toll

v. t. [ See Tole. ] 1. To draw; to entice; to allure. See Tole. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Slow tolls the village clock the drowsy hour. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing. [ 1913 Webster ]

When hollow murmurs of their evening bells
Dismiss the sleepy swains, and toll them to their cells. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Tolled p. pr. & vb. n. Tolling. ] To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to announce the death of a person. [ 1913 Webster ]

The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now sink in sorrows with a tolling bell. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. tollere. See Tolerate. ] (O. Eng. Law) To take away; to vacate; to annul. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. tol, AS. toll; akin to OS. & D. tol, G. zoll, OHG. zol, Icel. tollr, Sw. tull, Dan. told, and also to E. tale; -- originally, that which is counted out in payment. See Tale number. ] 1. A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Sax. & O. Eng. Law) A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Tax; custom; duty; impost. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To collect, as a toll. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Subject to the payment of toll; as, tollable goods. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Payment of toll; also, the amount or quantity paid as toll. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]