toss

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1. 1.To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.
2. 2.To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head. He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me, He would not stay. Addison.
3. 3.To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm. We being exceedingly tossed with a tempeat. Act xxvii.
4. 4.4. To agitate; to make restless. Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent. Milton.
5. 5.Hence, to try; to harass. Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men. Herbert.
6. 6.To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar. [Obs.] Ascham. To toss off, to drink hastily. -- To toss the cars.See under Oar, n.
7. 7.To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling. To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets and enreges our pain. Tillotson.
8. 8.To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean. Shak. To toss for, to throw dice or a coin to determine the possession of; to gamble for. -- To toss up, to throw a coin into the air, and wager on which side it will fall, or determine a question by its fall. Bramsion.
9. 9.A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.
10. 10.A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk. Swift.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball called?
• What is to lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head. He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me, He would not stay. Addison called?
• What is to cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm. We being exceedingly tossed with a tempeat. Act xxvii called?
• What is 4. To agitate; to make restless. Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent. Milton called?
• What is hence, to try; to harass. Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men. Herbert called?
• What is to keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar. [Obs.] Ascham. To toss off, to drink hastily. -- To toss the cars.See under Oar, n called?
• What is to roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling. To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets and enreges our pain. Tillotson called?
• What is a throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball called?
• What is a throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk. Swift called?