toit (toit)

[Var. of tut.] 1. A cushion or Toison d'Or.- Jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece. = OFries. teken, tekn, teiken = D. teeken = MLG. teken = OHG. zeihhan, MHG. G. zeichen, sign, mark, note, token, proof, miracle, = Icel. teikn, also tākn ( And he [image of Just in i an] was wont to holden a round Appelle of Gold in his Hond: but it is fallen out thereof. And Men seyn there that it is a tokene that the Emperour hat he y lost a gret partie of his Londes and of his Lordschipes. Mandeville , Travels, p. 8. They weare blacks eight dayes in token of mourning. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 304. He never went away without leaving some little gift in the shape of game, fruit, flowers, or other tokens of kind Lady Holland, Sydney Smith, vii. ne . 2. A characteristic mark or indication. I found him at the market, full of woe, Crying a lost daughter, and telling all Her tokens to the people. Beau . and Fl . , Coxcomb, v. 3. Those who... were struck with death at the beginning, and had the tokens come out upon them, often went about indifferent easy, till a little before they died. Defoe , Journal of the Plague Year, p. 120. 3. A memorial of friendship; something by which the friendship or affection of another person is to be kept in mind; a keepsake; a souvenir; a love-gift. It was a handkerchief, an antique token My father gave my mother. Shak ., Othello, v. 2. 216. 4. Something that serves as a pledge of authenticity, good faith, or the like; witne . And therby ys the place, shewyd by a token of a ston, wher Judas betrayed our Savyor to the Jewys with a ky e. Torkington , Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 29. IMG:content-0526.jpg:[blocks in formation] uses.] tok, n. See tock2 .