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n. [ From Caspar Milquetoast, a character in a cartoon strip by H. T. Webster, The Timid Soul (1935). ] a timid, unassertive man or boy fearful of confrontation and easily manipulated and dominated.
Syn. -- sissy, pantywaist, pansy, milksop. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the occipital bone and second vertebra, or axis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of an octoic acid; a caprylate. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) (a) A sculpin. (b) A toadfish. (c) The angler. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. G. stocken. ] (Naut.) To stop; to choke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. stot a stoat, horse, bullock; perhaps originally only of male animals, and akin to D. stooten to push, E. stutter; cf. Icel. st&unr_;tr a bull, Sw. stut a bullock. Cf. Stot. ] (Zool.) The ermine in its summer pelage, when it is reddish brown, but with a black tip to the tail. The name is sometimes applied also to other brown weasels. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n.. (Zool.) A species of toad native of Surinam. See Pipa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A swellfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. tode, tade, AS. tādie, tādige; of unknown origin. Cf. Tadpole. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus Bufo and allied genera, especially those of the family Bufonidae. Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common toad (Bufo vulgaris) and the natterjack are familiar European species. The common American toad (Bufo lentiginosus) is similar to the European toad, but is less warty and is more active, moving chiefly by leaping. [ 1913 Webster ]

Obstetrical toad. (Zool.) See under Obstetrical. --
Surinam toad. (Zool.) See Pita. --
Toad lizard (Zool.), a horned toad. --
Toad pipe (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant (Equisetum limosum) growing in muddy places. Dr. Prior. --
Toad rush (Bot.), a low-growing kind of rush (Juncus bufonius). --
Toad snatcher (Zool.), the reed bunting. [ Prov. Eng. ] --
Toad spittle. (Zool.) See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo. --
Tree toad. (Zool.) See under Tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Said to be so called in allusion to an old alleged practice among mountebanks' boys of eating toads (popularly supposed to be poisonous), in order that their masters might have an opportunity of pretending to effect a cure. The French equivalent expression is un avaleur de couleuvres. Cf. Toady. ] A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant; a flatterer; a toady. V. Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]

You had nearly imposed upon me, but you have lost your labor. You're too zealous a toadeater, and betray yourself. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) Any marine fish of the genus Batrachus, having a large, thick head and a wide mouth, and bearing some resemblance to a toad. The American species (Batrachus tau) is very common in shallow water. Called also oyster fish, and sapo. (b) The angler. (c) A swellfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) An herb (Linaria vulgaris) of the Figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; -- called also butter and eggs, flaxweed, and ramsted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The golden plover. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a toad. [ Obs. ] A. Stafford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small toad. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Min.) A local name for the igneous rocks of Derbyshire, England; -- said by some to be derived from the German todter stein, meaning dead stone, that is, stone which contains no ores. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Bufonite, formerly regarded as a precious stone, and worn as a jewel. See Bufonite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A name given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of the genus Agaricus. The species are almost numberless. They grow on decaying organic matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Toadied p. pr. & vb. n. Toadying. ] To fawn upon with mean sycophancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Toadies [ Shortened from toadeater. ] 1. A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Before I had been standing at the window five minutes, they somehow conveyed to me that they were all toadies and humbugs. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A coarse, rustic woman. [ R. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. The practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy; servile adulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Toasted p. pr. & vb. n. Toasting. ] [ OF. toster to roast, toast, fr. L. torrere, tostum, to parch, roast. See Torrid. ] 1. To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To name when a health is proposed to be drunk; to drink to the health, or in honor, of; as, to toast a lady. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. toste, or tostée, toasted bread. See Toast, v. ] 1. Bread dried and browned before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by putting slices of toasted bread into milk, gravy, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

My sober evening let the tankard bless,
With toast embrowned, and fragrant nutmeg fraught. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A lady in honor of whom persons or a company are invited to drink; -- so called because toasts were formerly put into the liquor, as a great delicacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

It now came to the time of Mr. Jones to give a toast . . . who could not refrain from mentioning his dear Sophia. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, any person, especially a person of distinction, in honor of whom a health is drunk; hence, also, anything so commemorated; a sentiment, as “The land we live in, ” “The day we celebrate, ” etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Toast rack, a small rack or stand for a table, having partitions for holding slices of dry toast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who toasts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kitchen utensil for toasting bread, cheese, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

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a. & n. from Toast, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

Toasting fork, a long-handled fork for toasting bread, cheese, or the like, by the fire. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person who presides at a public dinner or banquet, and announces the toasts. [ 1913 Webster ]