toryism (toriizm)

[ Nothing would illustrate the subject better... than an inquiry into the rise and progre of our late parties, or a short history of toryism and whiggism from their cradle to their grave, with an introductory account of their genealogy and descent. Bolingbroke, Parties, ii. The times have been dreadful, and old families like to keep their old tenants. But I dare say that is Toryism . IMG:content-0635.png:[blocks in formation] Parv ., p. 497. [Obsolete or prov. Eng. in both uses.] toser (tō'zer), n. [Also tozer ; tose + -er1.] One who toses; specifically, a teaser of wool. Pop. Sci . Mo. , XXXV. 812. [Prov. Eng.] tosh1 (tosh), a. [Said to be to usé , touzé , clipped, shorn, pared round, tondere , pp. tons us , clip, shear: see tonsure.] Neat; trim. [Scotch.] The hedges will do; I clipped them wi' my ain hand last back-end; and, nae doubt, they make the avenue look a hantle tosher . Wilson , Margaret Lindsay, p. 271. tosh2 (tosh), n. A variant of tush1 . Hall i well . toshach, n. See toisech .