TOISE

Definition: TOISE

TOISE

Adjective

1. An old measure of length in France, containing six French feet, or about 6.3946 French feet.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Toise \Toise\, noun. [French expression, from Late Latin expression tesa, from the Latin expression tensus, feminine tensa, past participle of tendere to stretch, extend. See Tense,]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definition
Mining	An old French unit of length used in early geodetic surveys and equal to 6French ft, 6.396 U.S. ft, or 1.949 m. (references)
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Crosswords: TOISE

Non-English Usage: "TOISE" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (measure).

Domain	Title
Books	La toise et le vertige (reference) (more book examples)
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Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "TOISE": half-toise.
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Derivations
	Words ending with "TOISE": tortoise. (additional references)
	Words containing "TOISE": tortoises, tortoiseshell, tortoiseshells. (additional references)
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-i-o-s-t"
	-1 letter: site, ties, toes.
	-2 letters: its, oes, ose, sei, set, sit, sot, tie, tis, toe.
	-3 letters: es, et, is, it, oe, os, si, so, ti, to.
	Words containing the letters "e-i-o-s-t"
	+1 letter: boites, cestoi, egoist, otiose, potsie, sobeit, softie, somite, sopite, sortie, soviet, stogie, tobies, todies, toiles, tories, towies, triose.
	+2 letters: amosite, atomies, atomise, atonies, atopies, azotise, boniest, booties, bothies, boxiest, cestoid, citoles, coedits, coesite, coexist, cooties, cosiest, costive, cowiest, coziest, deposit, distome, dopiest, dotiest, doziest, editors, egoists, egotism, egotist, entoils, eoliths, erotics, erotism, estriol, ethions, etoiles, exotics, exotism, exposit, foisted, fomites, footies, footsie, forties, foxiest, foziest, goiters, goitres, gooiest, goriest, heriots, histone, hogties, hoisted, hoister, hokiest, holiest, homiest, hostile, inosite, intones, iodates, iolites, isohyet, isolate, isotone, isotope, isotype, joisted, jokiest, ketosis, litotes, logiest, loiters, mestino, mestizo, mitoses, modiste, moisten, moister, mopiest, mortise, motiles, motives, norites, nosiest, notices, obesity, oestrin, oiliest, oolites, ooziest, ophites, opiates, optimes, orbiest, orients, osteoid, ostiole, outlies, outside, outsize, outvies, pintoes, piolets, pistole, piteous, podites, poetics, poetise, pointes, pokiest, posited, potpies, potsies, potties, prostie, reposit, rioters, riposte, roister, ropiest, rosiest, scottie, section, sentimo, shortie, society, softies, somites, sootier, sopited, sopites, sorites, sortied, sorties, soviets, steroid, stogies, stonier, stoolie, storied, stories, stourie, tedious, tension, timeous, tiptoes, toadies, toddies, toffies, toilers, toilets, tommies, toniest, tootsie, topside, townies, toxines, triodes, trioses, trisome, violets, zloties, zoisite.
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