Webster's practical dictionary; a practical dictionary of the English language giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . s extent, limit, de-gree of ?comprehension ; also, effect, end, conse-q^uence; also, apposition; connection; antithesis: op-position; also, accord, adaptation; comparison; ad-dition ; union ; also, accompaniment. — To-day, to-night, to-morrow, are pec:iliar phrases derived fromour ancestors: to, in the 2 first, has the force of this, — this day, this night : in the last, it is equivalent toin o
Webster's practical dictionary; a practical dictionary of the English language giving the correct spelling, pronunciation and definitions of words based on the unabridged dictionary of Noah Webster .. . s extent, limit, de-gree of ?comprehension ; also, effect, end, conse-q^uence; also, apposition; connection; antithesis: op-position; also, accord, adaptation; comparison; ad-dition ; union ; also, accompaniment. — To-day, to-night, to-morrow, are pec:iliar phrases derived fromour ancestors: to, in the 2 first, has the force of this, — this day, this night : in the last, it is equivalent toin or on, — in or on the morrow. — To ana fro. Back-ward and forward. — To the face. In presence of;not in the absence of. — To ivit. To know; namely. — To is often used adverbially to modify the senseof verbs; as, to come to; to heave to. Toad, tod, n. A small batrachian reptile, of manyspecies, somewhat like a frog, but having a wartyand thick body, and avoiding the water except atthe breeding season: it is useful in gardens by feed-ing on noxious insects. — Toad-eater, n. A fawn-in^ parasite ; mean sycophant; a toady. —stone, n.(Min.) A variety of trap rock, of a brownish-gray. Toad-stool. color. A preciousstone formerlysupposed to becontained in thehead of a toad; bu-fonite.—stool, poisonous fun-gus of many spe-c i e s, some ofwhich resemblemushrooms. —Toady, -T, n. Atoad-eater: flat-terer ; sycophant.— V. t. [toadied (-id), TOADYING.] ?To fawn uponwith mean servili-ty or sycophancy. Toast, tost, V. t. To brown the surface of (a slice ofbread, cheese, etc.; by the heat of a fire ; to warmthoroughly.— n. Bread sliced, heated, and brownedby the fire, sometimes put into milk or melted but-ter, and, formerly, into liquor. Toast, tost, V. t. To name when a health isMrunk; todrink to the health of, or in honor of. —n. A ladyin honor of whom persons are invited to drink; thename of any person, esp. a person of distinction, inhonor of whom health is drun
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