Toad

t5d, n. an amphibious reptile, like the frog, wrongly believed to emit poison. [A S. tade Toadeater, ted'et-er, a fawning sycophant orig.) a mountebank's a istant, whose duty was to swallow orwprctcnd to swallow any kind of garbage. [Said to he a version of Fr. avaler des cauleuvres to swallow adders, to put up with all sorts of indignities without resentment.] Toadstool, tOd'stOhl, ». a poisonous kind of mushroom Toady, tCd'i, a mean hanger-on and flatterer. V.t. to fawn as a sycophant pa.t. and fia.p, tnad'ied. [Short for Toadeater.] Toadyism, tudVizm. n. the practice of a toady. 822 fate, far; me, her; mine Tolerable