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See Tonka bean.
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a.
Tonsilar.
n.
The female of the bullfinch; -- called also tonyhoop.
a.
Double-tongued; deceitful.
n.
An instrument for determining the rate of vibrations in tones.
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The act of measuring with a tonometer;
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One of the two glandular organs situated in the throat at the sides of the fauces. The tonsils are sometimes called the almonds, from their shape.
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Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald.
n.
A duty or impost on vessels, estimated per ton, or, a duty, toll, or rate payable on goods per ton transported on canals.
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An instrument for removing the tonsils.
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The cubical content or burden of a vessel, or vessels, in tons; or, the amount of weight which one or several vessels may carry. See Ton, n. (b).
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In the ton; fashionable; modish.
n.
Tonicity, or tone; as, muscular tonus.
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Of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsilitic.
n.
An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan raised on life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of each, at his death, is enjoyed by the survivors, until at last the whole goes to the last survivor, or to the last two or three, according to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as, tontine insurance.
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Inflammation of the tonsil; quinsy.
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The operation of removing the tonsil, or a portion thereof.
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Abounding in tone or sound.
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The whole amount of shipping estimated by tons; as, the tonnage of the United States. See Ton.
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