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Tonsorial

Of or pertaining to a barber, or shaving.

Tonsure

The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of the head; also, the state of being shorn.

Tonsured

Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald.

Tontine

An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan raised on life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of each, at his death, is enjoyed by the survivors, until at last the whole goes to the last survivor, or to the last two or three, according to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as, tontine insurance.

Tonus

Tonicity, or tone; as, muscular tonus.

Tool

To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.

Tool-rest

the part that supports a tool-post or a tool.

Toon

The reddish brown wood of an East Indian tree (Cedrela Toona) closely resembling the Spanish cedar; also. the tree itself.

Toot

To cause to sound, as a horn, the note being modified at the beginning and end as if by pronouncing the letter t; to blow; to sound.

Tooter

One who toots; one who plays upon a pipe or horn.

Tooth

To furnish with teeth.

Toothache

Pain in a tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia.

Toothbill

A peculiar fruit-eating ground pigeon (Didunculus strigiostris) native of the Samoan Islands, and noted for its resemblance, in several characteristics, to the extinct dodo. Its beak is stout and strongly hooked, and the mandible has two or three strong teeth toward the end. Its color is chocolate red. Called also toothbilled pigeon, and manu-mea.

Toothdrawer

One whose business it is to extract teeth with instruments; a dentist.

Toothed

Having teeth; furnished with teeth.

Toothing

The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth.

Toothlet

A little tooth, or like projection.

Toothleted

Having a toothlet or toothlets; as, a toothleted leaf.

Toothpick

A pointed instrument for clearing the teeth of substances lodged between them.

Toothshell

Any species of Dentalium and allied genera having a tooth-shaped shell. See Dentalium.

Toothwort

A plant whose roots are fancied to resemble teeth, as certain plants of the genus Lathraea, and various species of Dentaria. See Coralwort.

Tootle

To toot gently, repeatedly, or continuously, on a wind instrument, as a flute; also, to make a similar noise by any means.

Top

To cover on the top; to tip; to cap; -- chiefly used in the past participle.

Top billing

the most prominent place in an advertisement or program for a theatrical performance, movie, fundraising affair, etc.; the place where the star's name usually is located.

Top secret

containing information whose disclosure could result in grave danger to the national security; -- the highest of the three commonly known levels of national security classification, the others being confidential and secret.

Top-armor

A top railing supported by stanchions and equipped with netting.

Top-block

A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, -- used in swaying and lowering the topmast.

Top-boots

High boots, having generally a band of some kind of light-colored leather around the upper part of the leg; riding boots.

Top-chain

A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away.

Top-cloth

A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to protect the topmen.

Top-drain

To drain the surface of, as land; as, to top-drain a field or farm.

Top-draining

The act or practice of drining the surface of land.

Top-dress

To apply a surface dressing of manureto,as land.

Top-dressing

The act of applying a dressing of manure to the surface of land; also, manure so applied.

Top-hamper

The upper rigging, spars, etc., of a ship.

Top-heavy

Having the top or upper part too heavy for the lower part.

Top-light

A lantern or light on the top of a vessel.

Top-rope

A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.

Top-shaped

Having the shape of a top; cone-shaped, with the apex downward; turbinate.

Top-shell

Any one of numerous species of marine top-shaped shells of the genus Trochus, or family Trochidae.

Top-tackle

A tackle used in hoisting and lowering the topmast.

Top-timbers

The highest timbers on the side of a vessel, being those above the futtocks.

Top-tool

A tool applied to the top of the work, in distinction from a tool inserted in the anvil and on which the work is placed.

Toparch

The ruler or principal man in a place or country; the governor of a toparchy.

Toparchy

A small state, consisting of a few cities or towns; a petty country governed by a toparch; as, Judea was formerly divided into ten toparchies.

Topau

The rhinocerous bird (a).

Topaz

A mineral occurring in rhombic prisms, generally yellowish and pellucid, also colorless, and of greenesh, bluish, or brownish shades. It sometimes occurs massive and opaque. It is a fluosilicate of alumina, and is used as a gem.

Tope

To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous liquors to excess.

Topek

An Eskimo house made of material other than snow, esp. one having walls of turf, driftwood, rock, or skin, and a roof of skins of the walrus or seal. In Alaska it is often partially underground and covered with timber and turf. Topeks are also used by Indians of the lower Yukon region.

Toper

One who topes, or drinks frequently or to excess; a drunkard; a sot.

Topet

The European crested titmouse.

Topflight

unexcelled; of the highest grade; of greatest skill; exhibiting excellence; a topflight performance.

Topful

Full to the top, ore brim; brimfull.

Toph

kind of sandstone.

Tophet

A place lying east or southeast of Jerusalem, in the valley of Hinnom.

Tophus

One of the mineral concretions about the joints, and in other situations, occurring chiefly in gouty persons. They consist usually of urate of sodium; when occurring in the internal organs they are also composed of phosphate of calcium.

Topi

An antelope (Damaliscus corrigum jimela) having a glossy purplish brown coat. It is related to the blesbok and is native of East Africa. Also, any of various related varieties of other districts south of the Sahara.

Topiarian

Of or pertaining to the ornamental cutting and trimming of trees, hedges, etc.; practicing ornamental gardening.

Topiary

Of or pertaining to ornamental gardening; produced by cutting, trimming, etc.; topiarian.

Topical

Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.

Topically

In a topical manner; with application to, or limitation of, a particular place or topic.

Topknot

A crest or knot of feathers upon the head or top, as of a bird; also, an ornamental knot worn on top of the head, as by women.

Topless

Having no top, or no visble fop; hence, fig.: very lofty; supreme; unequaled.

Topmast

The second mast, or that which is next above the lower mast, and below the topgallant mast.

Topmost

Highest; uppermost; as, the topmost cliff; the topmost branch of a tree.

Topographer

One who is skilled in the science of topography; one who describes a particular place, town, city, or tract of land.

Topography

The description of a particular place, town, manor, parish, or tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation and description in minute detail of any place or region.

Topologist

a mathematician specializing in topology.

Topology

The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place.

Toponomy

The designation of position and direction.

Toponymy

A system of toponyms; the use of toponyms.

Topophone

A double ear trumpet for estimating the direction from which sounds proceed, esp. for the use of navigators.

Topper

One that tops, in any sense of the verb; A cover of a top layer or part. One that excels, surpasses, or is extraordinary of its kind. Any device for cutting off tops; as, a turnip topper. One who tops steel ingots. A three-square float (file) used by comb makers.

Toppiece

A small wig for the top of the head; a toupee.

Topping

The act of one who tops; the act of cutting off the top.

Topple

To throw down; to overturn.

Tops-and-bottoms

Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, -- used as food for infants.

Topsail

In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship.

Topsman

The chief drover of those who drive a herd of cattle.

Topsoil

The upper layer of soil; surface soil.

Topsoiling

The act or art of taking off the top soil of land before an excavation or embankment is begun.

Topstone

A stone that is placed on the top, or which forms the top.

Topsy-turvy

In an inverted posture; with the top or head downward; upside down; as, to turn a carriage topsy-turvy.

Toque

A kind of cap worn in the 16th century, and copied in modern fashions; -- called also toquet.

Torana Toran

A gateway, commonly of wood, but sometimes of stone, consisting of two upright pillars carrying one to three transverse lintels. It is often minutely carved with symbolic sculpture, and serves as a monumental approach to a Buddhist temple.

Torbernite

A mineral occurring in emerald-green tabular crystals having a micaceous structure. It is a hydrous phosphate of uranium and copper. Called also copper uranite, and chalcolite.

Torc

Same as Torque, 1.

Torch

A light or luminary formed of some combustible substance, as of resinous wood; a large candle or flambeau, or a lamp giving a large, flaring flame.

Torch song

a popular song with a sentimental theme of unrequited love or other form of unhappiness.

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