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Any branched marine bryozoan resembling moss.

Composed or tranquill in mind, manner, etc.; undisturbed.

The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.

To throw in a negligent or careless manner; to toss. [Obs.] Swift.

Not favored by the stars; ill-fated. [Poetic] Shak. Such in my star-crossed destiny. Massinger.

Of or pertaining to styloid process and the tongue.

Situated under the tongue; sublingual.

A digging under; an undermining. [R.] Bp. Hall.

A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters of Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under Echidna.

An extensive division of gastropod mollusks in which the odontophore is long and narrow, and usually bears seven rows of teeth. It includes a large number of families both marine and fresh- water.

Of or pertaining to the Tænioglossa.

, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tossed (; (less properly Tost ); p. pr. & vb. n. Tossing.] Etym: [ W. tosiaw, tosio, to jerk, toss, snatch, tosa quick jerk, a toss, a snatch. ]

See Tassel.

Ohe who tosser. J. Fletcher.

In a tossy manner. [R.]

The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling and tumbling.

A toper; one habitually given to strong drink; a drunkard. Shak.

Tossing the head, as in scorn or pride; hence, proud; contemptuous; scornful; affectedly indifferent; as, a tossy commonplace. [R.] C. Kingsley.

A division of marine gastropod mollusks in which the radula are converted into poison fangs. The cone shells (Conus), Pleurotoma, and Terebra, are examples. See Illust. of Cone, n., 4, Pleurotoma, and Terebra.

Trousers. [Obs.] Shak.