Definition of toe

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Toe (n.) A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece..

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Stoic :: Stoechiometry (n.) See Stoichiology, Stoichiometry, etc..
Interdigital :: Interdigital (a.) Between the fingers or toes; as, interdigital space..
Tiptoe :: Tiptoe (a.) Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as possible; lifted up; exalted; also, alert..
Digitigrade :: Digitigrade (n.) An animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf, etc.; -- distinguished from a plantigrade, which walks on the palm of the foot..
Stump :: Stump (v. t.) To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub..
Grotesque :: Grotesque (n.) A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes..
Didactylous :: Didactylous (a.) Having only two digits; two-toed.
Hill :: Hill (v. t.) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a hill of corn or potatoes..
Stoop :: Stoop (n.) Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door..
Athetosis :: Athetosis (n.) A variety of chorea, marked by peculiar tremors of the fingers and toes..
Dactyl :: Dactyl (n.) A finger or toe; a digit.
Mulattoes :: Mulattoes (pl. ) of Mulatt.
Totipalmate :: Totipalmate (a.) Having all four toes united by a web; -- said of certain sea birds, as the pelican and the gannet. See Illust. under Aves..
Nomopelmous :: Nomopelmous (a.) Having a separate and simple tendon to flex the first toe, or hallux, as do passerine birds..
Dinosauria :: Dinosauria (n. pl.) An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large bird tracks, so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix..
Orohippus :: Orohippus (n.) A genus of American Eocene mammals allied to the horse, but having four toes in front and three behind..
Coryphodon :: Coryphodon (n.) A genus of extinct mammals from the eocene tertiary of Europe and America. Its species varied in size between the tapir and rhinoceros, and were allied to those animals, but had short, plantigrade, five-toed feet, like the elephant..
Gnat :: Gnat (n.) A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes. See Mosquito..
Toe :: Toe (n.) A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece..
Velocipede :: Velocipede (n.) A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, and causing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two, three, or four wheels. See Bicycle, and Tricycle..
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