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▪ I. † ˈtooter1 Obs.
[f. toot v.1 + -er1.]
1. One who gazes; a watchman; a prier or peeper.
1382Wyclif Isa. xxi. 6 Go, and put a tootere [1388 lokere]; and what euere thing he shal see, telle he. Ibid. lii. 8 The vois of thi tooteres. 1550Latimer Serm. at Stamford i. B ij b, Obseruantes, yt is watchers, toters, spies. 1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. ii. (1882) 57 As these foolish starre tooters promised. 1598Florio, Bugigattolo, a sneaker, a pryer into corners, a tooter.
2. Something that projects; in quot., a prominent nose.
1638Shirley Duke's Mistr. iv. i, Val. Examine but this nose. Scol. I have a toter. Val. Which placed with symmetry is like a fountain I' the middle of her face.
▪ II. tooter2|ˈtuːtə(r)|
Also 7 to(a)ter.
[f. toot v.2]
1. One who toots, or plays on a wind-instrument; a trumpeter or piper.
1620Thomas Lat. Dict., Vocalis..a tooter, a piper. 1623Fletcher & Rowley Maid in Mill iii. i, Hark hark! these Toaters tell us the King's coming. 1633B. Jonson Tale Tub v. v, Come, Father Rosin, with your fiddle now, As two tall toters; flourish to the masque. 1907Daily Chron. 29 Jan. 4/7 A tutor who tootled a flute Tried to teach two young tooters to toot.
2. A horn or other wind-instrument.
1860O. W. Holmes Prof. Breakf.-t. viii, A boy..loves to..blow squash ‘tooters’. 1896D. S. Meldrum Grey Mantle 108 The guard's blowing it about like a blast on his tooter. 1897Kipling Capt. Cour. 169 ‘Gimme the tooter.’ Dan took the tin dinner-horn, but paused before he blew.
3. One who proclaims loudly; spec. = touter 1. U.S.
1863Rio Abajo Weekly Press (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 19 May 2 The nameless party's tooter speaks confidently of the success of its nominee. 1886Harper's Mag. Aug. 417/2 The wharf..was alive with vehicles and tooters for the hotels. 1897R. E. Robinson Uncle Lisha's Outing 297 Noisiest of all were the tooters, vociferously proclaiming the wonders of the side shows. |