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[Latinized from the native name tody (q.v.).] Ornith.: Tody, the type-genus of Todide (q. v.), with five species, from Cuba, Hayti, Jamaica, and Porto Rico. Bill with edges straight and finely notched, short bristles round base; nostrils in a short groove; wings with fourth to sixth quills longest and equal; tarsi with one long scale in front; outer toe united to second joint, inner toe to first joint; claws compre ed and curved. tō-dỹ, subst. [Native name.] Ornith.: Any individual of the genus Todus (q.v.). Todus Viridis. IMG:content-1186.png:[blocks in formation] 4. The fore-part of a boot, shoe, or the like. 5. A projection from the foot-piece of an object, to give it a broader bearing and greater stability. "Baulks of 14in. timber were put in acro and beneath the permanent way between the toes of the footings, to to for an.] Before. II. Technically: 1. Anatomy: (1) Human : One of the five extremities in which the foot terminates anteriorly, as the hand does in five fingers. Its bones are called phalanges. E en tially they correspond with those of the hand; but the phalanges of the four outer toes are much smaller than the corresponding bones in the hand, while those of the great toe exceed those of the thumb in size. Sometimes in adults the two pha langes of the little toe are connected by bone into a single piece. The great toe is called the hallux, In the embryo it is shorter than the others, and temporarily projects at right angles to them, as it does permanently in the monkey. (2) Compar .: In the modern order Primates (q. v.) the term toe is restricted to the digits of the posterior limbs, but is popularly applied to all the digits of four-footed animals. The normal number of toes is five, though a le number may be present; thus cats and dogs have five toes each on the fore feet and four on the hind; the rhinoceros has three toes on each foot, the camel two, and in the horse the typical five digits are reduced to three, of which only one (the third) is functional, and inclosed in a hoof, the other two (the second and fourth) being reduced to splint-bones. In birds the toes furnish one of the primary charac ters by which the cla is divided into orders, and may be adapted for prehension, perching, climbing, scraping, wading, or swimming. 2. Machinery: (1) The lower end of a vertical shaft, as a mill spindle which rests in a step. (2) An arm on the valve-lifting rod of a steam engine. A cam or lifter strikes the toe and operates the valve; such toes are known respectively as steam-toes and exhaust-toes. To turn up the toes : To die. ( Slang .) "Several arba les triers turned their toes up."-Reade: Cloister & Hearth , ch. xxiv. toe-calk, subst. A prong or barb on the toe of a horse's shoe, to prevent slipping on ice or frozen ground. IMG:content-1187.jpg:[blocks in formation] *3. To border on. and then the little gray school-house itself toeing the "Then more meadow-land with a neglected orchard, highway."-Burroughs: Pepacton, p. 244. To toe the scratch or mark : To stand exactly at the scratch-line marking the starting point of a race, or the place where pugilists meet in the ring; hence, to come forward fully prepared for any encounter, struggle, or trial.