Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tot"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tot \Tot\, n. [L.]
Lit., so much; -- a term used in the English exchequer to
indicate that a debt was good or collectible for the amount
specified, and often written opposite the item.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tot \Tot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Totted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Totting}.]
1. To mark with the word ``tot''; as, a totted debt. See
{Tot}, n.
2. [Cf. {Total}.] To add; to count; to make up the sum of; to
total; -- often with up. [Colloq., Eng.]
The last two tot up the bill. --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tot \Tot\, n. [Cf. {Toddle}, {Tottle}, {Totter}.]
1. Anything small; -- frequently applied as a term of
endearment to a little child.
2. A drinking cup of small size, holding about half a pint.
[Prov.Eng.] --Halliwell.
3. A foolish fellow. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tot
n 1: a small amount (especially of a drink); "a tot of rum"
2: a young child [syn: {toddler}, {yearling}, {bambino}]
v : determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to
those of the neighboring town" [syn: {total}, {tot up}, {sum},
{sum up}, {summate}, {tote up}, {add}, {add together}, {tally},
{add up}]
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