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toise
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/ tɔɪz /
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noun
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
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Origin of toise
1590–1600; <Middle French <Vulgar Latin *tēsa, (feminine singular), Latin tēnsa (bracchia) outstretched (arms), neuter plural taken as feminine singular See tense1
Words nearby toise
toilet training, toilet water, toilful, toilsome, toilworn, toise, toitoi, Tojo, tokamak, Tokara Islands, tokay
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