˜yĐÄvlog

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toise

[ toiz ]

noun

  1. an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).


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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of toise1

1590–1600; < Middle French < Vulgar Latin *łŮŧ˛ő˛š, (feminine singular), Latin łŮŧ˛Ô˛ő˛š ( bracchia ) outstretched (arms), neuter plural taken as feminine singular See tense 1
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"Well pitched, Hugh of Clatford," cried the old knight; "well pitched; a toise beyond Sir Simeon."

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"If you do, I will beat you by a toise," replied Hal of Hadnock, laughing.

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En l’an 1429 le cordelier Richard preschant aux Innocens estoit monté sur ung hault eschaffaut qui estoit près de toise et demie de hault, le dos tourné vers les charniers encontre la charounerie, à l’endroit de la danse Macabre.”

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Riv′er-jack, the common water-snake of Europe; Riv′er-man, one who makes his livelihood by dragging the river for sunken goods; River-muss′el, a fresh-water mussel; Riv′er-ott′er, the common European otter; Riv′er-perch, a Californian surf-fish; Riv′er-pie, the water-ousel; Riv′er-shore, the shore or bank of a river; Riv′er-side, the bank of a river; Riv′er-smelt, the gudgeon; Riv′er-snail, a pond snail; Riv′er-swall′ow, the sand-martin; Riv′er-tide, the tide from the sea rising or ebbing in a river; Riv′er-tor′toise, a soft-shelled turtle; Riv′er-wall, a wall made to confine the waters of a river within definite bounds.—adj.

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In Market Square, Philadelphia, land was worth from 3,000 to 4,000 francs per sq. toise, and in Wall Street, New York, about 4,000 francs.

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