Definition of touch

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Touch (v. t.) To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the past participle..

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Touch :: Touch (v.) A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
Buhlwork :: Buhlwork (n.) Decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow metal, white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches, etc..
Touch-needle :: Touch-needle (n.) A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for trying the purity of articles of gold or silver by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone..
Knock-kneed :: Knock-kneed (a.) Having the legs bent inward so that the knees touch in walking.
Hammer-less :: Hammer-less (a.) Without a visible hammer; -- said of a gun having a cock or striker concealed from sight, and out of the way of an accidental touch..
Touch :: Touch (v. i.) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes..
Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To perceive by the sense of feeling.
Touch :: Touch (v.) Act or power of exciting emotion.
Graze :: Graze (v. t.) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall..
Osculate :: Osculate (v. i.) To touch closely. See Osculation, 2..
Safety :: Safety (n.) Same as Safety touchdown, below..
Touchable :: Touchable (a.) Capable of being touched; tangible.
Contiguate :: Contiguate (a.) Contiguous; touching.
Shade :: Shade (n.) The soul after its separation from the body; -- so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes..
Smooth :: Smooth (superl.) Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain..
Contact :: Contact (n.) A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.
Sounding :: Sounding (n.) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom..
Safe :: Safe (superl.) Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; safe from storms; safe from foes..
Osculate :: Osculate (v. t.) To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2..
Circumscribe :: Circumscribe (v. t.) To draw a line around so as to touch at certain points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5..
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