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i. [ His helme to - hewen was in twenty places. Chaucer, Troilus, ii. 638. How grete pite is it that so feire children shull thus be slayn and alle to hewen with wronge and grete synne. Merlin (E. E. T. Š.), ii. 261. toho (tō-hō'), interj. A call to pointers or setters to halt or stop, as when running upon birds. tohu bohu (tō'hö bō'hö). [F. tohu - bohu; from the Heb. words in Gen. i. 2, translated 'without form' and 'void.'] Chaos. It was surely impo ible any man's reason should tell him the particular circumstances of the world's creation, as that its material principal was a tohu and bohu , that it was agitated by the divine spirit, that sever all portions were form'd at sever all times, that all was finished in six dayes space, etc. Bp. Parker , Platonick Phil., p. 85. toill (toil), v. [Early mod. E. also toyle ; toylen (Sc. toilze , tulze ), appar. touiller , toouiller , teouiller , F. touiller , mix, entangle, trouble, besmear; origin unknown. Cf. toil1 , n. The sense 'labor, till' appears to be due in part to a ociation with till (ME. til len, tilen, tolen, tulien , etc.), and the form is near but verb could not produce an E. form toil, and a ME. verb of such general import could hardly be derived from MD. The sense 'pull' may be due in part opsestion with din toll2.] I.t trans. 1. To pull about; tug; drag. to that of Drylen, eulen, aber se The dispitous lewes nolde not spare Til trie [choice] fruit weore tore and toyled . Holy Rood (ed. Morris), p. 143. His syre a soutere, His teeth with toyling of lether tatered [jagged] as a sawe! Piers Plowman's Crede (E. E. T. S.), 1. 753. , IMG:content-0522.png:[blocks in formation] For some paltry gaine, He digs, & delves, & toiels himselfe with paine. Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 118. I am weary and toiled with rowing up and down in the seas of questions. Jer. Taylor , Great Exemplar, Ded., p. 4. 3. To labor; work; till. Places well toiled and husbanded. Holland . ( Imp . Dict .) II. in trans. 1. To work, especially for a considerable time, and with great or painful fatigue of body or mind labor. Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken Luke v. 5. nothing. See yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil . Burns, Man was Made to Mourn. IMG:content-0523.png:[blocks in formation] Slow toiling upward from the misty vale, I leave the bright enamelled zones below. O. W. Holmes, Nearing the Snow-Line. =Syn. 1. To drudge, moil, strive. See the noun. toill (toil), n. [Early mod. E. also toyle ; toile , toyle (Sc. tuilye , tuilue , tool ye , etc.); from the verb.] 1t. Confusion; turmoil; uproar; struggle; tu le. Troilus, in the toile , turnyt was of hors, Ffaght vppon fote felly agayne. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 6550. And whan these com on ther was so grete toile and romour of noyse that wonder it was to heere, and therwith a-roos so grete a duste that the cleir sky wax all derk. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 393. The greate looking-gla e and toilet of beaten and ma ive gold was given by the Queene Mother. Evelyn , Diary, June 9, 1662. And now, unveil'd, the toilet stands display'd, Each silver vase in mystic order laid. Pope, R. of the L., i. 121. 4. A dre ing-table furnished with a mirror: more commonly called toilet - table. Plays, operas, circles, I no more must view! My toilette , patches, all the world, adieu! Lady M. W. Montagu , Town Eclogues, vi. The lieutenant folded his arms, and, leaning against the toilet , sunk into a reverie. Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 15. 5. The proce of dre ing; formerly, specifi2. Hara ing labor; labor accompanied with cally, the dre ing and powdering of the hair, during which women of fashion received callers. I'll carry you into Company; Mr. Fain love, you shall introduce him to Mrs. Clerimont's Toilet. Steele , Tender Husband, i. 1. The merchant from th' Exchange returns in peace, And the long labours of the toilet cease. fatigue and pain; exhausting effort. Pleasure 's a Toil when constantly pursu'd. Congreve, tr. of Eleventh Satire of Juvenal. Sic as you and I, Wha drudge and drive through wet and dry, Wi' never ceasing toil . Burns, First Epistle to Davie. It's been a long toil for thee all this way in the heat, with thy child. Mrs. Gaskell , Sylvia's Lovers, xxxvi. 3. A work accomplished; an achievement. Behold the boast of Roman pride! What now of all your toils are known? A gra y trench, a broken stone! =Syn. 2. Labor, ertion, pains. Scott , Rokeby, ii. 5. Drudgery , etc. (see work , n . ); effort, ex