toadstool (todstol)

[Early mod. E. also to a des to ole, to des to ole; further, is sometimes applied to almost any fungus that is large enough to attract general attention, such as toast Hydnum, Lycoperdon, Morchella, etc. Popularly, the name toadstool is applied only to those fungi supposed to be poisonous, as distinguished from mushrooms, or edible forms, while as a matter of fact all true toadstools, belonging to the genus Agaric us or closely allied genera, are really mushrooms, and may or may not be poisonous. It frequently happens that an edible species is a ociated and can be distinguished only by a competent authority or by a careful microscopical examination. Also called toad's-cap, toad's-hat, toad's- meat, frogs tool. highly poisonous species, or grows in similar places, toady1 (to'di), a. [ Vice is of such a toady complexion that she naturally teaches the soul to hate her. Feltham , Resolves, i. 13. toady2 (tō'di), n.; pl. toadies (-diz). [Said to be shortened from toad - eater ; but rather an adaptation of toady1 , a., to expre the meaning of toad - eater . Toad- eater would hardly be "shortened" to toady .] 1. A sycophant; an interested flatterer; a toad-eater. Young Bull licked him [young Lord Buckram) in a fight of fifty-five minutes. Boys are not all toadies in the Thackeray , Book of Snobs, v. morning of life. 2. A coarse rustic woman. Scott . ( Imp . Dict .) toady2 (to'di), v.; pret. and pp. toadied , ppr. toadying. [ toady2 , n.] I. trans. To fawn upon in a servile manner; play the toady or sycophant to. The tutors toadied him. The fellows in hall paid him great clumsy compliments. Thackeray , Book of Snobs, v. II. in trans. To play the sycophant; fawn; cringe. What magic wand was it whose touch made the toady ing servility of the land start up the real demon that it was? W. Phillips , Speeches, p. 135. toadyish (tō'di-ish), a. [