† tossmentn.
Obsolete.
The action of tossing or fact of being tossed.
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tossment1650
1650 T. Bayly Worcesters Apophthegmes lix. 108 After so long a voyage as threescore and sixteen years tossement upon the waves of this troublesome world.
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n.1650- to run wildcat
- to run with
- to run with hare and hounds
- to run with the ball
- to run with the hare and hold with the hound
- to run with the hare and hold with the hounds
- to run with the hare and hunt with the hound
- to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- to run with the herd
- to run, go, act counter
- to run, go, act counter to
- to rupture a gut
- to rush a person off her feet
- to rush a person off her legs
- to rush a person off his feet
- to rush a person off his legs
- to rush about
- to rush around
- to rush in where angels fear to tread
- to rush off
- to rush off her feet
- to rush off her legs
- to rush off his feet
- to rush off his legs
- to rush one's fences