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Belg. _toe_, id. _De duur is toe._
TOCHER, TOUCHQUHARE, TOCHER-GOOD, _s._ The dowry brought by a wife, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
Ir. _tochar_, a dowry.
_To_ ~Tocher~, _v. a._ To give a dowry to, S.
_Pitscottie._
~Tocherless~, _adj._ Having no portion, S.
_s.h.i.+rrefs._
_To_ TO-c.u.m, _v. n._ To approach.
_Doug._
A. S. _to-c.u.m-an_, advenire.
~Toc.u.m~, ~To-c.u.mming~, _s._
1. Approach.
_Douglas._
2. Encounter.
_Douglas._
A. S. _to-cyme_, an approaching.
TOD, _s._ The fox, S.
_Acts Ja. I._
Isl. _toa_, _tove_, vulpes.
~Tod's birds~, an evil brood; sometimes _Tod's Bairns_.
_R. Bruce._
~Tod and lambs~, a game played on a perforated board, with wooden pins, S.
~Tod's tails~, _s. pl._ Alpine club-moss, an herb, S.
_To_ TODLE, TODDLE, _v. n._
1. To walk with short steps, in a tottering way, S.
_Burel._
2. To purl, to move with a gentle noise, S.
_Ferguson._
3. It denotes the murmuring noise caused by meat boiling gently in a pot, Fife; more generally _tottle_, S.
_A. Douglas._
Isl. _dudd-a_, segnipes esse; Su. G. _tult-a_, minutis gressibus ire.
TOFALL, TOOFALL, _s._
1. A building annexed to the wall of a larger one.
_Wyntown._
2. It now properly denotes one, the roof of which rests on the wall of the princ.i.p.al building, S.
_Spalding._
Teut. _toe-vall-en_, adjungere se, adjungi.
TO-FALL, TOO-FALL, _s._ The close.
_To-fall o' the day_, the evening, S.
Teut. _toe-val_, eventus; _toe-vall-en_, cadendo claudi.
_Pop. Ball._
TOFORE, _prep._ Before.
_Douglas._
A. S. _to-for_, ante, coram.
~Tofore~, _adv._ Before.
_Douglas._
