tossedadj.
/tɒst/, /tɔːst/, U.S. /tɔst/, /tɑst/ a. Thrown about, hurled this way and that; disordered; disturbed, troubled: see the verb.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > tossing about
forpossed1430
fortossed1571
tossing1575
betossed1597
tossed1606
tossant1616
flouncing1700
toss-about1844
the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [adjective] > thrown
conject1542
tossed1606
thrown1610
cast1629
projected1651
forthcast1674
throwed1861
1606 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth iv. 26 The galled soule..after many tossed & turned sides complaines of remedilesse and vnabated torment.
1659 R. Cromwell in C. H. Firth Clarke Papers (1901) IV. 297 Oh,..that poore tossed Ingland might at laste finde a quiet harbour!
1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (Dublin ed.) I. 265 Wild tossed-about ground.
1783 G. Crabbe Village i. 8 On the tost vessel bend their eager eye.
1825 W. Scott Talisman vi, in Tales Crusaders III. 140 His tossed couch and impatient gestures shewed..the energy and the reckless impatience of a disposition, whose natural sphere was [etc.].
1844 H. G. Robinson Odes of Horace i. xxxii His toss'd bark made fast to the watery shore.
b. Of a salad: stirred or turned, esp. so as to be coated with dressing (see toss v. 3d.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparing fruit and vegetables > [adjective] > tossed (of salad)
well-tossedc1622
tossed1947
1947 M. Given Mod. Encycl. Cooking II. 1315 Whole meal tossed salad... Wash and clean all vegetables, chill thoroughly.
1962 H. Hood in R. Weaver Canad. Short Stories (1968) 2nd Ser. 207 It was a good hot-weather supper, tossed greens with the correct proportions of vinegar and oil.
1978 H. C. Rae Sullivan i. ii. 15 Artichokes, tossed green salad and cold lake trout.
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