Defn: The namaycush.
TOHEW
To*hew", v. t. Etym: [Pref. to- + hew.]
Defn: To hew in pieces. [Obs.] Chaucer.
TOHUBOHU To"hu*bo"hu (to"hoo-bo"hoo), n. [F. tohu-bohu, fr. Heb. tohu wa bohu without form and void (Gen. i. 2).]
Defn: Chaos; confusion.
Was ever such a tohubohu of people as there assembles
Thuckeray.
TOIL
Toil, n. Etym: [F. toiles, pl., toils, nets, fr. toile cloth, canvas,
spider web, fr. L. tela any woven stuff, a web, fr. texere to weave.
See Text, and cf. Toilet.]
Defn: A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking
prey; — usually in the plural.
As a Numidian lion, when first caught, Endures the toil that holds
him. Denham.
Then toils for beasts, and lime for birds, were found. Dryden.
TOIL Toil, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Toiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Toiling.] Etym: [OE. toilen to pull about, to toil; of uncertain origin; cf. OD. teulen, tuylen, to labor, till, or OF. tooillier, toailler, to wash, rub (cf. Towel); or perhaps ultimately from the same root as E. tug.]
Defn: To exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind, especially of the body, with efforts of some continuance or duration; to labor; to work.