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Webster 1913 Edition

Tossing

Toss′ing

,
Noun.
1.
The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling and tumbling.
2.
(Mining)
(a)
A process which consists in washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earthy particles; – called also
tozing
, and
treloobing
, in Cornwall.
Pryce.
(b)
A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tossing

TOSS'ING

,
ppr.
Throwing upward with a jerk; raising suddenly; as the head.

TOSS'ING

,
Noun.
The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling and tumbling.
Dire was the tossing, deep the groans.

Definition 2024

tossing

tossing

English

Verb

tossing

  1. present participle of toss

Noun

tossing ‎(plural tossings)

  1. The motion of something that tosses; a throwing or sudden rising and falling.
    • Herman Melville
      Starbuck himself was seen coolly and adroitly balancing himself to the jerking tossings of his chip of a craft.
  2. (mining) The process of washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earthy particles; tozing.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Pryce to this entry?)
  3. A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.

Adjective

tossing ‎(not comparable)

  1. (vulgar, colloquial) Used to disparage or curse someone or something.
    I can't get this tossing program to work.

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