, m., act of digging, delving, rooting up the ground, etc.; ag tóch na tuighe, rooting up or ransacking the straw (E. R.); ar fuaid gharraidhthe is dronn ortha ag tóch, with bent backs in the potato gardens rooting up the potatoes. See tóchaim.

m, somet. for tochlaim, vl. tóch and tochailt, v. tr., I dig, delve, root up or scoop out the earth, etc.; I dig into the earth, make a hole and throw up clay, as distinct from regular digging; I root, as swine do.

, -air, pl. id., m., a causeway; a pavement; a road or passage.

, -aighe, a., stately, majestic; ag triall go tóchastalach, marching in triumphal procession (Kea., T. S.).

, -ála, f., act of taking: act of raising, erecting, building, taking up, lifting up; tógáil cinn, appearance (of a thing formerly invisible) (U., but found in Mid. Ir.). See tógaint and tógaim.

(tógbhaim)

, vl. tógáil (tógbháil), tógaint (the latter form is the one now used in M.), v. tr., I raise, lift, erect, elevate, take up, build, rear, bring up, take, found, maintain, bring away; collect (rents, etc.); I impute something (acc.) to one's fault (ar with dat.), ná tóg orm é, do not blame mo for it; I lift up, as above poverty, etc.; tógfaidh an t-airgead sin thú, that money will make you; táim tógtha led thabharthas, your present has enriched me. (This idiom is often used ironically); I arrest, seize, lay hold on; tóg uaim é, take it away from me (of something proferred, but refused); gamhain do thógaint, to rear a calf; airgead do thógaint 'san bhannc, to raise a loan in the bank; ní thógfaidh sé a cheann go bráth, he will never be clear of social obloquy (one who has committed a crime); I arrest, seize, imprison; tógthar damh, it appears to me (E. U.)

, -e, f., the act of taking, arresting, etc.; do chuir sé t. air, he got him arrested; tógaint chinn, an uprise, social advancement. See tógaim.

, -aighe, a., erecting, building, raising, taking; sensitive, touchy, fault-finding, carping; contagious.

See <<tógáil>> and <<tógaint>>.

See <<tógaim>>.

, a. See <<tógálach>>.

, p. a., raised, lifted, built. bettered, improved; nach tú atá tógtha leis, have you not been benefited by it? tá sé tógtha go deo, he is set on his legs for ever; arrested, seized, captured.

, p. nec., with ar = to be blamed; ní tógtha orm é, I am not to be blamed for it (M.).

, -ail, pl. id., m., a muster, an assemblage; an army.

, -aighe, a., in military array; proud, stately.

, -e, f., a tone or accent; a note.

See <<tón>>.

, -óra, -eacha, f., pursuit, rout in battle, chase, search, persecution; noise, uproar, commotion; do chuir sé an tóir air, he pursued him; tá an-tóir aige air, he pursues or prosecutes it greatly; tá an tóir ar mo mhullach go minic ó Thighearna an Stáit, oft the Landlord persecutes me (McD.).

, -a, f., pursuit.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a pursuer.

, v. tr., I pursue; follow closely.

, -nighe, -a, f., thunder.

, -e, f., a commotion, excitement, great noise of people gathered in a town, etc.; níl a leithéid dhe th. is bhí ann, such a commotion was never seen (Don.).

, v. intr., I thunder, make a loud noise (also tóirnim).

, g. id., pl. -seacha and -sidhe, f., a torch; also poet. for tuirse. See tuirse.

, -sighe, a., lamp-like, torch-like.

, -se, f., pride; great joy (followed by as).

, -sighe, a., proud, pompous; excessively pleased; very glad; táim ana-thóirtéiseach as, I am very proud of him (W. Ker.).

; i dtólamh, always (Con. and W. U.); the form in Co. Mayo is i dtóláimh, which is probably the best existing.

, -ais, m., in phr. i dtómas, faoi thómas, in store for; do choimeádas é sin id' thómas féinidh, I kept that for you specially; biadh do bheith ollamh i dtómas Sheagháin, to have food ready for John; an im' thómas-sa, is it for me? do ghluais faoi thómas baintreabhach, he went to the aid of widows (Condon).

, -óna, -ónta, f., a bottom, a foundation; the end; the lower or hinder part; the fundament; gan tóin, bottomless; d'ólas siar go tóin é, I drank it to the bottom; i dtóin an tighe, in the lower part of the house, the part most distant from the fireplace; leath-tón, the flank; chuaidh an long go tóin puill, the ship went to the bottom, sank (M., Con.); chuaidh an long go tóin eagáin, id. (Om.); chuaidh an long go tóin, id. (Don.); i dtóin na clasach, in the bottom of the pit (Con.); tón an phota, the bottom of the pot; tón luinge, a ship's keel; tón tíre, lowlands. See <<tonn>>.

, -a, f., pursuit, or search after; ag t. ar mhadadh ruadh, hunting a fox (Louth song).

, -aigh, m., increase, expansion; state of being pregnant, springing (of animals); increase, added strength; g. tórmaigh, used as adj., as bó thórmaigh, a springer.

, -righe, a., watchful, on guard.

, vl. -rmach and -ughadh, v. intr., I grow, increase, augment.

, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., a lord, a prince, a sovereign; a proper name.

, -ála, f., a turning, a striking one thing against another.

, -aimh, m., a "wake," a visit to a sick or dead person, a watch, a guard; a funeral (U.).

, vl. -ramh, I visit, call to see, wake, watch, guard.

(for tarsa), over them, beyond them; tórsa is used in M.; also tórsta, társta.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a pursued person, a tory, a robber, a highwayman; a persecuted person.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I pursue, search for, seek, enquire for; I persecute.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a pursuer.

, -ail, m., arrogance, pride, do thráchtfadh ar th. comórtais le fearachoin, who would presume to compare themselves with champions (E. R.). See tóicheastal.

, -aighe, a., presumptious, arrogant.