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TOUBANG, a large and populous town on the north 
coast of the island of Java. It has an ancient mosque, and 
is 470 miles east from Batavia. 
To TOUCH, v. a. [ toucher , Fr., doubtless from the M. 
Goth, tekan, to touch.] To perceive by the sense of feeling. 
—Nothing but body can be touch'd or touch. Creech. — 
To handle slightly, without effort or violence.—In the middle 
of the bridge there is a draw-bridge made with such artifice, 
that the sentinel discovering any force approaching, may by 
only touching a certain iron with his foot, draw up the 
bridge. Brown. —To reach with anything, so as that there 
be no space between the thing reached and the thing brought 
to it. 
Him thus intent, Ithuriel with his spear 
Touch'd lightly. Milton. 
To come to; to attain. 
Their impious folly dar’d to prey 
On herds devoted to the god of day; 
The god vindictive doom’d them never more. 
Ah, men unbless’d! to touch their natal shore. Pope. 
To try as gold with a stone. 
When I have suit, 
Wherein I mean to touch your love indeed, 
It shall be full of poise and difficulty. 
And fearful to be granted. Shakspeare . 
To relate to. 
The quarrel toucheth none but us alone; 
Betwixt ourselves let us decide it then. Shakspeare. 
To meddle with; not totally to forbear. 
He so light was at legerdemain, 
That what he touch'd came not to light again. Spenser. 
To affect. 
What of sweet 
Hath touch'd my sense, flat seems to this. Milton. 
To move; to strike mentally ; to melt. 
The tender sire was touch'd with what he said, 
And flung the blaze of glories from his head, 
And bid the youth advance. Addison. 
To delineate or mark out. 
Nature affords at least a glimm’ring light: 
The lines, though touch'd but faintly, are drawn right. 
Pope. 
To censure; to animadvert upon. Not used. —Dr. Par¬ 
ker, in his sermon before them, touched them for their living 
so near, that they went near to touch him for his life. Hay¬ 
ward. —To infect; to seize slightly.—Pestilent diseases are 
bred in the summer; otherwise those touched are in most 
danger in the winter. Bacon. —To bite; to wear ; to have 
an effect on.—Its face must be very flat and smooth, and so 
hard, that a file will not touch it, as smiths say, when a file 
will not eat or rase it. Moxon. —To strike a musical in¬ 
strument.—They touch'd their golden harps, and praised. 
Milton. —To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly. 
No decree of mine. 
To touch with lighest moment of impulse 
His free will. Milton. 
To treat of perfunctorily.—This thy last reasoning words 
touch'd only. Milton. 
To Touch up. To repair, or improve by slight strokes, 
or little emendations.—What he saw was only her natural 
countenance touched up with the usual improvements of an 
aged coquette. Addison. 
To TOUCH, v. n. To be in a state of junction so that 
no space is between them; as, two spheres touch onlyjat 
points.—To fasten on ; to take effect on.—Strong waters 
pierce metals, and will touch upon gold that will not touch 
upon silver. Bacon. 
To Touch at. To come to without stay.—Civil law and 
history are studies which a gentleman should not barely 
touch at, but constantly dwell upon. Locke. 
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To Touch on. To mention slightly.—The shewing by 
what steps knowledge comes into our minds, it may suffice 
to have only touched on. Locke. 
To Touch on or upon. To go for a very short time. 
Which monsters, lest the Trojan’s pious host 
Should bear, or touch upon th’ inchanted coast. 
Propitious Neptune steer’d their course by night. Dry den. 
To Touch on or upon. To light upon in mental in¬ 
quiries.—-It is impossible to make observations in art or 
science which have not been touched upon by others. Ad¬ 
dison. 
TOUCH, s. Reach of any thing so that there is no 
space between the things reaching and reached. 
No falsehood can endure 
Touch of celestial temper, but returns 
Of force to its own likeness. Milton . 
The sense of feeling. 
O dear son Edgar, 
Might I but live to see thee in my touch. 
I’d say, I had eyes again. Shakspeare. 
The fifth sense is touch, a sense over the whole body. 
Locke. —The act of touching. 
With one virtuous touch 
The archchemic sun produces precious things. Milton. 
State of being touched. 
The time was once when thou unurg’d wou’dst vow. 
That never touch was welcome to thy hand. 
Unless I touch’d. ' Shakspeare. 
Examination, as by a stone. Dr. Johnson. —A common 
kind of black marble, frequently made use of in ornaments, 
was formerly called touch. From its solidity and firmness 
it was also used as the test of gold; and from this use of it 
the name itself was taken. It seems to be the same with 
that anciently called basalt. Rev. Mr. Whalley’s note on 
the following passage in B. Jonson’s Forest, II. “ Show of 
touch or marble.”—So Fuller. Worth, in Yorksh. “ Vulgar 
eyes confound black marble, polished to the height, with 
touch, geat (jet), and ebony.” Hence perhaps the phrase, 
as true as touch. “ She—though true as touch, though 
daughter of a king,” &c. Spenser. —See Touchstone. 
To-morrow, good Sir Michael, is a day 
Wherein the fortune of ten thousand men 
Must bide the touch. Shakspeare. 
Test; that by which any thing is examined.—The law¬ 
makers rather respected their own benefit than equity, the 
true touch of all laws. Carew. —Proof; tried qualities. 
Come, my sweet wife, my dearest mother, and 
My friends of noble touch ! when I am forth. 
Bid me farewell and smile. Shakspeare. 
[Touche, Fr.] Single act of a pencil upon the picture. 
Artificial strife 
Lives in those touches, livelier than life. Shakspeare. 
Feature; lineament. 
Thus, Rosalind, of many parts 
By heav’nly synod was devis’d ; 
Of many faces, eyes and hearts. 
To have the touches dearest priz’d. Shakspeare. 
Act of the hand upon a musical instrument. 
Here let the sounds of music 
Creep in our ears; soft stillness and the night 
Become the touches of sweet harmony. Shakspeare. 
Power of exciting the affections. 
Not alone 
The death of Fulvia, with more urgent touches. 
Do strongly speak to us. Shakspeare. 
Something of passion or affection. 
He loves us not: 
He wants the natural touch. Shakspeare, 
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