toll (2)

[TOLL (2), v.] The sounding of a bell with slow, measured strokes. "The toll of a bell is its being lifted up, which causes that sound we call its toll ."-H. Tooke: Diversions of Purley , ii. 180. *toll (1), *toll-en, v . i . & t . [TOLL (1), s.] A. Intransitive: 1. To pay toll or tollage. "I will buy me a son-in-law in a fair, and toll for him: for this, I'll none of him."- Shakesp .: All's Well, v. 3. 2. To take or charge toll; to raise a tax. "Wel coude he stelen corne, and tollen thries, And yet he had a thomb of gold, parde." Chaucer: C. T., Prol. 564. IMG:content-1198.png:[blocks in formation]