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noun

Toe n.

1.

(Anat.) One of the terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal. "Each one, tripping on his toe."

2.

(Zool.) The fore part of the hoof or foot of an animal.

3.

Anything, or any part, corresponding to the toe of the foot; as, the toe of a boot; the toe of a skate.

4.

(Mach.)

(a)

The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step.

(b)

A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved.

(c)

A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.

Toe biter (Zool.), a tadpole; a polliwig.

Toe drop (Med.), a morbid condition of the foot in which the toe is depressed and the heel elevated, as in talipes equinus. See Talipes.

verb

Toe v. t. (past & past part. toed; pres. part. toeing) To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to; as, to toe the mark.

Toe v. i. (past & past part. toed; pres. part. toeing) To hold or carry the toes (in a certain way).

To toe in, to stand or carry the feet in such a way that the toes of either foot incline toward the other.

To toe out, to have the toes of each foot, in standing or walking, incline from the other foot.

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Etymology of 'Toe'

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"Toe" Quotes from Famous Books

... happens that I am a judge of shoes, and all these shoes were of the very best workmanship. But my attention was at once caught by a little peculiarity in this particular pair. They were the lightest kind of lace-up dress shoes, very thin in the sole, without toe-caps, and beautifully made, like all the rest. These shoes were old and well worn; but being carefully polished, and fitted, as all the shoes were, upon their trees, they looked neat enough. What ...

— Trent's Last Case - The Woman in Black • E.C. (Edmund Clerihew) Bentley

... shook her wings—a bird had fluttered by— And down into the street she looked and up into the sky, And perching on the railing on a tiny fairy toe She flashed away so quickly that I hardly saw ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Oct. 3, 1917 • Various

... better, and was sanctified to him by personal deserving—Charles the Base. When we entered the presence he sat throned, with his tinseled snobs and dandies around him. He looked like a forked carrot, so tightly did his clothing fit him from his waist down; he wore shoes with a rope-like pliant toe a foot long that had to be hitched up to the knee to keep it out of the way; he had on a crimson velvet cape that came no lower than his elbows; on his head he had a tall felt thing like a thimble, with a feather it its jeweled band that stuck ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... if you will; but know, and be assured, oh, democrats, that, like a pyramid, a great man stands on a broad base. It is only the brittle porcelain pagoda, that tottles on a toe. ...

— Redburn. His First Voyage • Herman Melville

... North. I Sent out Several hunters and fowlers in pursute Elk, Deer, or fowls of any kind. wind hard from the S W The Waves high & look dismal indeed breaking with great fury on our beech an Indian canoe pass down to day loaded with Wap-pa-toe roots; Several Indians came up to day from below, I gave them Smoke but allowed them no kind of privilage whatever in the camp, they with the 4 which came down yesterday encamped a Short distance from us. The evening proved Cloudy and I could not take any Luner observations- One man Sick ...

— The Journals of Lewis and Clark • Meriwether Lewis et al

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