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Toucan
(n.)
Any one of numerous species of fruit-eating birds of
tropical America belonging to Ramphastos, Pteroglossus, and allied
genera of the family Ramphastidae. They have a very large, but light
and thin, beak, often nearly as long as the body itself. Most of the
species are brilliantly colored with red, yellow, white, and black in
striking contrast.
Toucan
(n.)
A modern constellation of the southern hemisphere.
Touch
(v. t.)
To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly
against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest
on.
Touch
(v. t.)
To perceive by the sense of feeling.
Touch
(v. t.)
To come to; to reach; to attain to.
Touch
(v. t.)
To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
Touch
(v. t.)
To relate to; to concern; to affect.
Touch
(v. t.)
To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of.
Touch
(v. t.)
To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the
books.
Touch
(v. t.)
To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to
melt; to soften.
Touch
(v. t.)
To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke
to with the pencil or brush.
Touch
(v. t.)
To infect; to affect slightly.
Touch
(v. t.)
To make an impression on; to have effect upon.
Touch
(v. t.)
To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an
instrument of music.
Touch
(v. t.)
To perform, as a tune; to play.
Touch
(v. t.)
To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
Touch
(v. t.)
To harm, afflict, or distress.
Touch
(v. t.)
To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree;
to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
Touch
(v. t.)
To be tangent to. See Tangent, a.
Touch
(a.)
To lay a hand upon for curing disease.