toe

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If any part of the toe was there, the law considers that it was there in toto_.

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  1. noun One of the digits of a vertebrate.
  2. noun The forepart of a foot or hoof.
  3. noun The terminal segment of an invertebrate's limb.

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  • Heel-toe, heel-toe, arms out, happy smile, shuffle and turn. —  Dancing in the Dark
  • Obvious X-Factor: We're going to pass on Tyson Chandler's ankle and his toe, although the toe was factor enough to keep him in New Orleans. —  FOXSports.com News
  • I hope the toe is all right Oh yes, sir, thank you, it's quite well," answered Martha, blushing through the dirt on her face, as she eyed the fallen food anxiously Tell me now, little one," continued Tom, sitting down on the bench and drawing the child gently towards him, "whom are you pocketing all these good things for?--not for yourself, I'm quite sure of that Oh dear, no, sir; it's for gran'father Indeed. —  The Coxswain's Bride also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue
  • Eager expectation was on tip-toe, and even hunger was forgotten for a short time in the desire to see the foreigner; but Okiok had made up his mind to give them only one glimpse--a sort of moral appetiser--and reserve the full display of his lion until the following day. —  Red Rooney The Last of the Crew
  • You never noticed how she had shrunken; and that was because I stood on tip-toe, and held myself straight with the helmet. —  The Black Cross
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old English ; see deik- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English to, too, plural tos, toos, usually ton, toon, from Anglo-Saxon tā (plural tān, taan), contr. of *tāhe, in an early gloss tāhae =Middle Dutch teen. D. teen =Middle Low German tee =Old High German zēhā, Middle High German zēhe, German zehe (German dial. in various forms: Bavarian zechen, Swabian zaichen, Swiss zebe, zeb, Frankish zewe, Thuringian ziwe, etc.) =Icelandic =Swedish =Danish taa (Teutonic *taihōn, *taihwōn, *taiwōn), toe; connections unknown. Not connected with L. digitus, finger, toe, Greek δάκτυλος, finger, toe. The Teutonic word is applied exclusively to the digits of the foot.
  2. from toe, n.
 

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