Tossed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Toss \Toss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tossed} ; (less properly
     {Tost} ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tossing}.] [ W. tosiaw, tosio, to
     jerk, toss, snatch, tosa quick jerk, a toss, a snatch. ]
     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.


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     2. To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as,
        to toss the head.
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              He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me,
              He would not stay.                    --Addison.
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     3. To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves
        in a storm.
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              We being exceedingly tossed with a tempest. --Act
                                                    xxvii. 18.
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     4. To agitate; to make restless.
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              Calm region once,
              And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent.
                                                    --Milton.
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     5. Hence, to try; to harass.
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              Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men.
                                                    --Herbert.
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     6. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years
        in tossing the rules of grammar. [Obs.] --Ascham.
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     {To toss off},
        (a) to drink hastily.
        (b) to accomplish easily or quickly.
        (c) to say in an offhand manner; as, to toss off a
            comment.
        (d) to masturbate; -- British slang.
  
     {To toss the cars}.See under Oar, n.
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