n. Slang upper-class person. [perhaps from tuft, = titled undergraduate]

n. Curd of mashed soya beans. [japanese]

n. Hist. Ancient roman citizen's loose flowing outer garment. togaed adj. (also toga'd). [latin]

—v. - work laboriously or incessantly.

- make slow painful progress. —n. Intensive labour; drudgery. [anglo-french toil(er) dispute]

past and past part. Of *tell.

n. - charge to use a bridge, road, etc.

- cost or damage caused by a disaster etc. take its toll be accompanied by loss, injury, etc.

- —v. - a (of a bell) sound with slow uniform strokes. B ring (a bell) in this way. C (of a bell) announce or mark (a death etc.) In this way.

- strike (the hour). —n. - tolling.

- stroke of a bell. [(now dial.) Toll entice, pull, from an old english root]

n. - burial-vault.

- grave.

- sepulchral monument. [greek tumbos]

n. Heavy book or volume. [greek temno cut]

poem n. Orchestral composition with a descriptive or rhapsodic theme.

- —n. - musical or vocal sound, esp. With reference to its pitch, quality, and strength.

- (often in pl.) Modulation of the voice expressing a particular feeling or mood (a cheerful tone).

- manner of expression in writing or speaking.

- mus. A musical sound, esp. Of a definite pitch and character. B interval of a major second, e.g. C–d.

- a general effect of colour or of light and shade in a picture. B tint or shade of a colour.

- prevailing character of the morals and sentiments etc. In a group.

- proper firmness of the body.

- state of good or specified health. —v. (-ning) 1 give the desired tone to.

- modify the tone of.

- (often foll. By to) attune.

- (foll. By with) (esp. Of colour) be in harmony with. tone down make or become softer in tone. Tone up make or become stronger in tone. toneless adj. Tonelessly adv. Toner n. [greek tonos from teino stretch]

past of *take.