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Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire. [Colloq.] It may be said of Dryden that he was at no time touchy about personal attacks. Saintsbury.

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. "Tough roots and stubs. " Milton.

See Tough-pitch (b).

The ruddy duck. [ Local U.S. ]

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

To grow or make tough, or tougher.

Tough in a slight degree.

In a tough manner.

The quality or state of being tough.

The wood warbler. [Prov. Eng.]

A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig. Her powdered hair is turned backward over a toupee. G. Eliot.

The crested titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]

A tower. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Same as Turacou.

An ornamental firework which turns round, when in the air, so as to form a scroll of fire. G. Francis.

An automobile designed for touring; specif., a roomy car, not a limousine, for five or more passengers.

One who makes a tour, or performs a journey in a circuit.

three-sided or six-sided prisms terminated by rhombohedral or scalenohedral planes. Black tourmaline (schorl) is the most common variety, but there are also other varieties, as the blue (indicolite), red (rubellite), also green, brown, and white. The red and green varieties when transparent are valued as jewels. [Writt…

A spinning wheel. [Prov. Eng.]

ition of their address and bravery; hence, figuratively, a real battle. "In battle and in tourneyment." Chaucer. With cruel tournament the squadrons join. Milton.