List of Old English Words in the OED/TO

Old English	n	English
To	prep	In the direction of, for the purpose of, furthermore. In Old English, the preposition (go to town) leveled with the adverb (the door slammed to) except where the adverb retained its stress (tired and hungry too); there it came to be written with -oo (see too). The nearly universal use of to with infinitives (to sleep, to dream, etc.) arose in Middle English out of the Old English dative use of to, and it helped drive out the Old English inflectional endings (though in this use to itself is a mere sign, without meaning). Commonly used as a prefix in Middle English (to-hear "listen to," etc.), but few of these survive (to-do, together, and time references such as today, tonight, tomorrow. Phrase what's it to you "how does that concern you?" goes back a long way. Some 125 compound verbs with this element are recorded in Old English; their number declined rapidly in Middle English and disappeared by c.1500 except as conscious archaisms.to-do. Look up to-do at, from the verb phrase to do, from Old English to don "proper or necessary to be done" (see to). meaning "disturbance, fuss".
To	phr	"To a Man" - including each single person of a group specified.
To	phr	"To Boot/Bote" - moreover, on top of that, besides; also.
To	phr	"To Each His Own" - every person is free to his or her own personal preferences and tastes.
To	phr	"To Hell With" - to show displeasure or disregard to somebody.
To	phr	"To Him that Shall be Given" - to those who already have wealth, power, happiness etc who tend to have further good fortune - and not those who most need , or who like to have it.
To	phr	"To My Mind" - as I understand and react to something. 2. in somebody's book.
To	phr	"To One's Liking" - that what somebody's liking.
To	phr	"To Somebody's Way of Thinking" - according to somebody's opinion, view, line of reasoning in somebody's book.
To	phr	"To that End" - with the intention; in order to achieve that purpose.
To	phr	"To that Day" - to the degree of accuracy measured in units of days etc.
To	phr	"To the Bitter End" - to the very end. 2. until further action or involvement becomes impossible. 3. till death or final defeat.
To	phr	"(Fight)To the Death" - (lit & fig.) take part in a battle in which the winner is the sole survivor
To	phr	"To the Fore" - in, into, or towards a prominent position
To	phr	"To the Good" - making up a gain to somebody
To	phr	'To the Full" - completely, thoroughly, or extensively as possible.
To	phr	"To the Hilt" - completely, fully, to one's limits.
To	phr	"To the Last" - continuously, repeatedly or consistently till the last possible moment (esp. death).
To	phr	"To the Life" - exactly like the real type/kind of person, thing or situation.
To	phr	"To the Moon" - to a very distant and unreachable place.
To	phr	"To the Quick" - very deeply, at one's most sensitive level of feeling.
To	phr	"To This End" - from this time something happened right up to, including te present.
Toad	n	Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus Bufo and allied genera, especially those of the family Bufonidae. Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid.
Toad	vb	To act as a toady, to toady: to flatter or attend with servility from interested motives.
Toad	phr	"Toad in the Hole" - sausages or other meat baked in batter.
Toad-eat	vb	To flatter, fawn upon a person; to toady.
Toad-eater	n	A flatterer, sycophant, parasite, toady. 2. a humble friend or dependant; spec. a female friend or attendant.
Toad-eating	n	Sycophancy.
Toadfish	n	Any marine fish of the Batrachoididae with a large, scaleless skin. head and a wide, scaleless mouth, making grunting noises by vibrating the walls of its swim bladder.
Toad-flax	n	The European plant "Linaria vulgaris" - from the flax like appearance of it's foliage.
Toadish	adj	Like a toad; poisonous.
Toadless	adj	Devoid of toads.
Toadlike	adj	Similar to, or resembling, a toad.
Toadship	n	The personality of a toad.
Toadskin	n	The skin of a toad or the leather made from it.
Toadsticker	n	A large knife.
Toadstone	n	Any of various stones likened to a toad in color or shape, or supposed to be likened to a toad; often worn as jewels or amulets, or set in rings. The most valuable kind was supposed to be found in the head of the toad. 2. a natural or artificial stone resembling a toad in color and form, and believed to be formed in a toad; and worn asa talisman.
Toadstool	n	A poisonous inedible fungi, with a disc-like top, as distinct from an edible mushroom.
Toady	n	A servile dependent; a sycophant.
Toady	vb	To flatter or attend to with servility for interested motives. 2. to play the toady; to play the servile dependent. 3. to pay deference with interested motives.
Toady	adj	Representative of a toad, repulsive.
Toadyish	adj	Resembling or characteristic of a toad.
To-a-fare-thee-well	adv	To the most extreme degree, especially a condition of perfection. For example, We've cleaned the house to a fare-thee-well, or He played the part of martyr to a fare-thee-well
To-be	n	That which is to be; that which or matters yet to be or to come; the future. 2. with kinship nouns, such as "wife-to-be." or "mother-to-be."
To-bear	vb	To carry in different directions. 2. to carry off; take away. 3. fig. to separate (persons) in feeling, etc., to part, asunder. 4. set at variance.
To-beat	vb	To beat severely; to thrash. 2. to destroy by beating.
To-blow	vb	To blow or scatter in different directions.
To-braid	vb	To wrench apart, pull to pieces; rend. 2. to tear or snatch away.
To-brede	vb	To spread abroad; extend; make broad. 2. to spread, extend itself. 4. to be diffused.
To-brenn	vb	To burn up; to consume or destroy by fire.
To-britten	vb	To cut into pieces.
To-chine	vb	To split asunder, to open, to become burst or cloven.
To-cleave	vb	To cleave, to asunder, to split open. 2. to divide into pieces.
To-come	n	Arrival, advent, as in: "the land of my first to-come (tocome)"
To-come	vb	To happen, befall, approach, come to.
To-coming	n	The future. 2. "Therefor for the To-coming, I shall have boldness to life joyfully."
Today	adv	On this day; at the present time.
To-day	n	On the very day. 2. at the present day, in the present age. 3. in these times; nowadays.
Today	phr	"Here Today Gone Tomorrow" - ephemeral; present for only a short time.
Today	phr	"To Day We Are All" - An US expression indicating that the speaker empathizes with members of an identifiable group that was the subject of a disaster, and projects that others empathize as well
Today fortnight	n	Two weeks from today.
Todayish	adj	Pertaining to the modern times. 2. characteristic modern.
Today week	n	A weak from today.
To-dighting	n	>Separation, division.
To-do	n	A disorderly outburst or tumult; disturbance, commotion, fuss, hurly-burly. 2. bustle, stir, outburst.
To-drese	vb	>To decay, fall apart, fade.
Toe	n	One of the digits of the foot. 2. the part of footwear that provides a covering for the toes. 3. forepart of a hoof. 4. (golf) the part of a club head farthest from the shaft. 5. anything, or any part, corresponding to the toe of the foot; as, the toe of a boot; the toe of a skate. 6. the journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step. 7. a lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved. 8. a projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.
Toe	vb	Walk so that the toes assume an indicated position or direction. 2. drive obliquely. 3. hit (a golf ball) with the toe of the club. 4. drive (a golf ball) with the toe of the club. 5. to touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to; as, to toe the mark.
Toe	phr	"Dip One's Toes in the Water" - to gently explore an opportunity.
Toe	phr	"Keep Somebody on Their Toes" - to induce a person to be efficient.
Toe	phr	"On One's Toes" - alert, eager, ready, wide-awake.
Toe	phr	"Ride Toeside" - to turn, jump, or trick achieved by shifting the rider's weight onto the side of the board under the toes or forefoot. Also as in "to turn toeside", etc.
Toe	phr	"Toe the Mark" - to touch a certain line or mark with the toes preparatory to starring a race; hence to abide by the rule. 2. confirm to discipline, or a standard.
Toe	phr	"Toe the Line" - conform to a general policy or principle, especially unwilling or under pressure..
Toe	phr	"Toe to Toe" - positioned facing another with toes touching against, in opposition.
Toe	phr	"Toes Up" - dead, passed away, deceased.
Toe	phr	"Tread On Someone's Toes" - to hurt a person's feeling by interfering in hisa area of responsibility.
Toe	phr	"Turn Up One's Toes" - die.
Toeboard	n	A scaffold board standing on edge, as a protection. 2. the front end of a plane. 3. the foot of a strut.
Toed	adj	Having toes; chiefly in competition; pigeon-toed. 2. fastened or fastening by obliquely driven nails. 2. driven as obliquely, as a nail.
Toe-hold	n	A hold in which the aggressor bends back his opponent's foot. 2. to take initial or first step in bringing about change, success etc.
Toeless	n	Without toes.
Toe-like	adj	Resembling or similar to a toe or toes.
Toe-nail	n	The thin, horny, transparent plate covering the upper surface of the end of the toe.
Toe-rag	n	A tramp, vagrant. 2. despicable or worthless person.
Toe-shoe	n	a ballet shoe worn for the pointed work.
Toeside	adj	Designating a turn, jump, or trick achieved by shifting the rider's weight onto the side of the board under the toes or forefoot. Also "to turn toeside", "turn toeside", etc.
Toe-stop	n	An attachment placed underneath the front of a roller skate which can be used to brake or for stability.
Toes-up	n	Dead, passed away, deceased.
Toey	adj	Restive, anxious, touchy.
To-fall	n	A lean-to; a penthouse. 2. the act of falling. 3. the to-fall of the day or night: the close of day - dusk, sunset, twilight.
To-fare	vb	To disperse, go asunder.
To-faring	n	Dispersion, diaspora.
To-fleet	n	To float away; to be carried away by water.
To-foregoing	n	A foregoing, preceding, antecedent.
Toft	n	Originally a homestead site of a house and it's out-buildings.
Toft and croft	n	The whole holding, the homestead and the attached arable land. 2. an eminence, knoll, hillock in a flat region: one suitable for a site of a house or tower. 3. a small grove of trees.
Toftman	n	Owner or occupier of a toft.
Toft-stead	n	A place of a toft.
Together	adv	In contact with each other or in proximity. 2. assembled in one place; gathered together in each other's company. 3. at the same time. 4. with cooperation and interchange; "we worked together on the project." unitedly. 5. with a common plan; to act in concert.
Together	phr	"Together With" - as well as; or also; and. 2. in the company of.
Together	adj	Mentally and emotionally stable; "she's really together"
Togetherness	n	State or condition of being together or being united, union, association. 2. the fact of getting on together well-suited to one another. 3. a gathering of, or belonging together, fellowship.
To-go	vb	To go in different directions. 2. go asunder. 3. to be divided into parts, separate, to pass away, disperse.
To-growing	n	An excresence; a growth.
To-hield	vb	To heald, (OE)- inclined. 2. to cause to incline, lean, bend, or fall-over. 3. to push or fall down. 4. to incline, heel over, bow down. 5. to bend one's course to. 6. turn to, to oppose.
Token	adj	insignificantly small; a matter of form only `tokenish' is informal.
Token	n	An individual instance of a type of symbol. 2. something serving as a sign of something else. 3. a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines. 4. something of sentimental value, keepsake, souvenir, relic. 5. something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant established with Noah. 6. a memorial of friendship; something by which the friendship of another person is to be kept in mind; a memento; a souvenir. 7. something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith. 8. A livid spot upon the body, indicating, or supposed to indicate, the approach of death. 9. ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides;
Token	vb	To betoken. [Obs.]
Token	phr	"By the Same Token" - for the same reason. 2. by way of corroboration. 3.similarly, moreover.
Token	phr	"To token up." - to put up in writing, write out.
Token	vb	To be a token or sign of; to signify; to mean. 2. to typify, to symbolise.
Tokener	n	One who or that which portends or prognosticates.
Tokening	n	The action of the verb, to sign, signify, symbolises, presaging, representing.
Tokening	phr	"In tokening."- as a token of evidence.
Tokenless	n	Without a token.
Token-like	adj	Resembling or similar to a token.
Told	pp	Related, narrated, recounted, about, tell of. 2. counted, reckoned. 3. esteemed. 4. in "oft-told" or "twice-told"
Told	phr	"All Told" - in total.
Told	phr	"By Told Takes." - as is said, as they say, by all accounts.
Tole	n	Evil speech, calumny, blasphemy, reproach, blame.
To-lim	vb	Tear limb from limb; to dismember.
Toll	n	A fee, custom, duty, impost levied for the use of roads or bridges, used for maintenance. 2. value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something. 3. the sound of a bell being struck; the sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated. 4. tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like. 5. (Sax.& O. Eng. Law) a liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor. 6. a portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
Toll	vb	To ring slowly. 2. charge a fee for using a bridge, road etc. 3. to draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing or desirable; to allure by some bait. (written also tole.) 3. to pay toll or tallage. 4. to take toll; to raise a tax.To take away; to vacate; to annul. 5. to draw; to entice; to allure. See Tole: probably the same word as toll to draw, and at first meaning, to ring in order to draw people to church. 6. to cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell. 7. to strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend. 8. to call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing. 8. to take away, annul, vacate.
Toll	phr	"Take its Toll" - accompanied by loss or injury. 2. be very harmful.
Toll	phr	"Toll and Team" - (Old. Eng. Law), the privilege of having a market, and jurisdiction of villeins.
Toll bridge	n	A bridge where toll is paid for passing over it.
Toll call	n	A long-distance telephone call, charged for at more than local rates.
Tole-cote	n	The house or building where a toll-collector lives. 2. a toll-house.
Toll-gate	n	A gate preventing passage until a toll is paid.
Toller	n	One who collects tolls, a tax-gather, a toll-gather, a toll-man, toll man, tolner.
Toller	phr	"Toll-man of the Inn."- publican, hotelier.
Toll-free	adj	Free or exempt from paying tolls.
Tollhouse	n	A house at a toll-gate or toll-bridge used by the toll collector.
Tolling	n	The taking or levying of tolls or taxes. 2. the action of taking or levying tolls or taxes. 3. the action of enticing, alluring, inciting ot instigating.
Toll line	n	A telephone line or channel, s between two central lines in different exchanges, for use which a toll is charged; a long-distance circuit.
Tollman	n	A toll collector
Toll-mere	n	The boundary within which a local toll is payable.
Tollroad	n	A road maintained by the tolls collected on it.
Toll thorough	n	Toll taken by a town for beasts driven through it, or over a bridge or ferry maintained at its cost.
Tolne	n	Tax, custom, duty, toll.
Tolner	n	Toll-taker, tax-gatherer, tollman, toller.
Tolsel	n	Tolbooth, custom-house, tole-cote. 2. publican.
To-morn	n	Tomorrow.
Tomorrow	n	The day after today or the present; "what are our tasks for tomorrow?" 2. the near future; "tomorrow's world"; "everyone hopes for a better tomorrow"
Tomorrow	adv}	On the day after the present day; on the next day; on the morrow. 2. the next day, the day after, following the present day.
Tomorrow	phr	"As If there's No Tomorrow" - as if this is the last opportunity to do something.
Tomorrow	phr	"Here Today Gone Tomorrow" - ephemeral; present for only a short time.
Tomorrow	n	"Tomorrow is Another Day" - what will happen, or what one will do, tomorrow or in the future is not something to be concerned about. 2. there will be another opportunity (said in consolationfor a disappointment).
Tomorrow	phr	"Tomorrow Never Comes" - what is not done now is unlikely to be done at all.
Tomorrow	phr	"Tomorrow Will Take Care of Itself" - the future will take its own shape, will bring problems and solutions that can be predicted and prearranged.
Tomorrowing	n	Procrastination, putting-off.
Tomorrow afternoon	n	In the afternoon of tomorrow.
Tomorrow morning	n	In the morning of tomorrow.
Tomorrowness	n	The distinctive quality of being tomorrow.
Tomorrow-night	n	In the night of tomorrow.
Tomorrow week	n	A week from tomorrow.
Ton	n	A tun: a large cask.
To-name	n	A name added to a regular name; an nickname, a by-name.
To-ness	n	The things that happen to you. 2. personal experience.
Tongs	n	An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or long shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united by an elastic bow, used for things, especially hot coals or metals; -- often called a pair of tongs.
Tongs	phr	"Go Hammer and Tongs" - to do with great energy.
Tongue	n	The mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity, lingua, glossa; the uvula. 2. a human written or spoken language used by a community. 3. any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame." 4. a manner of speaking; as a "glib tongue" 5. a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea, a spit. 6. the tongue of certain animals used as meat; 7. that which is considered as resembling an animal's tongue, in position or form. 8. the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot. 9. metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side. 10. The power of articulate utterance; speech. 11.discourse; fluency of speech or expression; honourable discourse; eulogy. [Obs.] 12. language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue. 13. speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions. 14. a cyclone actually comprised at least two major storms, which can be refer to as ‘tongues’.
Tongue	vb	Articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments. 2. lick or explore with the tongue. 3. to talk; to prate, to speak; to utter, chide, scold. 4. in music, to use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments. 5. to join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together.
Tongue	phr	"Anything Else While You Tongue Warms" - have you anything else to say.
Tongue	phr	"Be Long in the Tooth" - to be old.
Tongue	phr	"Bite One's Tongue" - fig. to struggle to say something that you really what to say.
Tongue	phr	"Feel the Rough Side of One's Tongue" - talk to some in a harsh, scolding manner.
Tongue	phr	"Find One's Tongue."- fig. to be able to talk; to figure out what to say. 2. begin talking (after being nervous, shy)
Tongue	phr	"Give Someone the Length of One's Tongue" - tell someone in a severe and lengthy scolding what you think of them.
Tongue	phr	"Give Tongue to" - to utter vehemently. 2. of hounds, to bark loudly on picking up the scent.
Tongue	phr	"Has the Cat Got Your Tongue." - a comment made when someone is unaccustomed or unusually quiet.
Tongue	phr	"Have a Long Tongue" - to be talkative and indiscreet in one's speech.
Tongue	phr	"Have a Ready Tongue" - to speak fluently. 2. to excel in repartee.
Tongue	phr	"Have a Sharp Tongue" - to speak one's mind in a forceful manner. 2. talk angrily, sarcastically.
Tongue	phr	"Have a Silver Tongue" - to be eloquent.
Tongue	phr	"Have a Tongue in One's Head" - be able to speak.
Tongue	phr	"Hold One's Tongue."- to be or remain quiet or silent.
Tongue	phr	"I Could Have Bitten My Tongue off" - I wish I had not made such a hurtful remark.
Tongue	phr	"Lose One's Tongue" - to be too bashful or sulky to speak. 2. to lose the capacity to speak, as firm shock.
Tongue	phr	"One's Mather Tongue" - one's native tongue.
Tongue	phr	"Speak with Forked Tongue" - to utter-half-truths with the intention of misleading the listener; lie.
Tongue	phr	"Speak with Tongue in Cheek." to speak with irony, slyly, humorously, not taken to be serious.
Tongue	phr	"Still Tongue Makes a Wise Head" - Someone who politely and seldom interupts, does not talk much, but listens carefully to other people, probably has experience, knowledge, good judgement and wisdom.
Tongue	phr	"Tongue in Cheek" - insincerely or ironical. 2. not meant seriously.
Tongue	phr	"Tongue (the) is the Sword of a Woman, and She Never Lets it become Rusty" - women are never afraid to speak their mind in a forceful manner.
Tongue	phr	"Wag One's Tongue" - to give away secrets. 2. talk excessively, indiscreetly.
Tongue	phr	"With One's Tongue Hanging Out" - eagerly or unexpectedly. 2. very thirsty.
Tongue-bone	n	The tongue-bone isn't in the tongue. It is the hyloid bone, and the base of the tongue is attached to it.
Tongue-boring	n	an ancient punishment whereby a hole or boring was made in the tongue.
Tongued	adj	Having or furnished with a tongue or tongues. (in various senses)
Tongue-fish	n	A flatfish in the family Cynoglossidae. They are distinguished by the presence of a long hook on the snout overhanging the mouth, and the absence of pectoral fins. Their eyes are both on the left side of their bodies, which also lack a pelvic fin.
Tongued-grass	n	Pepper grass.
Tongue-in-cheek	adj	Ironic, slyly, humorously.
Tongue-in-cheek	adv	Insincerely or ironically.
Tongue-kiss	n	A kiss in which contact occurs between the tongues of the kissers.
Tongueless	adj	Having no tongue, without a tongue. 2. without the faculty of voice or speech; dumb, mute; also without speaking, speechless, silence. 3. not spoken.
Tongue-like	adj	Resembling or characteristic a tongue in some aspect.
Tongue root	n	The part at the far back and bottom of the tongue, forming the front wall of the pharynx. It can really only do a couple of interesting things: push forwards, thereby expanding the pharynx.
Tongues	n	Foreign tongues, often the classical ones: Hebrew, Greek, Latin. 2. tongues (or languages) collectively; the languages of the world. 3. all tongues, people of every tongue.
Tongue-searing	adj	Vituperative, scathing, caustic.
Tongue-shaped	adj	Formed like a tongue; as the frond of a fern.
Tongue-shot	n	Talk or conversation within voice range.
Tongue-sore	n	Evil-speaking, calumny, gossip.
Tongue-thrum	n	The frenum.
Tongue-tie	n	That which ties the tongue or restrains speech, also the condition of being tongue-tied.
Tongue-tie	vb	To deprive of speech. 2. impeded of the power of speech, or of distinct articulation motion of the tongue, because of the shortness of the frenum, or of the adhesion of the margin of the gums.
Tongue-tied	adj	Unable to speak freely. 2. unable to express yourself clearly or fluently. 3. destitute of the power of distinct articulation. 4. having an impediment in the speech, esp. when caused by a short fraenum.
Tongue-twister	n	A word or phrase difficult to articulate quickly.
Tongue-work	n	Philology or linguistics matters or work (profession)
Tonguey	adj	Full of tongue or talk; loquacious. 2. of the nature of the tongue; produced or modified by the tongue; lingual.
To-night	n	The present or immediately coming night. 2. the night after the present day.
Tonight	adv	During the night of the present day; this evening, this night. 2. on this present or coming night. 3. on the last night past. 4. on this very night, (i.e. : the night now present). 5. on any night (as contrasted with the next day). 6. on the night following this day.
Too	adv	To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits; too big, excessively, overly, to a fault. 2. in addition; besides, also, likewise, as well. 3. over; more than enough; noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too wide; too high; too many; too much. 4. likewise; also; in addition. 5. "Too too", a duplication used to signify great excess.
Too	phr	"To Hot to Hold" - a place that has too much police activity to harbor a fugitive unnoticed.
Too	phr	"Too Little too Late" - not enough of something that should have been provided earlier.
Too	phr	"Too Much for" - more than a match for.
Too	phr	"Too Much of a Good Thing" - something enjoyable or beneficial which, nevertheless, becomes bothersome or harmful in large quantities or over an extended period of time
Too	phr	"Too Right" - an expression of agreement.
Tool	n	The means whereby some act is accomplished; instrument; hence, any instrument of use or service. 2. a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else; puppet, minion. 3. obscene terms for penis; cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker. 4. an instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or labourer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work. 5. machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool. 6. a weapon. [Obs.]
Tool	vb	Drive; as in "The hot-rod tooled down the street."; to drive a coach. 2. ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it; joyride. 3. furnish with tools. 4. work with a tool. 5. to shape, form, or finish with a tool.
Tool	phr	"Down Tools" - stop working.
Tool	phr	"Tool Up" - arm oneself (with a weapon). 2. equip oneself with tools.
Tool belt	n	A belt for carrying tools; a utility belt. 2. (figuratively) a skill set; one's accumulated capabilities
Tool box	n	A box or container for keeping tools.
Tool chest	n	A wooden box containing a set of tools.
Tooled	adj	Cut, engraved, furrowed, grooved, incised, sculptured by a tool.
Tooling	n	The act of shaping, forming or finishing something with a tool. 2. the driving of a coach or other motor vehicle.
Toolishness	n	The nature of being a tool.
Toolless	adj	Not having or requiring a tool.
Toolmaker	n	A person who makes precision tools, especially used in a press.
Tool path	n	The pat through space the tip of a cutting the tip of a cutting tool follows on its way to producing the desired geometry of the workpierce.
Tool rest	n	That part of the machine, such as a lathe that supports the cutting tool.
Tool shed	n	A shed in which tools are stored.
Toolsmith	n	A person who makes tools. 2. in computing; a person who creates utility programs.
Toom	adj	Empty, void, futile. 2. destitute of something.
Toom	vb	To empty a vessel, etc. esp to drink off the content of. 2. to empty out a vessel of its contents.
Toomhead	n	Emptiness, vanity, useless of no purpose.
Toomly	adv	In a leisurely manner; somewhat slowly; without haste. 2. idly. without occupation, emptily, vainly, unpurposely. 2. with empty sadle.
Toomsome	adj	Liesurely , free from haste, idlesome.
Toot	vb	To protrude, stick out, peep out, so as to be seen; to begin to appear above ground. 2. to peep, peer, look out, to gaze. 3. to look inquisitively. 4. to behold, view, see. tout.
Toot	n	An isolated conspicuous hill, suitable as a place of observation. 2. a look-out hill. 3. an elevated structure, as part of one, used as a look-out.
Tooter	n	One who gazes, a watchman, pryer, a peeper. 2. something that projects, like a prominent nose
Tooth	n	Hard bone-like structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense. 2. something resembling the tooth of an animal. 3. toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell. 4. a means of enforcement; "the law had no teeth in it." 5. one of a number of uniform projections on a gear. 6. Fig.: taste; palate. 7. any projection corresponding to the tooth of an animal, in shape, position, or office; as, the teeth, or cogs, of a cogwheel; a tooth, prong, or tine, of a fork; a tooth, of the teeth, of a rake, a saw, a file, a card.
Tooth	vb	To furnish with teeth. 2. to indent; to jag; as, to tooth a saw. 3. to lock into each other.
Tooth	phr	"Armed to the Teeth" - carry many weapons.
Tooth	phr	"A Tooth for a Tooth" - retaliation.
Tooth	phr	"Bare One's Teeth" - to imply threat.
Tooth	phr	"Fed up to One's Back Teeth" - very disgusted.
Tooth	phr	"Cast Into One's Teeth" - to reproach; throw back at someone.
Tooth	phr	"Draw One's Eye Teeth" - to deflate a conceited person. 2. fleece a person without mercy.
Tooth	phr	"Fight Tooth and Nail - as if by biting and scratching; with one's utmost power; by all possible means.
Tooth	phr	"From the Teeth Outwards" - merely talk, not sincerely, not from the heart.
Tooth	phr	"Get One's Teeth Into" - devote oneself seriously to. 2. to tackle a task with enthusiasm.
Tooth	phr	"Give One's Tooth for" - a person would like to achieve some objective.
Tooth	phr	"Grit One's Teeth" - be ready to suffer pain.
Tooth	phr	"Hang On by the Skin of One's teeth" - to only just survive.
Tooth	phr	"Have Teeth" - to be effective.
Tooth	phr	"Have a Sweet Tooth" - a fondness to eat sweet foods, as cakes and confectionery.
Tooth	phr	"Hang On by the Skin of One's teeth" - to only just survive.
Tooth	phr	"His Teeth are Drawn" - his mischief-making is taken from him.
Tooth	phr	"In the Teeth of " - directly; in direct opposition; in front. 2. in spite of opposition or difficulty. 3. contrary to instructions.
Tooth	phr	"In the Teeth of the Wind" - with a strong wind in front of you.
Tooth	phr	"Lie Through One's Teeth" - to tell blatant untruths.
Tooth	phr	"Long in the Tooth" - old.
Tooth	phr	"Put Teeth Into" - to provide something with strength or power.
Tooth	phr	"Set Somebody's Teeth on Edge" - to cause a person to feel unhappy at a situation.
Tooth	phr	"Show One's Teeth" - to threaten.
Tooth	phr	"Take the Bit Between One's Teeth" - to face up to a problem
Tooth	phr	"Throw in One's Teeth" - to fling at one, as a challenge or taut.
Tooth	phr	"To the Teeth" - in open opposition; directly to one's face.
Toothache	n	An ache or pain localized in or around a tooth or teeth; odontalgia.
Toothaching	adj	Suffering from an ache or pain localized in or around a tooth or teeth.
Tooth-brush	n	A small brush, with a long handle, used to clean teeth.
Toothcare	n	The care and treatment of the teeth.
Tooth-comb	n	A comb with specially-set teeth.
Tooth-combing	n	To comb with a specially-set teeth.
Tooth-drawer	n	One who "draws" or extracts teeth; dentist. 2. a dental instrument for extracting teeth.
Tooth-drawing	n	The extraction of teeth
Toothed	adj	Having or furnished with teeth. 2. having, teeth, notches, cogs or jags. 3. a coarse or irregular of surface, said of paper or painting grounds.
Tooth edge	n	the sensation excited in the teeth by grating sounds, and by the touch of certain substances, as keen acids.
Toothedness	n	The state or quality of having a particular type of tooth or teeth.
Toothed-whale	n	A whale, including sperm whales,beaked whales, dolphins and others (Odontoceci).
Toothful	adj	Toothsome.
Toothglass	n	A glass for holding dentures, toothbrushes, etc., or for use as a tumbler for mouthwash.
Toothill	n	A natural or artificial hill, or mound used for a look-out place. 2. a prominent hill.
Toothing	n	Projecting bricks or stones left at the end of the wall to allow its continuation.
Toot-hole	n	A hole for spying.
Tooting	n	The act of peeping, looking out, peering. 2. gaze, inquire by looking. 3. a view.
Toothless	adj	Having no teeth; destitute of teeth. 2. that is naturally without teeth. 3. that has no yet cut it's teeth. 4. having lost the teeth, as from old age. 4. destitute of teeth-like projection or formations; not jagged or serrated. 5. destitute of keenness or "edge"; not biting or corrosive.
Tooth-like	adj	Resembling a tooth or some aspect of one.
Toothly	adv	Of or pertaining to teeth; dental.
Toot-hole	n	A hole for spying.
Tooth-puller	n	A dentist.
Tooth-shell	n	A tusk shell.
Toothsome	adj	Acceptable to the taste of mid, palatable. 2. extremely pleasing to the sense of taste, delectable, delicious, scrumptious.
Toothsomely	adv	Delicious.
Toothwash	n	A liquid dentifrice.
Toothwort	n	Name given to several different plants of Dentaria. A leafless parasitic found on the roots of hazel and other herbs, having a double row of flesh-coloured droopy flowers, and tooth-like scales upon the root stock. Species include: "Lathraea squaminia", "Capsella Bursapastoris" - Sherperds purse and "Plumbago europea."
Toothy	adj	Having or showing prominent teeth; toothed.
Tooting	n	The act of peeping, looking out, peering. 2. gaze, inquire by looking. 3. a view.
Tooting	adj	looking-out, peeping, spying. prying, protruding, sprouting.
Top	n	A tuft, crest or brush of hair of the summit or crown of the head. 2. hair of the hair, crest or topping of the head. 3. crest or topping of a bird. 4.forelock of the horse. 5. tuft or handful of hair, wool, fibre, portion of flax. 6. a bundle of combed wool. 7. highest or uppermost part of things, peaked summit, mountain, hill tops. 8. parapet of a war-field trench. 9. uppermost division of the body. 10. uppermost of deer horns. 11. top plant of a plant. 12. smaller branches and twigs of a tree, as opposed to the branches. 12. a woody or metal toy, usually conical or spherical spinning on on a point when set in motion by hand, string etc.
Top	phr	"At the Top of One's Game" - an informal expression: at the height of one's powers.
Top	phr	"At the Top of the Tree" - at the highest rank, or a leading member, of one's profession.
Top	phr	"Be the Icing on the Top" - to be a further benefit in an existing beneficial situation.
Top	phr	"Be Tops" - be the best.
Top	phr	"Blow One's Top" - lose one's temper; become very angry.
Top	phr	"Can You Top That" - can you beat or do better, especially in the telling of outlandish tales.
Top	phr	"Come to the Top" - win distinction. 2. on the upper part of the head.
Top	phr	"Come Out on Top" - succeed - eventually.
Top	phr	"From Top to Bottom" - thoroughly; completely, start to finish.
Top	phr	"From Top to Tail." - to wash a baby from head to foot. 2. to examine a matter from start to finish, completely.
Top	phr	"From Top to Toe" - from head to toe completely.
Top	phr	"Get On Top Of" - dominate; overcome.
Top	phr	"Go Over the Top." - climb, as a soldier, over the top of a trench to encounter the enemy.
Top	phr	"Off the Top of One's Head" - based on experience, without careful investigation or thought.
Top	phr	"On Top" - in a superior position.
Top	phr	"On Top of" - fully in command. 2. in close proximity.
Top	phr	"On Top of That" - in addition to that.
Top	phr	"On Top of the World" - be very happy or exuberant.
Top	phr	"Over the Top" - over the parapet of a trench into the action of battle. 2, to excess beyond reasonable limits; excessive, outrageous.
Top	phr	"Sleep Like a Top" - sleep deeply, soundly.
Top	phr	"Take It from the Top" - start again at the beginning.
Top	phr	"Thin on Top" - balding.
Top	phr	"Top and Tail" - mark, take away from, add to, otherwise deal with, the top and bottom, beginning and end, both ends etc of somebody.
Top	phr	"Top Off" - put an end or finishing touch to.
Top	phr	"Top of the Ladder" - highest position in a career.
Top	phr	"Top of the Line" - the best, fanciest or high quality, especially, among selections in a product line; (bottom-of-the-line).
Top	phr	"Top of the Morning to You" - good morning; a cheery greeting in Ireland
Top	phr	"Top of the Tree" - highest position in a career.
Top	phr	"Top Oneself." - to kill oneself, suicide.
Top	phr	"Top Out" - put the highest stone on building. 2. perform a ceremony (with speeches, drinks etc) to mark the completion of a very high building.
Top	phr	"To Put a Top On." - to cover, crown, surmount. 2. to put the finishing touches on.
Top	phr	"Top Somebody Up" - overcharge.
Top	phr	"Top Something Up" - complete an amount or number. 2. fill up a glass or partly filled container. 3. fill a petrol tank .which is partially emptied.
Top	phr	"To Top." - to snuff out a candle. 2. to pare off the surface of something. 3. put to death by hanging; behead, execute. 4. simply kill someone. 5. to shorten the teeth of a cog. 6. to furnish with a top.
Top-beam	n	A collar beam or the 'tie beam' of a roof truss when at a higher level than the feet of the rafters, or abobe a wall-plate level.
Top-bin	n	Either of the top corners of a goal-net. 2. a goal scored by kicking the ball into either of the top corners.
Top-cloth	n	A cloth used to cover the top of anything, such as a table or a person's torso.
Top-dog	n	The dog who wins the fight; the victor. 2. the man in charge, the boss, commander, master.
Top-down	adv	Preceding from the general to the particular or from the top downwards. 2. hierarchical.
Top-drawn	adj	Drawn from the top.
Top-drawer	n	The upper drawer in a chest of drawer. 2. high social position or origin.
Top-drawer	adj	Of the highest quality or especially social order.
Top-ender	n	One who lives in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Top-flight	n	Of the highest quality; outstanding, superior.
Top-free	adj	Free from wearing a top in public, (esp. of women) to go or appear topless.
Top-freedom	n	Freedom from wearing a top in public, (esp. of women) to appear topless.
Topful	adj	High, lofty, towering; brimful.
Top-hat	n	A man's silk or beaver hat with a high cylindrical crown. 2. a tall hat.
Top-heavy	adj	Disproportionately heavy at the top, having the upper part so heavy as to overbalance the lower; hence unstable and inclined to topple. 4. said of a drunk person: tipsy. 5. in business: overstaffed at management level.
Top-heavily	adv	In a top-heavy manner.
Top-heaviness	n	The quality or condition of being top-heavy or being disproportionately heavy at the top and having an upper part so heavy as to overbalance the lower; hence unstable and with an inclination to topple. 2. in business an over-staffing at management level.
Top-heavyish	adj	Inclined to be top-heavy in various ways.
Top-hole	adj	Top rate.
Top-knot	n	Headdress consisting of a decorative ribbon or bow worn in the hair. 2. showy crest or knot of hair or feather. 3. 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.
Top-knotted	adj	Having a top knot.
Topless	adj	Seemingly having no top or summit. 2. immensely or immeasurably high; unbounded. 3. as a woman: bare-breasted; without a garment covering her breasts.
Toplessness	n	Condition of being topless: bare-breasted. 2. a summit-less or a summit immeasurably high.
Toplight	n	A light on a ship's topmast. 2. a skylight window.
Top-lightning	n	Any form of lighting from ahead, as a lantern, skylight.
Topline	adj	Outstanding, excellent, first-class; top-line.
Topliner	n	One who or that which appears on the top line; or in the first or principal place. 2. an entertainer or sportsman who is top of his field.
Top-loading	n	Loaded by inserting items at the top.
Toploftiness ?	n	Characterized by loftiness in manner or behavior; elevated in manners and ways , haughty, high and mighty of personality.
Toplofty??	adj	Lofty in manner or character; elevated, haughty, high and mighty.
Topman	n	A hangman; executioner. 2. a upper-management man, a boss, chief.
Topmost	adj	Uppermost, highest, highest part, absolutely top, foremost. 2. highest in physical position; highest. 3. highest in status or importance; foremost,
Topness	n	A quantum number of quarks and hadrons, determined by the number of top quarks and anti-quarks present.
Top-off	n	The filling completely to fill or refill the final portions of something not empty. 2. to complete or put finishing touches to.
Top-of-Mind Awareness	n	In advertising, the percent of respondents who, without prompting, name a specific brand or product first when asked to list all the advertisements they recall seeing in a general product category over the past 30 days.
Top-of-the-line	n	Commercially superior product.
Top-over-terve	adv	Topsy-turvy
Topped	adj	Having the top removed of the tree; polled.
Topper	n	A top thing or person; a person or thing surpassing or exceptionally good or excellent. 2. the best or one of the best of a kind. 2. a blow on the top of the head; a knock-out blow. 4. the largest and finest fruit or indeed anything. 5. a large wave with a curly or breaking summit.
Topping	n	The act of of one in any sense. 2. the formation, covering, layer on top of something. 3. that which forms the top of anything. 4. the cutting off of a top on a tree or plant. 5. sharpening the tops of teeth of a circular saw by hand filing. 6. a method of cheating at dice.
Topping	vb	To bring to completion or capacity.
Topping	adj	Towering high above; eminent. distinguished; excellent; first-rate. 2. making great pretensions, arrogant, domineering.
Topping	phr	"Topping of the land." - sighting of the land from a ship's top. 2. the limit of a distance at which this is possible.
Topping	adj	Exceedingly in height; very high. 2. very high and superior in position, rank, amount, estimation. 3. chief, principal, preeminent, towering. 4. ironically, fine, pretty, of high quality, very fine, excellent, tip-top,first-rate. 5. domineering, confident, boasting.
Toppingly	adv	In a happy manner, gallantly, splendidly. 2. in excellent condition or health.
Topping up	vb	To bring to perfection. 2. filling up or bring to capacity.
Toppings	n	That which comes from in the process of hatchelings.
Topple	vb	Fall down, as if collapsing; to be liable or prone to collapsing 2. cause to topple or tumble by pushing. 3. to fall forward; to pitch or tumble down.
Topple	phr	"Topple Over" - fall over.
Toppy	adj	Having the character of a top or tops; peaked. 2. showy, stylish. 3. of animals: of a superior quality.
Tops	n	The arrangement of the top of a main mast to recieve the foot of the topmast. 2. the head of a felled tree useless for timber.
Tops	adj	Excellent; first-rate.
Top-sail	n	In a squared-rigged vessel a square sail next above the lowest sail of a mast. 2. in a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, a square or triangular sail carried above the gaff of a lower sail.
Top-sheet	n	A bed sheet used between a bottom sheet and a blanket.
Top-shell	n	Marine gastropod mollusc of the family, Trochidae with a short conical shell.
Top-shelf	n	Of things, such as magazines displayed above the eye-line of children because they contain photos of naked or scantily-clad women. 2. things, products etc. of the highest or best quality.
Topside	n	The upper side of anything. 2. the other side of a roll of beef; silver side. 3. "The Topside" : the establishment; the ruling classes.
Topside	n	The part of the ship above water; upper-deck. 2. first-class. 3. the higher echelon.
Topside	adv	To or on the upper part of a ship. 2. a position of authority. 3. the top or surface of something.
Topside-down	adv	Topside under: upside down; "unless the world turns topsides down or under, some day."
Topsman	n	A boss, manager, chief. 2. hangman, executioner, topsman.
Topsoil	n	The layer of soil on the surface. 2. the upper layer of soil. surface soil.
Top-stitch	n	Make a row of neat esp decorative stitches on the rigt side of a garment.
Top-stitching	n	The making a row of neat esp decorative stitches on the rigt side of a garment.
Top-stone	n	A stone which is placed upon or forms the top of something; a capstone, chiefly fig. 2. also the upper-end stone or jewel in a chronometer.
Top-twenty	n	The top twenty records on the chart; also the top-forty.
Top-up	n	A refill to the top. 2. an add-on to bring something to a maximum. 3. an add-on which serves to complete an amount or a number. 4. filling to the top of something already partly filled.
Top-up	vb	To refill to the top. 2. to add on to bring something to a full capacity.
Topwater	n	Describing an angling lure orb at that floats near or on the surface of the water.
Tor	n	Hill of an abrupt conical form, a lofty hill, eminence, mold, grave, heap of ruins, a heap, a pile. 2. a high rock; a pile of rocks. 3. on the top of a hill; a rocky peak, a little hill.
Tor	adj	Adverbial particle meaning with difficulty, hardly, ill-used esp. with verbal adjective. 2. difficult, hard, toilsome. 3. irksome, tedious. 3. strong, sturdy, great. 4. in a vague, loose use: full, replete. 5. violent, great, excessive.
Tor-beget	adj	Difficult to get.
Tor-cyrre	adj	Hard to turn or convert.
To-reave	vb	To commit robbery or plunder.
Torn	phr	"That's Torn It" - that has ruined the idea or plan.
Torn	phr	"Torn Between" - mentally or emotionally divided by conflicting thoughts, feeling etc. 2. in a dilemma.
Torn	phr	"Torn Between Two Lovers" - loving two people romantically at the same time, by realizing the dissonance that it is likely to cause.
To-same	n	To-samen: concourse, assembly, gathering.
To-shear	vb	To tear off.
To-shed	vb	To separate, divide, pull apart; diffuse, scatter. 2. to discern, discriminate, discern, distinguish.
To-shend	vb	To ruin or destroy utterly.
To-shene	vb	To break, dash into pieces,disperse.
To-shete	vb	To spring apart. 2. to burst asunder.
To-sheteness	n	The state or quality of bursting asunder or springing apart.
Tother	n	The other; tothers or t'others : the rest.
To-tight	vb	To stretch or spread out; extend. 2. to pull or draw aside.
To-toll	vb	To pull or drag thither and hither.
To-tread	vb	To trample down or upon.
To-treading	n	A trampling.
Totter	vb	To walk with faltering steps; to sway, to shake, to reel.
Tottering	adj	Shaky, insecure.
Totteringly	adv	In a shaky or insecure manner.
To-tweme	vb	To separate, divide, distinguish, dissent. nb: untweme.
Tough	adj	Not given to gentleness or sentimentality; 2. very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution; rugged. 3. physically toughened; tough, toughened. 4. substantially made or constructed; sturdy. 5. prone to violent and lawless; tough; aggressive behaviour. 6. resistant to cutting or chewing. 7. unfortunate or hard to bear; hard. 8. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic. 9. having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; 10. not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong. 11. not easily sepa-rated; viscous; clammy; tenacious. 12. stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow. 12. severe; violent; as, a tough storm. 13. difficult to do, perform, or accomplish; as, a tough job.
Tough	n	A street ruffian. 2, someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing, street fighter. 2. an aggressive and violent young criminal, hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, toughie, strong-armer. 3. a cruel and brutal fellow, bully, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob.
Tough	phr	"Make it Tough."-to make something hard and difficult; to show reluctance.
Tough	phr	"Tough as Nails" - unfeeling, unsympathetic.
Tough	phr	"Tough It Out."- to endure and cope during time of difficulty or danger.
Tough	phr	"Tough Nut to Crack" - a very difficult problem to solve.
Tough	phr	"Toughen Up" - to make or become mentally tough.
Tough-backed	adj	Ready to stand and face issue of danger.
Tough call	n	A choice or judgement which is difficult to make, especially one only involving two alternatives.
Toughen	vb	To make tougher.
Toughen	phr	"Toughen Up" - to become tougher after n adverse or a number of adverse situations.
Tough-hide	adj	Not easily offended. 2. tough-skinned.
Toughie	n	A tough, robust person.
Toughish	adj	Somewhat tough.
Tough-love	n	The compassionate use of stringent discplinary measures to attempt to impose someone behavior.
Toughly	adv	In a manner tough.
Tough-minded	adj	Free from excessive sensitivity, not sentimental, realistic, unsqueamished. 2. not distracted from actual facts by enticements, intimidation, or sentimentality; steadfast in one's actions, beliefs, commitments, etc. 3. realistic, unsentimental, unwavering
Tough-mindness	n	The state or condition of tough-minded; realistic.
Tough-necked	adj	Tough-hided, tough-backed, tough-nutted
Toughness	n	Enduring strength and energy, stamina, staying power. 2. the property of being strong and rugged. 3. the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking.
Tough-nut	n	A person difficult or dangerous to deal with.
Touse	vb	To pull roughly about. 2. to drag or push about, to handle roughly. 3. of a dog: to tear at, harry. 4. to pull out of joint; to rack. 5. to pull (a woman)about rudely, indelicately or in horse-play. 6. to disorder, dishevel the hair, dress; to tumble, disorder bed-clothes. 7. to abuse, maltreat. 8. to tease wool. 9. to rummage, disorder, tip up.
Tousle	n	Tussle, struggle. 2. a rough romping with a woman. 3. tousled mass or lump. 4. a tousled beard or hair.
Tousled	adj	Disheveled, disarranged, tumbled, matted
Tousy	adj	disheveled, tussled, unkempt, shaggy, rough.
Tout	n	One who secretly watches race horses training, to get information about their capabilities for use in betting. 2. a spy for a smuggler.
Tout	vb	To spy out the movement of race horses at their trails, or to get by stealth or improper means the secrets of the stables, for betting purposes. 2. to act as a tout; to give tips on a race horse.
Tow	n	The act of hauling something (as a vehicle)by means of a hitch or rope.2. a rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope. 3. the act of towing, or the state of being towed; -- chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow. 4. that which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, etc.
Tow	n	A coarse and broken part of flax prepared for spinning. 2. a loose brunch of rayon strands.
Tow	vb	To draw by a rope.
Tow	phr	"Have In Tow" - be towing. 2. be accompanied by or often in charge of a person.
Tow	phr	"Take in Tow" - to pull along. 2. fig. to take charge of.
Toward	prep	Of motion (or action figured as motion) in the direction of; so as to approach, but not necessarily reaching, but with implications of reaching to. 2. with direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning. 3. tending to; in the direction of; in a fig senses. 4. of time, so as to approach; at the approach of, shortly. before, near. 5. nearly as much, nearly. 6. in the way of contributing to, as to help to.
Toward	adj	That is to come, coming, future. 2. approaching, imminent, impending. 3. in progress, going on; being done. 3. of young persons, promising, hopeful, forward, making good progress. 4. willing, apt, ready to learn, docile. 5. of things, favourable, propitious; opposite of untoward. coming near. 6. compliant with duty; not froward; apt; docile; tractable. 7. bold, valiant.
Towardliness	n	Good disposition towards something; willingness, spec., aptness to learn; forwardness in learning. 3. docility, tractability, friendship. 4. promise, ingenuity, proficiency. 5. favourableness, friendliness, affability. 6. furtherance, advancement, promotion. 7. likelihood, likely condition or position, prospect.
Towardly	adj	Likely to lead to a desired result; promising success. 2. propitious, helpful, favourable, advantageous, befitting. 3. hopeful apt to learn, docile (chiefly of young persons and their disposition. 4. favorably disposed, friendly, affable. 5. of plants, promising fonds.
Towardness	n	Condition or quality of being toward. 2. inclination or disposition to do something; readiness, willingness. 3. willingness and aptness to learn. 4. by nature of good disposition; forwardness or leaning. 5. condition or appearance of approaching or being towards. 6. of a coming or impending, an imminence, likelihood, or prospect. 7. state of advancement, or towardness.
Towardness	phr	"Good Towardness." - indicating good prospect(s).
Towards	adv	In preparation, at hand, imminent. 2. in the direction of some person or thing indicated by the context.
Tow-a-way	n	The act of towing away a vehicle; especially illegally parked.
Tow-a-way	adj	Of or pertaining to towing away an illegally parked vehicles.
Tow-boat	n	A boat which tows or is towed.
Towcraft	n	The art of weaving and spinning.
To-warp	vb	To throw about, throw down, overthrow, destroy.
To-wend	vb	To turn over, overthrow. 2. demolish, turn upside down, disturb greatly. 3. to turn in different directions, disperse, separate, to go pieces, break asunder.
Tower	n	A structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building. 2. anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower, pillar. 3. a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships tug-boat, tug, towboat. 4. projection from a line of wall, as a fortification or stronghold, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher; a fortified movable structure, often used for storming a castle. 5. structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, as, a church tower, a railway signal box. 6. a citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense, stronghold. 7. headdress of a high or tower-like form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century. 8. high flight; elevation. (obs) 9. in early religious use, often applied to heaven.
Tower	vb	To soar into. [Obs.] 2. appear very large or occupy a commanding position; loom, tower, predominate, hulk. 3. to rise and over top other objects; to be lofty or very high; to soar.
Tower	phr	"Tower of Strength" - a person who gives strong and reliable support. 2. an unfailing support in time of trouble.
Tower	phr	"Tower Over" - stand much taller or higher than somebody or something. 2. be of greater mental stature.
Tower-hill	n	A hill or near on which a tower is built.
Towered	adj	Having a tower or towers, adorned or defended by towers. 2. raised or rising like towers. 3. immured in a tower.
Towering	adj	Of imposing height; esp. standing out above others. 2. eminent, lofty, soaring. 3. very high, elevated, rising aloft. 4. raising or increasing in high pitch of (extreme) violence, or intensity, furious. 5. surpassing.
Tower of London	n	The Tower of London, officially Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the square mile of the City of London by the open space known as Tower Hill. It was founded towards the end of 1066 as part of the Norman Conquest of England.
Towery	adj	Having towers. 2. adorned or defended by towers.
Tow-head	n	One having very-light-colored or unkempt head.
Tow-headed	adj	Having very light-colored or unkempt head.
To-while	adv	During that time, while.
To-whiles	adv	Whilst.
To-whither	vb	To whirl in pieces; to windwhirl.
Towing	n	The action of dragging a boat, ship, vehicle etc. by rope or a tow.
To-wisse	adv	For certain; most assuredly.
To-wit	vb	Namely, in particular, videlicet, id est, following, subsequent, etc.
Tow-line	n	A tow-rope; a rope, chain or hawser used in towing.
Town	n	An urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city. 2. the people living in a municipality smaller than a city; the whole town, townspeople, townsfolk. 3. an administrative division of a county. 4. formerly, an inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs. 5. the whole of the land which constituted the domain. 6. collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls. 7. any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop. 8. any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities. 9. the body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways. 10. a township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country. 11. the court end of London; -- commonly with the. 12, the metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country. 13 a farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard. 14. village; hamlet, thorp.
Town	vb	To furnish with towns; make into towns.
Town	phr	"Go to Town" - act or work with energy or enthusiasm. 2. be extravagant, thoroughly.
Town	phr	"The Only Game in Town" - the only opportunity, activity, or resource available.
Town	phr	"On the Town" - enjoying the entertainments,esp. the nightlife of a town. 2. to celebrate.
Town	phr	"Talk Of the Town" - something everyone is discussing.
Town-bairn	n	A native of the town; town-fellow.
Town-belt	n	Areas of open land around a city, on which building is restricted.
Town book	n	A chest containing public funds, documents of a town.
Town-born	adj	Born in a particular town. 2. born in a town or urban area.
Town-bred	adj	Born or raised in a town.
Town-bridge	n	A bridge in a township.
Town church	n	A building used for public Christian worship.
Town-cress	n	Garden cress (Lepidium sativa).
Town ditch	n	A ditch running through or around a town; a ditch or moat surrounding a walled town.
Town-dweller	n	Someone who lives in town; a town liver.
Town-dwelling	n	A residence in a township.
Towned	adj	A region having towns.
Town end	n	The end part or area of a town. 2. The end of the main street of a town or village; one of the extremities of a town.
Tow-net	n	A net (towing-net) dragged through water to collect specimens.
Town-goer	n	One who frequently goes to a town.
Town-going	adj	The going to a town.
Town father	n	One of the leading men or authorities of a town.
Town folk	n	The inhabitants of a town; the people, the dwellers.
Town-foot	n	The end area of a town; the lower end of a town or village.
Town-hall	n	A government building that houses administrative officers of a town government. 2. city hall.
Town-hating	adj	An intense dislike for towns and life in a town. 2. agoraphobia.
Town-hithe	n	A haven, or landing place in a town
Town-home	n	A home locating within a town.
Town-house	n	A house in town, in distinction from a house in the country.
Townish	adj	Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a town; like a town. 2. situated or existing in a town; urban; townly. 3. pertaining to the characteristics of town or town-life; esp. as distinguished fro a country one. 4. having the manners and habits of town-dwellers; urbane, oppidian, gentrification.
Townishness	n	The state of being a town.
Town-land	n	A township.
Townless	adj	Of (a country or region) without a town or town.
Town-life	n	The life or lifestyle characteristic of a town or an urban area, especially as contrasted with rural or country life.
Town-like	adj	Townish or resembling a town in some aspect..
Town-living	n	Town-life; also the ecclesiastical benefice in a town. 2. the state of living in a town, in distinction to a country person or country-folk.
Town-lot	n	A subdivision of a town site or an urban subdivision. 2. a block of land in a town.
Town-loving	adj	An intense liking for life and living in a town.
Town-made	adj	Made or manufactured in a town; spec, in the town or district.
Town-meeting	n	A general assembly of the inhabitants of a town; spec in the US. a legal meeting of the qualified voters of a 'town" for the transaction of public business, having certain powers of local government.
Town-mouse	n	Fig. a dweller in a town; esp as unfamiliar with country life (in allusion to Aesop's fables.)
Town net	n	A dragnet that is towed behind a boat to collect specimens.
Townred	n	A township, a cluster of homesteads.
Town-reeve	n	A bailiff or steward of a town.
Town-row	n	The sequence of houses in a town, or of homesteads in a parish or manor; fig. the roll of town's people.
Townsfolk	n	People or inhabitants of a town.
Townful	adj	As much or as many that would fill a town.
Town gate	n	A gate in the wall surrounding a town.
Town herd	n	A herd consisting of sheep, cattle or other livestock owned by the inhabitants of the town or parish.
Townhood	n	The state or fact of being a town. 2. the status of being a town.
Townhouse	n	(Also referred to as a townhome). A multi-storied house in a housing development which is attached to one or more similar houses by shared walls. 2. A tall, narrow, traditional terraced house, generally being three or more floors. 3. A house in a town or city belonging to someone who has another property in the country.
Towniness	n	The fact of having characteristics (townie) associated with a town or town dwellers. 2. the qualities of a town.
Townling	n	An inhabitant of a town, especially as associated opposite to the country side. 2 a town dweller. 3. a small towm.
Townly	adj	Of, relating to, or characteristic of a town or town dwellers. 2. townish.
Township	n	The administrative division of a country. 2. the district or territory of a town. a burg, wapentake, a ward.
Town's husband	n	A borough official having the charge of accounts.
Townsman	n	One who lives in a tun; a villager, a villain. 2. a man who lives in a town; a citizen. 3. a man of one's own or same town; a fellow-townsman. 4. an ordinary citizen or resident of a university town as distant from a gownsman. 5. townswoman.
Town-talk	n	The common talk of a place; the subject or topic of common conversation.
Town-twinning	n	The establishment of regular contact between towns in different countries. 2. a sister city relationship.
Town walls	n	The walls surrounding a town. 2. a wall within a town.
Townwards	adv	Towards or in the direction of a town. 2. going or directed toward the town.
Town way	n	A way or road leading to or from a town.
Townswear	n	Everyday clothing suitable for wearing in a town (as opposed to those worn in a country area).
Town-taker	n	A person who captures or besieges a town
Town Taking Day	n	The 4 December 1688, the day on which Hull was secured for William III (William of Orange) as part of the Glorious Revolution; the anniversary of this, formerly celebrated in Hull as a holiday.
Town-weary	adj	Tired of living in, or of the lifestyle in a town.
Town-weed	n	The plant Dog's mercury.
Town-wide	adj	Extending throughout a town.
Tow-path	n	A path (towing-path) beside a river or canal, originally used for towing barges by horse.
Tow-rope	n	A rope or cable usedfor towing heavy objects.
Towy	adj	Relating to the coarse and broken part of flax prepared for spinning. 2. of a loose brunch of rayon strands.
Toze	vb	To tease.
Tozer	n	A comber and cleaner of wool.
Tozing	n	The action or practice of cleaning wool or ore.