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tog

[ tog ]

noun

  1. a coat.
  2. Usually togs. clothes.


verb (used with object)

, togged, tog·ging.
  1. to dress (often followed by out or up ).

tog

1

/ tɒɡ /

noun

    1. a unit of thermal resistance used to measure the power of insulation of a fabric, garment, quilt, etc. The tog-value of an article is equal to ten times the temperature difference between its two faces, in degrees Celsius, when the flow of heat across it is equal to one watt per m²
    2. ( as modifier )

      tog-rating

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tog

2

/ tɒɡ /

verb

  1. often foll byup or out to dress oneself, esp in smart clothes
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noun

  1. See togs
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tog1

1775–85; apparently short for earlier cant togeman ( s ), togman cloak, coat, equivalent to toge ( late Middle English < Latin toga toga ) + -man ( s ) obsolete cant suffix < ?
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tog1

C20: arbitrary coinage from tog 1(noun)

Origin of tog2

C18: probably short for obsolete cant togemans coat, from Latin toga toga + -mans, of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences

For some scenes a pho-tog-ra-pher's screens were used for a back-ground.

Phytography, fī-tog′raf-i, n. the department of botany relating to the particular description of species of plants.

Polyautography, pol-i-aw-tog′ra-fi, n. the art of multiplying copies of one's own handwriting.

Say, did you fellows stop to tog up before you came to the fire?

Poens daret4 utrum vellet succlmantibus, Fabius, excuss5 tog, bellum s dare dcit.

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