tonsured (sassh)

[Eng. tonsur(e); -ed.] 1. Having received the tonsure; shaven; hence, clerical. *2. Having a bald spot on the head like a tonsure. (Tennyson: Brook , 200.) ton-tine', s. & a. [Fr. (See def.).] A. As subst . A species of annuity devised by an Italian named Lorenzo Tonti. They were adopted in the first place by governments as a means of raising a loan. In return for a sum paid down the government engaged to grant annuities to a certain number of persons. When one died, his share was divided among all the survivors, and this proce went on till only one was left, and he enjoyed the benefit of all the annuities himself, until his death, when the transaction ceased. A urances and other benefits have also been arranged on the Tontine system and have found much favor in this country, having been adopted by the principal life insurance companies. bôil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, çell, chorus, "Annuities for life have occasionally been granted upon lots of lives, which in French are called ton tines , from the name of their inventor."- Smith : Wealth of Nations, bk. x., ch. iii. B. As adj .: Pertaining or relating to a tontine; built by a subscription with the benefit of survivorship. "It is a sort of Tontine colony-all for the benefit of survivors." -Hook : Gilbert Gurney, vol. iii., ch. v. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; tō-ný, subst. [An abbrev. of Antony.] A simpleton. "When a man plays the fool or the extravagant presently he's a tony . Who drew this or that ridiculous piece? tony . Such or such a one was never well taught: No, he had a tony to his master." -L'Estrange: Transla tion of Quevedo . toô, *to, adv . [The same word as to (q. v.).] 1. Over; more than enough; denoting exce . "Lest too light winning make the prize too light." Shakesp .. Tempest , i. 2. 2. In addition, moreover, likewise, further; over and above; at the same time; also. "I could curse thee too ." Beaum. & Flet .: Island Prince , v. *1. And too : And at the same time. "It shall be merciful and too severe." Shakesp.: Venus and Adonis , 1,155. 2. Tootoo: Used to denote exce emphatically. "Oh that this too too solid flesh would melt." Shakesp.: Hamlet , i. 2.