2. Verb. (third-person singular of toss) ¹
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Definition of Tosses
1. toss [v] - See also: toss
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tosses
Literary usage of Tosses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Seasons by James Thomson (1827)
"But if on bed Delirious flung, sleep from his pillow Hies, All night he tosses,
nor the balmy power In any posture finds; till the gray Morn Lifts her pale ..."
2. English Prose (1137-1890) by John Matthews Manly (1909)
"... the Whale was interpreted to be Hobbes's "Leviathan," which tosses and plays
with all other schemes of religion and government, whereof a great many are ..."
3. Twenty-seven Years in Canada West: Or, The Experience of an Early Settler by Samuel Strickland (1853)
"tosses A COPPER TO LOSE A WIFE.—HIS VOYAGE IN THE "DISMAL."—HIS CHARACTER.—LITERARY
MERIT.— HIS PERSONAL DESCRIPTION. As I may not have another opportunity ..."
4. Steps to Oratory: A School Speaker by Frank Townsend Southwick (1900)
"... Crew and Captain lie ; There the sunlit ocean tosses O'er them moldering, And
the lonely sea bird crosses With one waft of the wing. ..."
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