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oilet, dress, dressing. Toine (abbreviation of Antoine), Tony. toise, _f._ fathom (6 feet). toiser, _v._ to size up, measure, eye from head to toot. toison, _f._ fleece. toit, _m._ roof. tole, _f._ sheet-iron. tolerer, _v._ to tolerate; -- que, bear to have. tomate, _f._ tomato. tombe, _f._ tomb, grave. tombeau, _m._ tomb, tombstone. tombeki, _m._ kind of tobacco raised chiefly in Persia (usually written tombeki). tomber, _v._ to fall, fall down, drop; faire --, make fall, empty (ashes, etc.); le jour tombe, it grows dark; a la nuit tombante, au jour tombant, at nightfall. Tombouctou, Timbuktu (African town on the upper Niger). ton, _m._ tone. ton, ta (tes, _pl.), poss. adj. pr._ (familiar), your (occasionally: thy). Toni, Tony. Tonkin, _m._ Tonkin (French protectorate in Indo-China, definitively conquered in 1885). tonne, _f._ tun, hogshead. tonneau, _m._ cask, barrel, ton. tonner, _v._ to thunder. toque, _f._ Hat cap, toque (the French judge's toque suggests a cylinder flaring at the top). torche, _f._ torch. tordre, _v._ to twist, wring; se --, writhe, laugh convulsively. torrent, _m._ torrent, flood. tors, -e, _adj._ twisted, crooked. torse, _m._ trunk (of a person), body. tort, _m._ wrong, harm, stigma; avoir --, to be wrong; a --, wrongly. Tortillard, proper name suggesting tortiller. tortiller, _v._ to twist. tortu, -e, _adj._ crooked, gnarled. tortue, _f._ tortoise, turtle. torture, _f._ torture, torment; mettre l'esprit a la --, to rack one's brains. torturer, _v._ to torture, torment. tot, _adv._ soon, early. toucher, _v._ to touch, touch on; -- a, touch, meddle with, border on, draw near; touchant,-e, touching, pathetic. touffe, _f._ tuft, clump, cluster. toujours, _adv._ always, all the time, continuously, ever, still, nevertheless, at any rate. tour, _f._ tower. tour, _m._ turn, circuit, trip around, trick, feat; faire le -- (de), to make the circuit, fun around; -- a --, in turn. tourbillon, _m._ whirlwind, whirlpool, swarm. tourbillonner, _v._ to whirl. tourelle, _f._ turret; escalier en --, winding turret stairway. tourmenter, _v._ to torment. tournant, _m._ turn, corner. tournee, _f._ turn, tour, trip, round. tourner, _v._ to turn, flank, turn around or over or the corner of, turn out, wind, twist, bend, circle; se --, turn oneself, turn, turn around; mal --, take a turn for the worse, turn out badly; mal tourne, badly formed or built, homely; -- au plafond, encircle the ceilin
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