قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk.

Dried fungi used as tinder; especially, the Polyporus igniarius.

Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire.

Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough.

Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; as, tough sinews.

Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm.

Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.

Severe; violent; as, a tough storm.

See Tough-pitch (b).

The ruddy duck.

The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper.

Copper so reduced; -- called also tough-cake.

To grow or make tough, or tougher.

of Toughen

of Toughen

Tough in a slight degree.

In a tough manner.

The quality or state of being tough.

The wood warbler.

Alt. of Toupet