toss

v. i. 1. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling. [ 1913 Webster ]

To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets and enrages our pain. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To toss for, to throw dice or a coin to determine the possession of; to gamble for. --
To toss up, to throw a coin into the air, and wager on which side it will fall, or determine a question by its fall. Bramsion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Tassel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who tosses. J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a tossy manner. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling and tumbling. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A toper; one habitually given to strong drink; a drunkard. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]