Toad

tod, n. A small batrachian reptile, of many species, somewhat like a frog, but having a warty and thick body, and avoiding the water except at the breeding season: useful in gardens by feeding on noxious insects. [AS. tadige. iodic tadpole.] — Toad' eat'er, n. A fawning, obsequious parasite a mean sycophant a toady. [Said to be from a practice among mountebanks' boys of eating toads (vulgarly supposed to be poisonous), that their masters might seem to effect a cure.] — -stone, n. (3fin.) A variety of traprock, of brownish-gray color. [Perh. G. todt stein, dead stone, — stone which contains no ores.] A precious stone f o m e y supposed to be contained in the head of a toad: bu- — fonite. stool, n. A poisonous fungus of many spec e some of which resemble mushrooms.— Toad-stool. Toad'y, n. A toad-eater: flatterer; sveophant. v. [toadied (-id), toadying.] To 'fawn upon with mean servility or sycophancy. [Abbr. toadeater.] Toast, tost, To brown the surface of (a slice of bread, cheese, etc.) by the heat of a fire to warm thoroughly.— n. Bread sliced, heated, and browned by the sometimes put into miik or melted butter, and, formerly, into liquor. [OF. tostie, a toast of bread, L. tost a, fern, of p. p. ot torrere, to parch: see Torkid.]