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Traditional English :: tod
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todler.html - n. Brit. sl. on one's tod alone; on one's own. [20th c.: perh. f. rhyming sl. on one's Tod Sloan (name of a jockey)] |
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Traditional English :: today
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todler.html - adv. & n. --adv. 1 on or in the course of this present day (shall we go today?).
2 nowadays, in modern times. --n. 1 this present day (today is my birthday).
2 modern times. today week (or fortnight etc.) a week (or fortnight etc.) from today. [OE to d g on (this) day (as TO, DAY)] |
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Traditional English :: toddle
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todler.html - v. & n. --v.intr.
1 walk with short unsteady steps like those of a small child.
2 colloq. a (often foll. by round, to, etc.) take a casual or leisurely walk. b (usu. foll. by off) depart. --n. 1 a toddling walk.
2 colloq. a stroll or short walk. [16th-c. todle (Sc. & N.Engl.), of unkn. orig.] |
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Traditional English :: toddler
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todler.html - n. a child who is just beginning to walk. |
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Traditional English :: toddy
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todler.html - n. (pl. -ies) 1 a drink of spirits with hot water and sugar or spices. 2 the sap of some kinds of palm, fermented to produce arrack. [Hind. tari f. tar palm f. Skr. tçla palmyra] |
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Traditional English :: tody
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todler.html - n. (pl. -ies) any small insect-eating West Indian bird of the genus Todus, related to the kingfisher. [F todier f. L todus, a small bird] |
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