English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Result for Tossing
Tossing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Toss
Tossing
(n.)
The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly;
a rolling and tumbling.
Tossing
(n.)
A process which consists in washing ores by violent
agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earhy
particles; -- called also tozing, and treloobing, in Cornwall.
Tossing
(n.)
A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air
while melted.