Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: toss – toward
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toss (-ed, -es, -ing, tost), v. [unknown Norw. and Sw. dialect tossa, to spread, strew.]
- Fling; cast; throw down.
- Stir; struggle; agitate; wrestle; thrash about; pitch back and forth.
- Bob; undulate; ride the current; move up and down.
- Swing; sway; sweep; fling; whirl; [fig.] move by leaping.
- Dispose of; throw away; cast off.
- Add; contribute.
tost, v. [see toss, v.]
total (-ler), adj. [see total, n.]
Fuller; comprehensive; consummate; more complete.
total, n. [Fr. total.]
- Completeness; totality; overwhelming absorption.
- Soul; entire self; wholeness of body, mind, heart, and spirit.
totalness, n. [see total, n.]
Entirety; completeness; whole manifestation.
totter (-ed, -s), v. [Norse tutra, to quiver, shake.] (webplay: fall, old).
- Shake; tremble; vacillate.
- Walk unsteadily; move shakily.
touch, n. [OFr touche, stroke, blow, touch.]
- Actual contact; handling with fingers; ministering with hands.
- Act of striking a musical instrument; use of hands in order to produce melodic sound.
- Feeling; tactile sense; ability to come into physical contact.
touch, v. [OFr tochier, to touch.]
- Caress; fondle; handle slightly with fingers or hands.
- Reach; attain; come to.
- Come into physical contact with.
- Sip; bring into contact with the lips.
- Move; disarm; affect emotionally; soften feelings of.
- Encounter; discover; arrive at; [fig.] heal; bless; hallow; sanctify; consecrate.
- Induce; motivate; influence; impel; prompt.
- Use any portion of.
- Play; strum; strike in order to create sound.
- Turn to gold by contacting with finger like the fabled King Midas.
tourist, n. [ME tour, tool for describing a circle, a turner's wheel.] (webplay: turn).
Traveler; one who makes a round-trip journey.
toward, adv. [see toward, prep.]
Forth; forward; onward; ahead.