Whatever you observe him to be more frighted at then he
should, tole him on to by insensible degrees, till at
last he masters the difficulty.
2. [Probably the same word as toll to draw, and at first
meaning, to ring in order to draw people to church.] To
cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and
uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell. ``The
sexton tolled the bell.'' --Hood.
3. To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to
ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend. --Shak.
Slow tolls the village clock the drowsy hour.
--Beattie.
4. To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing.
When hollow murmurs of their evening bells Dismiss
the sleepy swains, and toll them to their cells.
--Dryden.
The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll. --Shak.
Now sink in sorrows with a tolling bell. --Pope.
2. To take toll; to raise a tax. [R.]
Well could he [the miller] steal corn and toll
thrice. --Chaucer.
No Italian priest Shall tithe or toll in our
dominions. --Shak.
2. (Sax. & O. Eng. Law) A liberty to buy and sell within the
bounds of a manor.
3. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for
grinding.
{Toll and team} (O. Eng. Law), the privilege of having a
market, and jurisdiction of villeins. --Burrill.
{Toll bar}, a bar or beam used on a canal for stopping boats
at the tollhouse, or on a road for stopping passengers.
{Toll bridge}, a bridge where toll is paid for passing over
it.
{Toll corn}, corn taken as pay for grinding at a mill.
{Toll dish}, a dish for measuring toll in mills.
{Toll gatherer}, a man who takes, or gathers, toll.
{Toll hop}, a toll dish. [Obs.] --Crabb.
{Toll thorough} (Eng. Law), toll taken by a town for beasts
driven through it, or over a bridge or ferry maintained at
its cost. --Brande & C.
{Toll traverse} (Eng. Law), toll taken by an individual for
beasts driven across his ground; toll paid by a person for
passing over the private ground, bridge, ferry, or the
like, of another.
{Toll turn} (Eng. Law), a toll paid at the return of beasts
from market, though they were not sold. --Burrill.
Syn: Tax; custom; duty; impost.