wall which extend like a 
cross-beam or cross-bar nearly or quite across 
the cell-cavity of the ducts of certain plants, or 
the plate of cells across the cavity of the spo- 
rangium of a moss. 2. pi. In aitat., the fibrous 
cords, layers, or processes of connective tis- 
sue which ramify in the substance of various 
soft organs, as the spleen, kidney, or testicle, 
conferring upon them greater strength, sta- 
bility, or consistency. 8. In embryol., one of 
ec.Jf.B9 
stay or strengthening piece 
einforcing^ woodwork where (ij 
T-plate. a. 
trace 
a pair of longitudinal cjirtilaginoiis liars. ;ii 
the liase of the skull, in inlviinee of the end of 
tin- iiotoehoi'il and of the pnnH-honlal eai'ti- 
bge.laelactagtbe pitmtarx spun- whirli after 
:inl I .MM, lues the s.-lla Ilireiea; ill the hUmH 
elilliryo.one i .ft he lali'l'iil ll'aliei-llle'- "I K:il like. 
They are constant In embryos of a large neii' - of \> n. 
brate*, and pcralitrnt In adults of some. More fully called 
trabeevllf crunii Sir ntn timl' i <l<"i><lr'-raniuin and 
Cntalut. 
4. One of th'- i-ali'areous plates or piccex whieh 
eoniieel t lie dorsal and ventral walls (,f the eo- 
ronain eehinodenns. 5. One of the fleshy col- 
umns, or column* carneie, in the vent ride of tin- 
lieart, to wliic-li the chorda' teinlineu> are at - 
tai'hcd : more fully called train i-nln i-iirm-ii. 6. 
In eiitom., one of the pair of movable appen- 
dages on the head, just in front of the antennti 1 , 
of some mallophagotis inserts, or bird-lice, as 
those of tin' genus /A'/</ioi'*. Tliey have been 
supposed to represent the rudimeutti of a sec- 
ond pair of antenna?. Also trabecnltts. Rathke'i 
trabecula. See def. 3. -Trabecula carnea. Seedef. 
5. ^abecula cerebri, the corpus callosnm. or trabs 
cerebri. Trabecula cinerea, the middle, soft, or gray 
commissure of the cerebrum. TrabeculsB cranii. See 
def. .(. TrabeculJB of the spleen, connective-tissue 
lamina' passing inward from the tunica proprla, travers- 
ing in all directions the splenic pulp, and supporting It. 
Trabecula tenuis, a name provisionally applied to a 
slender and nppnrently nbrous filament which, In the heart 
of the cat spans the right ventricle near Its apex, with Its 
septal enu springing from an independent little elevation, 
and Its lateral end attached to the base of a columns 
carnea. Wilder and Gage, Anat. Tech., p. 330. 
trabecular (tra-bek'u-liir), a. [< trabeenle + 
-ar 3 .] Of or pertaining to a trabecula; form- 
ing or formed by trabecute ; trabeculate. 
trabecularism (tra-bek'u-lSr-izm), ti. [< tra- 
becular + -ism.) "In anat." a coarse reticula- 
tion, or cross-barred condition, of any tissue. 
trabeculate (tra-bek'u-lat), a. [< trabeeula + 
-ate 1 .] 1. Having a trabecula or trabeculse. 
2. In eieil enyin., having a structure of cross- 
bars or struts strengthening a shell or tube by- 
connecting opposite sides of its interior; also, 
noting such a structure. 
trabeculated (tra-bek'u-la-ted), a. [< traber- 
ulate + -erf 2 .] Same as trabeculate. 
trabecule (trab'e-kul), n. [< L. trabecuta, dim. 
of trabs, a beam: see trabecula.] Same as tra- 
becula. 
trabeculus (tra-bek'u-lus), n. ; pi. trabeetili 
(-15). [NL., dim. of L. trabs, abeam : see trare.} 
In entoni., same as trabecula. 
trabs cerebri (trabz ser'e-bri). [NL. : L. 
trabs, a beam ; cereliri, gen. of cerebrum, the 
brain.] The corpus callosum. Also trabecuhi 
cervbri. 
trace 1 (tras), v.; pret. and pp. traced, ppr. tra- 
cing. [<ME. tracen, <OF. tracer, trasser, deline- 
ate, score, trace, also follow, pursue, F. tracer, 
trace, = 8p. tra:ar = Pg. traqar, plan, sketch, 
= It. tracciare, trace, devise, < ML. "tractiare. 
delineate, score, trace, freq. of L. trahere, pp. 
tractus, draw: see tract 1 .] I. trans. 1. To 
draw; delineate; mark out, as on a map, chart, 
or plan ; map out ; design ; sketch. 
The Sea-works and Itcoms were traced out by Marquis 
spinola. HouvU, Letters, I. T. ft. 
We firmly believe that no British government has ever 
deviated from that line of Internal policy which he (Lord 
Holland] has traced, without detriment to the public. 
.Viii-ti In Ii, Lord Holland. 
2. To write, especially by a careful or labori- 
ous formation of the letters; form in writing. 
Every letter I trace tells me with what rapidity Life fol- 
lows my pen. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, Ix. 8. 
The signature of another plainly appeared to have been 
tnifi-il by a hand shaking with emotion. 
Maeaulay, Hist. Eng., ilv. 
Specifically 3. To copy, as a drawing or en- 
graving, by following the lines and marking 
them on a superimposed sheet, through which 
they appear. 
There Is an Inscription round the Inside of the [bronte) 
vase, which was fni<r</ of, as it ls engraved on it. and 
shews exactly the circumference of the vase. 
PocacJre, Description of the East, II. II. 07. 
4. To cover with traced lines, as with writing 
or tracery. [Rare.] 
The deep-set windows, stain'd and traced, 
Would seem slow-flaming crimson fires 
From shadow'd grots of arches Interlaced. 
Tennyton, Palace of Art. 
And he holds a palm-leaf scroll In his hands. 
Traced with the Prophet's wise commands. 
Whittier, The Palm-Tree. 
5. To follow the track, trail, or path of; pur- 
sue : a general term, the verbs track and trail 
being more specific, as in hunting. 
