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• past participle of toss.
• past tense form of toss.

tost

American  

[tawst, tost] / tɔst, tɒst /

verb

Literary.

1. a simple past tense and past participle of toss.

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tost

I, like a Ship in Storms, was tost; Yet afraid to put in to Land: 17 For seiz’d in the Port the Vessel’s lost, Whose Treasure is contreband.

From The Beggar's Opera to which is prefixed the Musick to each Song by Fraser, Claud Lovat

The grave Bavarian, midst his half year’s frost, Delights to keep thy ruby fins awake; And as in traffic’s maze his fancy’s tost, Light skims the icy surface of the lake.

From Nicotiana Or The Smoker's and Snuff-Taker's Companion by Meller, Henry James

I have been tost about hither and thither, as if on the waves of a stormy sea, and left ever and anon to perish without hope of rescue!

From The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

Ma dame l'enseveli Et Amours, par fi Que sa mort fust tost plouree.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

On life's billow tost, The sport of changeful tide, we're well-nigh lost, And, like a frail boat on a stormy sea, We waver up and down uncertainly.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard