tossment (tosment)

[ Sixteen years to ment upon the waves of this troublesome world. J. B. Worcester's Apophthegmes, p. 108. (Encyc. Dict.) to -plumet (tos'plöm), n . [ to , v ., + obj. plume.] A swaggering fellow. Hall i well . to -pot (tos'pot), n. [Formerly also tospot ; to , v ., + obj. pot1 .] A toper; a tippler. After that seuennights fast is once past, then they returne to their old intemperancie of drinking, for they are Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 253. notable to spots . A good part he drank away (for he was an excellent to -pot). Lamb , Two Races of Men. to -up (tos'up), n. The throwing up of a coin to decide something, as a wager or a choice; hence, an even chance; a case in which conditions or probabilities are equal. [Colloq.] To smite heavily. So fuersly in fight fell is oure knightes, Alto swappon vs with swerdes & with swym strokes. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 9561. toswinkt, v. i. [ME. toswinken ; to -2 + swink . ] To toil exce ively; labor hard. In erthe, in eir, in water men to -swinke To gete a glotoun deyntee mete and drinke. Chaucer , Pardoner's Tale, 1. 57. tosy (to'zi), a. [ tose + -y1.] Teased, as wool; hence, woolly; soft. Also tozy . Bailey , 1731. tot1 (tot), n. [ tottr = Dan. tot , a nickname of a dwarf. Cf. tit3 .] 1. Anything small or insignificant; especially, a small child: used as a term of endearment. Now, Jenny! can there greater pleasure be Than see sic wee tots too lying at your knee? Ramsay, Gentle Shepherd (Works, II. 81). 2. A drinking-cup holding about half a pint; also, a small quantity; especially, when applied to liquor, as much as makes a draught or dram. [Prov. Eng.] He had no society of any kind, and often found himself pining for the glare of the camp-fires, the fragrant fumes of the "honey dew," and the tot of rum that pa ed from beard to beard. Whyte Melville, White Rose, II. i. 3. A foolish fellow. [Prov. Eng.] tot2 (tot), n. [L. tot, so much, so many; by some explained as an abbr. of L. tot us, or E. total, all. Cf. tot2, v., totes, v.] 1. Originally, so many; so much: formerly written opposite an item in an account to indicate that the debt was good. The full expre ion is given as tot pecuniæ reg i debetur, so much money is due to the king. Totted, A Term us'd in the Exchequer, when the foreign Opposer, or other Officer, has noted a good Debt to the Queen as such, by writing the word Tot to it. E. Phillips , World of Words, 1706. 2. An exercise in addition; a sum. [Colloq.] Graduated Exercises in Addition ( Tots and Cro Tots, Simple and Compound). Athenæum, No. 3268, p. 757. tot2 (tot), v. t.; pret. and pp. totted, ppr. totting. [ME. totten; Sir, ther arn xv. jurores abo we to certifie ye, as many as ye will; but lete these men that be tottid be certified, for the i be the rewleris. Paston Letters , I. 55. totalization Seventeen hundred and twenty-five goes of alcohol in a year; we totted it up one night at the bar. Thackeray , A Night's Pleasure.