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| Touch |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Touched (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Touching.] [F. toucher, OF. touchier, tuchier]
of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. zucchen, zukken, to twitch,
pluck, |
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.
To perceive by the sense of feeling.
To come to; to reach; to attain to.
To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
To relate to; to concern; to affect.
To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat
of.
To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not
touched the books.
To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to
move; to melt; to soften.
To mark or delineate with touches; to add a
slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
To infect; to affect slightly.
To make an impression on; to have effect
upon.
To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to
touch an instrument of music.
To perform, as a tune; to play.
To influence by impulse; to impel
forcibly.
To harm, afflict, or distress.
To affect with insanity, especially in a slight
degree; to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the past
participle.
To be tangent to. See
Tangent, a.
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| Touch (touch) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Touch |
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To
be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between;
as, two spheres touch only at points.
To fasten; to take effect; to make
impression.
To treat anything in discourse, especially in a
slight or casual manner; -- often with on or upon.
To be brought, as a sail, so close
to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
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The act of
touching, or the state of being touched; contact.
The sense by which pressure or
traction exerted on the skin is recognized; the sense by which the
properties of bodies are determined by contact; the tactile sense. See
Tactile sense, under Tactile.
Act or power of exciting emotion.
An emotion or affection.
Personal reference or application.
A stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a
satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof.
A single stroke on a drawing or a
picture.
Feature; lineament; trait.
The act of the hand on a musical instrument;
bence, in the plural, musical notes.
A small quantity intermixed; a little; a
dash.
A hint; a suggestion; slight notice.
A slight and brief essay.
A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for
touchstone.
Hence, examination or trial by some decisive
standard; test; proof; tried quality.
The particular or characteristic
mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the
fingers; as, a heavy touch, or a light touch; also, the
manner of touching, striking, or pressing the keys of a piano; as, a legato
touch; a staccato touch.
The broadest part of a
plank worked top and but (see Top and but, under Top,
n.), or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is,
tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern
timbers at the counters.
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To
compare with; of be equal to; -- usually with a negative; as, he held
that for good cheer nothing could touch an open fire.
To induce to give or lend; to borrow from;
as, to touch one for a loan; hence, to steal from.
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A set of changes less than the total possible on
seven bells, that is, less than 5,040.
An act of borrowing or stealing.
Tallow; -- a plumber's term.
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