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Tit"tup (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tittuped (?) or Tittupped; p. pr. & vb. n. Tittuping or Tittupping.] [Written also titup.] [Cf. Teeter.] To behave or move in a lively or restless manner, as an impatient horse; to caper; to prance; to frisk. Kipling.

Tit"tup, n. The act of tittuping; lively, gay, or restless behavior or gait; a prance or caper. [Written also titup.]

Tit"tup*py (?), a. Given to tittuping; gay; lively; prancing; also, shaky; unsteady.

Tiv"o*li (?), n. [Prob. fr. Tivoli in Italy, a pleasure resort not far from Rome.] A game resembling bagatelle, played on a special oblong board or table (Tivoli board or table), which has a curved upper end, a set of numbered compartments at the lower end, side alleys, and the surface studded with pins and sometimes furnished with numbered depressions or cups.

Tlin"kit (?), n. pl. The Indians of a seafaring group of tribes of southern Alaska comprising the Koluschan stock. Previous to deterioration from contact with the whites they were the foremost traders of the northwest. They built substantial houses of cedar adorned with totem poles, and were expert stone carvers and copper workers. Slavery, the potlatch, and the use of immense labrets were characteristic. Many now work in the salmon industry.

To"bie (?), n. [Cf. Toby.] A kind of inferior cigar of a long slender shape, tapered at one end. [Local, U. S.]

To"by (?), n.; pl. - bies (#). [Perh. from the proper name.] A small jug, pitcher, or mug, generally used for ale, shaped somewhat like a stout man, with a cocked hat forming the brim.

{ ||Toc`ca*tel"la (?), ||Toc`ca*ti"na (?) }, n.} [It.] (Music) A short or simple toccata.

Toe drop. (Med.) A morbid condition of the foot in which the toe is depressed and the heel elevated.

Toe hold. (Wrestling) A hold in which the agressor bends back his opponent's foot.

Toff (?), n. [Etym. uncertain.] A fop; a beau; a swell. [Slang, Eng.] Kipling.

Tog (?), v. t. & i. To put toggery, or togs, on; to dress; -- usually with out, implying care, elaborateness, or the like. [Colloq. or Slang] Harper's Weekly.

Togs (?), n. pl. [See Toggery.] Clothes; garments; toggery. [Colloq. or Slang]

||To"hu*bo"hu (t"h-b"h), n. [F. tohu-bohu, fr. Heb. toh wa boh without form and void (Gen. i. 2).] Chaos; confusion.

Was ever such a tohubohu of people as there assembles?

Thuckeray.

||Toi`son" (tw`zôn"), n. [F.] A sheep's fleece.

||Toi`son" d'or" (dr"). [F.] Lit., the golden fleece; specif., the order of the Golden Fleece, or its jewel.

To"ken, n. (Weaving) In a Jacquard loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.

Tol"er*ance, n. 1. (Forestry) Capability of growth in more or less shade.

2. Allowed amount of variation from the standard or from exact conformity to the specified dimensions, weight, etc., as in various mechanical operations; specif.: (Coinage) The amount which coins, either singly or in lots, are legally allowed to vary above or below the standard of weight or fineness.

{ Tol*stoy"an, Tol*stoi"an } (?), a. Of or pertaining to Tolstoy (1828- 1910). -- n. A follower of Tolstoy, who advocates and practices manual labor, simplicity of living, nonresistance, etc., holds that possession of wealth and ownership of property are sinful, and in religion rejects all teachings not coming from Christ himself.

Tom, n. 1. A familiar contraction of Thomas, a proper name of a man.

2. The male of certain animals; -- often used adjectively or in composition; as, tom turkey, tomcat, etc.

Tom and Jerry. A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, etc., and beaten up with eggs.

Tom"my At"kins (?). Any white regular soldier of the British army; also, such soldiers collectively; -- said to be fictitious name inserted in the models given to soldiers to guide them in filling out account blanks, etc.

Tom o' Bed"lam (?). Formerly, a wandering mendicant discharged as incurable from Bethlehem Hospitel, Eng.; hence, a wandering mendicant, either mad or feigning to be so; a madman; a bedlamite.

Tom"tate (?), n. A Florida and West Indian grunt (Bathystoma, or Hæmulon, rimator); also, any of various allied species.