toilette, n.f., toilet; attire, dress; dressing-table, toilet-table, wash-stand; trimming (of horses). Revendeuse à la —; wardrobe purchaser (of left-off wearing apparel). Grande —; full dress. Cabinet de —; dressing-closet, dressing-room. Il, or elle, fait sa —; or il, or elle, est à sa —; he, or she, is dressing.
toili-er, n.m., -ère, n.f., dealer in linen; linen-cloth maker, cotton-cloth maker.
toise, n.f., toise (6·39459 feet); fathom. On ne mesure pas les hommes à la —; men ought not to be judged by their size. Mesurer les autres à sa —; to measure others by one’s own standard.
toisé, n.m., measuring; (math.) mensuration.
toiser, v.a., to measure; to survey, to examine; to eye from head to foot, to look down upon; to settle, to conclude. — un soldat; to take the height of a soldier. — quelqu’un; to look any one up and down, or to look down on any one. Cela est toisé; (pop.) that is done for.
toiseur, n.m., measurer, surveyor.
toison, n.f., fleece; (pop.) thick head of hair. — d’or; golden fleece. L’ordre de la — d’or; the Order of the Golden Fleece.
toit, n.m., roof, house-top; top (of a mine); dwelling, home. — à cochons; pig-sty. — à deux croupes; (arch.) compass roof, span roof. Dire, or crier, quelque chose sur les —s; to proclaim anything from the housetop. Habiter sous les —s; to live in a garret, or an attic. Commencer une maison par le —; (fig.) to begin at the wrong end.
toiture, n.f., roofing, roof.
tokai or tokay, n.m., Tokay wine.