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 296 Tongue-pad. A pratler, a chatterer, a very talkative person. Tonnell, or tunnell. A great tub or task. Polwhele, Tonnel is Celtic Cornish for cask. Tootledum pattick. A great simpleton. Toppy. The hush of hair brushed straight up from the forehead. Very common about 50 years ago with men and boys. Top-cliff. Half a gallon of black tin. Carew. Tor. A pile of rocks, or a huge rock, generally crown- ing a hill of granite. The word is Celtic Cornish and means, a prominence, a bulge, the swell of a moun- tain, a mountain, a tow^er or high place. Tormentor. An agricultural implement for breaking up the clods of a ploughed field. Tose. To pull wool. Tosing. A process of pull- ing or preparing wool. M.A.c. Tot. A dram, or ^^nip" of spirit, "a tot of liquor.'' Totle. A stupid silly fellow. Totelin, or Totelish. Both senile and imbecile. "A poor toteling old man." Toucher. A close hit or miss. '^ That was a toucher." Touch-wood. Wood in a peculiar state of decay. A sort of dry rot, as in dead, but still standing trees. Tosh. A large bunch, as of flowers. M.A.C. Touse. Fuss, row, uproar, hurry. " Making such a touse." (Tos, he swore, in Celtic Cornish.)