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t. [ME. toscateren; To scatter in pieces. Lo, ech thyng that is oned in it selve Is more strong than whan it is to scat ered . Chaucer , Summoner's Tale, 1. 261. tose (tōz), v. t. [Also toze , formerly also toaze ; tāsan ), a common form of tesen, whence mod. E. tease : see tease , and cf. touse .] 1. To pull about or asunder; touse. Rom . of the Rose , 1. 840. And laiden on with swerdes clere, Helm and scheld that stronge were Thai gonne hem al toschlive . Gy of Warwike, p. 471. ( Hall i well .) toslivert, v. i. [ME. toslyveren ; to -2 + sliver .] To split into slivers or small pieces. The noyse of foul is for to ben delyvered So loude rong, "Have don and lat us wende," That wel wende I the wode had al toslyvered [var. to- shivered ). Chaucer , Parliament of Fowls, 1. 493. ... Shak ., Tit. And., iv. 1. 41. 8. To to up with. See to to up, under II. [Colloq.] To to the pieman is a favourite pastime with coster If the pieman win the to , he receives 1d. without giving a pie; if he lose, he hands over a pie for nothing. Mayhew , London Labour and London Poor, I. 206. 9. Same as to to off ( a ) (which see, below). I mean to to a can, and remember my sweetheart, afore I turn in. Congreve, Love for Love, iii. 15. 10. To dre hastily or smartly; trick: with out. [Rare.] I remember, a few days ago, to have walked behind a damsel, to ed out in all the gaiety of fifteen; her dre was loose, unstudied, and seemed the result of conscious beauty. Goldsmith, The Bee, No. 2. To to in a blanket, to to (a person) upward from a blanket held slackly at the corners and edges, and jerked vigorously up and down, the person to ed being sometimes thrown as high as the ceiling. This was formerly a favorite form of the expre ion of popular dislike. It is also practised in schools, among sailors, etc. Compare haze2, v. t., 2, hazing. to (tos), v.; pret. and pp. to ed or tost, ppr. to ing. [Early mod. E. to e; IMG:content-0638.png:[blocks in formation] Sydney Smith , To Lady Holland, Jan. 17, 1813. To to off. (a) To take off; drink off, as a dram. For in a brave vein they tost off the bouls. Robin Hood and Maid Marian (Child's Ballads, V. 375). The corporal produced the bottle and the gla , poured it out, made his military salute, and to ed it off . Marryat , Snarleyyow, xxxii. (b) To dispose of; pa off; while away: said of time. Have you read Cynthia? It is a delightful thing to to off a dull hour with. S. Judd , Margaret, ii. 1. To to the oars ( naut .). See oarl . - To to up, to pre- pare hastily, especially by cooking. On Saturday stew'd beef, with something nice, Provided quick, and to 'd up in a trice, What shepe that is full of wulle Upon his backe the i tose and pulle Whyle ther is any thynge to pille. W. King , The Vestry. Amid these rich and potent devices of the culinary art poor Hepzibah was seeking for some nimble little as were at hand, she might to up for breakfast. Hawthorne , Seven Gables, vii. to II. in trans. 1. To jerk or throw one's self about; roll or tumble about; be restle or uneasy; fling. To to and fling, and to be restle , only frets and enrages our pain. Til lots on . Sohrab alone, he slept not; all night long He had lain wakeful, to ing on his bed. M. Arnold , Sohrab and Rustum. 2. To be flung or rocked about; be kept in motion. Shak ., M. of V., i. 1. 8. Your mind is to ing on the ocean. We left behind the painted buoy That to es at the harbor-mouth. Tennyson, The Voyage. 3. Same as to to up (which see, below). They spend their time and what money they may have in to ing for beer, till they are either drunk or pennile . Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, II. 412. the side turned up when it falls. 6398 What is the use of counting on any succe of mine? It is a mere to up whether I shall ever do more than keep myself decently. George Eliot, Middle march, lxxxiii. "He'll do," said the Doctor quietly. "It must have been a to - up all through the night." R. Kipling, Only a Subaltern.