TOISE, in military mensuration, is a French measure, containing 6 feet, or a fathom: a square toise is 36 square feet, and a cubical toise is 216 feet.
These two measures correspond in the division of the feet; but these divisions being unequal, it is necessary to observe, that the proportion of the yard, as fixed by the Royal Society at London, to the half toise as fixed by the Royal Academy at Paris, is as 36 to 38.355.
Toise carree, Fr. Any square extent, having six feet in every sense.
Toise cube, Fr. Any substance having 6 feet in length, 6 ditto in breadth, and 6 in depth.
Toise, Fr. This word is used in the masculine gender, and signifies, in mathematics, the science or art of measuring surfaces and solids, and of reducing the measure by accurate calculation.
Une affaire TOISEE, Fr. A familiar phrase signifying, the thing is done, all over.
TOISER, Fr. To measure by the toise.
Toiser, Fr. In a military sense, to take the height of a man, as, toiser un soldat, to take the height of a soldier. The French likewise say in a figurative sense, toiser son homme, to examine one’s man with great attention, in order to find out his merits, or good qualities.
TOISEUR, Fr. A person employed among the French in the constructing and repairing of fortifications.
Toiseur, Fr. A measurer.