togglen.
/ˈtɒɡ(ə)l/ 1. Nautical. A short pin passed through a loop or the eye of a rope, or a link of a chain, or through a bolt, to keep it in place, or for the attachment of another line.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > pin to keep loops, links, etc., in place
toggle1769
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Toggel, a small wooden pin..usually tapering... It is used to fix transversely in the lower part of a tackle, in which it serves as an hook whereby to attach the tackle to a strop, slings, or any body whereon the effort of the tackle is to be employed. There are also toggels..employed to fasten the top-gallant sheets to the span, which is knotted round the cap at the top-mast-head.
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Toggel (a sea term), a small wooden pin tapered from the middle towards the extremities used in confining a rope. [So 1828 in Webster.]
1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer I. viii. 229 The yard~ropes were fixed to the halter by a toggle in the running noose of the latter.
1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. ix. 218 Tethered by halters and toggles to a long rope.
1898 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ vi. 47 The strap of the second cutting tackle was inserted and secured by passing a huge toggle of oak through its eye.
2. transferred.
a. A cross-piece attached to the end of a line or chain (e.g. a watch-chain), or fixed in a belt or strap for attaching a weapon, etc. by a loop or ring; also, a cross-piece put through a loop to effect compression by twisting. Now frequently a short rod attached to one side of a garment to fasten it by being passed through a loop attached to the other side.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > toggle
Liverpool button1883
toggle1903
1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 310/2 This straightens the toggles, and causes a sharp impression of the stamp upon the leather.
1875 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. (ed. 2) x. 380 A strop round the nose, hove short with a short stick or toggle, will rapidly tame an unmanageable horse.
1880 W. C. Russell Sailor's Sweetheart viii Around his waist was a broad leather belt with toggles for the reception of a knife or a pistol.
1887 Q. Rev. Jan. 97 The exquisite workmanship of the toggles and sword guards.
1903 W. M. F. Petrie Abydos II. ii. 26/2 141–3 appear to be toggles for fastening dress through a loop, like the frogs on a modern military cloak.
1905 A. S. Griffith tr. J. Capart Primitive Art Egypt Index Studs or toggles for cloaks, pp. 57, 59.
1916 Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 617/1 He undid the toggles of his thick lammy coat.
1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 38 Duffel coat, a warm coat of heavy cloth... The front is fastened with toggles. This ‘fashion’ originated in the Navy when duffel-coats were worn as protection against the elements.
1982 B. W. Aldiss Helliconia Spring ix. 231 She was buttoning up her tunic, looking down at the toggles.
b. A device for fixing an anchor: see quot.
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1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. vi. 100 In 1821, R. F. Hawkins, a Kentish mariner, obtained a patent for an anchor, the arm and flukes of which turned round in eyeholes at the termination of the shank, until they formed therewith an angle of about sixty degrees, in which position they were detained by a thick piece of iron, called by the inventor a ‘toggle’. When this anchor is let go, one of the ends of the toggle comes in contact with the ground, and puts both flukes in a position to enter; and when the strain comes on the cable, the other end of the toggle..sets the anchor in its holding position, not with one fluke only, as in the common anchor, but with both.
c. A movable pivoted cross-piece serving as a barb in a harpoon.
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1881 Sydney Morning Herald 24 Oct. The harpoon was a patent one, with a toggle, and opens when there is any strain on the line.
d. Mechanics. A toggle-joint.
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1908 Installation News 2 22/2 This is done by connecting a bell and dry cell between the screw D and the toggle of the switch, so that when the piston rises and makes contact with the toggle the bell rings before sufficient pressure is exerted to throw off the switch.
e. dialect. Each of the two short handles or ‘nibs’ of a scythe.
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1885 Rep. & Trans. Devonshire Assoc. 17 113 I can't mow the lawn, sir, till I've got a new snead and toggles to my scythe.
f. A kind of wall fastener for use on open-backed plasterboarding, etc., having a part that springs open or turns through 90 degrees after it is inserted, so as to prevent withdrawal and aid gripping.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > nails for other specific uses
stay-nail1296
wough-nailc1300
strake-nail1334
wall-nail1344
traverse nail1348
doornail1350
gad-nail1375
lath-nail1388
clout-nail1463
lattice-nail1480
lath-brod1536
sheathing-nail1611
bellows-nail1731
weight nail1850
panel pin1867
wheeler1873
fencing-nail1874
brattice-nail1880
toggle1934
1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1964 Pract. Householder Dec. 1369/1 I had an occasion to use Rawlplug 1/ 8 in. and 3/ 16 in. gravity toggles... If you decide to remove the toggle at a later date, when the burr on the screw comes up against the swivel nut, the whole device will turn.
1977 Reader's Digest Bk. Do-It-Yourself Skills & Techniques v. 154 Gravity toggles have a swivel toggle that drops vertically when pushed through a hole bored in the wall... Spring toggles have two spring-loaded gripping arms which expand after the toggle is pushed through a hole.
g. Electronics. = latch n.1 3b. Also toggle circuit.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > electronic circuit > [noun] > trigger circuit > switching circuit
flip-flop1935
toggle circuit1953
latch1959
1953 Proc. IRE 41 1429/1 The toggles or other storage elements hold the accumulated count.
1955 Sci. Amer. June 93/2 In the logical circuits of a modern computer the memory units commonly consist of pairs of vacuum tubes connected in a circuit which is called a ‘toggle’ because of its analogy with a toggle switch.
1962 Gloss. Automatic Data Processing (B.S.I.) 58 Toggle, bistable trigger circuit, a trigger circuit which has two quasi-stable or stable states and which requires an appropriate excitation in each state to cause a transition to the other.
1971 J. H. Smith Digital Logic iv. 54 The latch or toggle circuit is used to hold signals fed momentarily into a system.
h. Computing. A key or command that is always operated the same way but has the opposite effect on successive occasions.
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society > computing and information technology > hardware > peripherals > [noun] > keyboard > key operation
toggle1982
1982 Personal Computer World Dec. 138/1 I find that the ‘Install’ program is unable to make the best of configuring for my printer as Wordstar expects toggles where the Epson has separate control codes for turning on and off certain modes.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
toggle action n.
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1893 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3rd Ser. 4 716 The drawing together of the nave flanges..produces a toggle action of the spokes.
toggle fastening n.
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1976 Country Life 29 Apr. 1143/1 Suit with toggle fastenings.
1976 Woman's Weekly 6 Nov. 49/2 Plus a zingy crochet jacket in bold bright stripes with toggle fastenings.
toggle line n.
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1880 Harper's Mag. May 851 The engines, by means of the toggle line, steadily haul the seine to the shore.
toggle-noose n.
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1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 675/2 Attaching a toggle noose where the trace joins the harness.
toggle pattern n.
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1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 210/1 The press employed may be either of the ‘hydraulic’ or of the ‘toggle’ pattern.
b.
toggle-like n.
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1904 Brit. & Col. Printer 10 Mar. 14/2 Links pivoted to the lever are slotted to engage pins carried by the extension of the hand lever, which thus exerts a toggle-like action on the lever.
C2.
toggle-bolt n. (a) a bolt having a hole through the head to receive a toggle; (b) = sense 2f.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > bolt > types of
round bolt1582
ringbolt1599
pikebolt1622
rag bolt1625
set-bolt1627
clinch-bolta1642
eyebolt1649
clinch1659
screw-bolt1690
king bolt1740
wrain-bolt1750
wraining-bolt1769
toggle-bolt1794
strap-bolt1795
wring-bolt1815
through-bolt1821
truss-bolt1825
slip-stopper1831
stud bolt1838
anchor bolt1839
king rod1843
joint bolt1844
spade-bolt1850
shackle-bolt1852
roof bolt1853
set-stud1855
coach bolt1869
truss-rod1873
fox-bolt1874
garnish-bolt1874
fang-bolt1876
stud1878
U bolta1884
rock bolt1887
hook bolt1899
tower bolt1911
explosive bolt1948
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 152 Toggle-bolt.
1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 99 The Toggle-Bolt has a flat head and a mortise through it, that receives a toggle or pin.
1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Toggle bolt, a bolt having a nut with pivoted flanged wings that close against a spring when passed through a constricted passage and open after emerging.
1968 Trade Marks Jrnl. 8 May 736/2 Rawlplug... Bolt anchoring devices, expansion bolts; toggle bolts, wall plugs and sockets.
toggle-chain n. a short chain fastened to a timber sledge, having a toggle-hook at the end by which the effective length of the binding chain is regulated.
toggle circuit n. see sense 2g.
toggle-harpoon n. a harpoon with a pivoted toggle instead of barbs.
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society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > whaling equipment > [noun] > harpoon > types of
gun-harpoon1867
bomb-lance1883
rocket bomb1883
toggle-iron1884
toggle-harpoon1888
stabbing harpoon1895
1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 249 What is known to whalers as a toggle-harpoon is a modification of the lily-iron.
toggle-hole n. a hole made, as in blubber, for inserting a toggle ( Cent. Dict.).
toggle-hook n. a long-shanked hook used on a toggle-chain ( Cent. Dict. Suppl.).
toggle-iron n. = toggle-harpoon n.
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society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > whaling equipment > [noun] > harpoon > types of
gun-harpoon1867
bomb-lance1883
rocket bomb1883
toggle-iron1884
toggle-harpoon1888
stabbing harpoon1895
1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. Toggle iron.
1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 526/2 The hand harpoon is a light and efficient weapon..introduced by the Americans, to whom it is known as a ‘toggle-iron’.
toggle-joint n. a joint consisting of two pieces hinged endwise, operated by applying pressure at the elbow.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > joint > movable
universal joint1676
ruler joint1686
knee-joint1712
rule joint1767
toggle-joint1847
1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Toggle-joint, an elbow or knee-joint.
1869 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 412 The cranked knee or toggle joint.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 12/2 A box of wooden soldiers, with a slightly jointed framework on which they can be stuck,..which elongates and contracts..is simply a combination of toggle-joints.
toggle-lanyard n. see quot.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > types of
warp1296
sewing-rope1336
viring-rope1336
wardrope1338
bast1357
breast rope1412
balk-line1506
waterline1626
shank1706
selvage1711
shroud hawser1744
white line1747
selvagee1750
cringle1787
staple-rope1794
bracing-rope1827
selvage-stropc1860
soga1860
four-cant1867
toggle-lanyard1874
maguey1908
snorter1950
snotter1950
1874 C. M. Scammon Marine Mammals N. Amer. App. 312 It [the toggle] has a hole near one end, through which a rope is attached, which is termed the toggle-lanyard. This lanyard is used in handling or confining the toggle.
toggle-pin n. = sense 1.
toggle-press n. a press operated by means of one or more toggle-joints.
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society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > [noun] > toggle
toggle-press1877
1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Toggle-press, one in which the platen is moved by the flexion or extension of two bars which unite to form a knee-joint.
toggle switch n. an electric switch operated by means of a projecting lever that is moved with a snap action, usually up and down.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > switch > types of
pin switch1865
limit switch1886
press-key1896
rocker switch1898
pressel switch1916
snap switch1926
toggle switch1938
microswitch1941
1938 Rev. Sci. Instruments 9 86/1 A toggle switch allows application of the input pulses either..to the scaling circuit or to a thyratron pulse sharpener.
1962 Times 8 May 16/5 A steering column lever would be handier than the headlight toggle switch.
1976 Gramophone Apr. 1687/3 Neat toggle switches are provided for loudness, tape monitor, low and high filters and tone cancel.
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togglev.1
/ˈtɒɡ(ə)l/ 1. transitive. To secure or make fast by means of a toggle or toggles. Also figurative.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with pins or pegs > with specific type
thorn1605
poniard1620
dowel1712
toggle1836
pivot1842
safety-pin1892
1836 Knickerbocker 8 207 What,..has the devil toggled you at last, Jacky?
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xi. 83 Each man..has a canvas strap..fastened to the tow-line; or, nautically,..toggled to the warp.
1899 W. Churchill Richard Carvel xiii I..beheld him..toggle it [a flag] to the ensign halyard.
1899 Outing 30 229/1 In the Mab and other canoes employing this device, the stick is toggled at one end to the rudder yoke, and at the other to the collar of the deck tiller.
2. To furnish with a toggle or toggles.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip > ropework operations > furnish with toggle(s)
toggle1874
1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vi. 171 Toggle the bight with a stretcher.
1905 Sat. Rev. 14 Oct. 499/1 A Union Jack made of bunting..roped and toggled.
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Electronics and Computing.
a. intransitive. Of a bistable circuit or a bit stored in a computer memory: to change from one state to the other.
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1966 N. Cooke Electronics & Nucleonics Dict. 676/1 Toggle, to switch over to an alternate state, as in a flip-flop.
1971 Electronic Design 18 Feb. 76/2 The read pulse would be applied approximately..3 ns after the flip-flops had toggled and settled.
1984 Computerworld 23 July 35 Who really cares about when the memory bits actually toggle, so long as the desired result is achieved?
2001 Poptronics (Nexis) Aug. 31 When U2's output goes low, flip-flop FF toggles and turns on transistor Q.
b. transitive. To cause (a bistable circuit, bit, etc.) to change state.
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1971 Electronic Design 18 Feb. 74/2 The only time a particular flip-flop can be toggled is when all those of lesser significance are in the one state.
1974 Electronic Engin. Dec. 23/3 When the switch is opened, the positive-going edge toggles the flip-flop with Q going back to 1 and D slowly changing to 0 after the contact bounce has stopped.
1981 Oil & Gas Jrnl. 5 Oct. 196/3 The least significant bit in the formatter being toggled by noise is the last digit in the 4,000 number going from 0 to 2.
1993 PC Mag. (Nexis) 26 Oct. 341 You'd find that all the BIOS does when you press the NumLock key is toggle this bit from 0 to 1 or 1 to 0.
2003 Embedded Syst. Programming (Nexis) 1 Mar. 37 To toggle a single bit in a status register, for example, you have to read the entire register (32 bits) into the processor, mask off the low-order and high-order bits you don't want, right-shift the result [etc.].
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transitive. To operate (a toggle switch).
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1974 R. M. Pirsig Zen & Art of Motorcycle Maintenance ii. xii. 141 He had the illusion the trouble was in the wire near the bulb because immediately upon toggling the switch the light went out.
1986 T. Clancy Red Storm Rising (1988) xvii. 206 His right thumb toggled the launch-enable switch, and his forefinger squeezed the trigger twice.
1988 Sailplane & Gliding Oct.–Nov. 222/1 You should just have to punch in the number on a little key pad, instead of toggling switches up and down..until you have got to the desired figure.
1995 Ledger (Florida) (Nexis) 18 Mar. 1 b One of them operates his computer by toggling a switch with his elbow, the only controllable muscle group in his body.
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Originally Electronics and Computing.
a. intransitive. To switch from one state, option, or function to another, esp. through the operation of a switch, button, etc. Frequently with between. Also figurative.
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1981 Electronics 22 Sept. 114/2 Some functions and parameters have only two states—on or off—and the button then toggles between the two.
1984 PC Week 3 July 6/5 An optional software package called Context Switch enables the computer to toggle back and forth between local application and a network application.
1989 High Fidelity July 31/1 You can manually toggle back to the tuner without removing the CD.
1994 New Yorker 5 Sept. 70/3 The Citadel men's approach to women seems to toggle between extremes of gentility and fury.
2000 Cats Dec. 23/1 When our cats were neglected, their brains toggled into kitty destruct mode.
b. transitive. To switch (a device, setting, etc.) from one state, option, or function to another using a switch, button, etc. Frequently with between, off, on.
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1982 Byte Jan. 240/3 All that is needed for RS-232 communications is a device-control or status port that can be toggled between 0 and 1.
1986 Electronic Musician May 75/3 One clever convenience feature, the I or Intro key, toggles the metronome and countdown on and off together.
1990 Video Maker May 33/2 The shutter speeds are toggled by subsequent presses of the button, and displayed in the electronic viewfinder.
1998 L. A. Graf & M. J. Friedman War Dragons xii. 169 Uhura picked up the communications..and toggled its display on.
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† togglev.2
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To tug, tussle.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)]
togglea1250
touse1542
sport1577
pet1921
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Titus) (1963) 158 Ho ne schule cusse na mon..ne toggle [?c1225 Cleo. toggi] wið ne pleien.
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