tocherless ( ch guttural)

[Eng. tocher; -le .] Portionle ; without a marriage portion. ( Scotch.) "Whilk now, as a landle laird wi' a tocherle daugh. ter, no one can blame me for departing from."- Scott : Waverly , ch. lxvii. tock-āy, s. [Native name (?).] Zool .: An unidentified Indian gecko. Probably Hem i dactylus maculatus , the Spotted Gecko or Spotted Hemidactyle. toc-kus, s . [Latinized from tok (q. v.).] Ornith.: A genus of Bucerotidæ, with fifteen species, from tropical and southern Africa. to-cō, subst. [Etym. doubtful.] Chastisement. ( Slang.) "The school-leaders come up furious, and administer toco to the wretched fags." T. Hughes: Tom Brown's Schooldays , pt. i., ch. v. tô-cô-ca, s . [Brazilian name of a species.] Bot.: A genus of Melastomacem, the leaf-stalks of which have a bladder, divided longitudinally into two parts, which the ants utilize as nests. The flowers are pink or white. The fruit of Tococa quianensis is eatable, and the juice is used in Demerara for ink. toddy