Defn: Taffy. [Eng.]
TOFORE; TOFORN
To*fore", To*forn", prep. & adv. Etym: [AS. toforan. See To, prep.,
Fore.]
Defn: Before. [Obs.]
Toforn him goeth the loud minstrelsy. Chaucer.
Would thou wert as thou tofore hast been! Shak.
TOFT Toft, n. Etym: [OE. toft a knoll; akin to LG. toft a field hedged in, not far from a house, Icel. topt a green knoll, grassy place, place marked out for a house, Dan. toft.]
1. A knoll or hill. [Obs.] "A tower on a toft." Piers Plowman.
2. A grove of trees; also, a plain. [Prov. Eng.]
3. (O. Eng. Law)
Defn: A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house.
TOFTMAN
Toft"man, n.; pl. Toftmen (.
Defn: The owner of a toft. See Toft, 3.