Vocabulary : Tonsilotomy to Too

Tonsilotomy : The operation of removing the tonsil, or a portion thereof.
Tonsor : A barber.
Tonsorial : Of or pertaining to a barber, or shaving.
Tonsure : The act of clipping the hair, or of shaving the crown of the head; also, the state of being shorn. ;; The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders. ;; The shaven corona, or crown, which priests wear as a mark of their order and of their rank.
Tonsured : Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald.
Tontine : An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan raised on life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of each, at his death, is enjoyed by the survivors, until at last the whole goes to the last survivor, or to the last two or three, according to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as, tontine insurance.
Tontine insurance : Insurance in which the benefits of the insurance are distributed upon the tontine principle. Under the old, or full tontine, plan, all benefits were forfeited on lapsed policies, on the policies of those who died within the tontine period only the face of the policy was paid without any share of the surplus, and the survivor at the end of the tontine period received the entire surplus. This plan of tontine insurance has been replaced in the United States by the semitontine plan, in which the surplus is divided among the holders of policies in force at the termination of the tontine period, but the reverse for the paid-up value is paid on lapsed policies, and on the policies of those that have died the face is paid. Other modified forms are called free tontine, deferred dividend, etc., according to the nature of the tontine arrangement.
Tonus : Tonicity, or tone; as, muscular tonus.
Tony : A simpleton.
Too : Over; more than enough; -- noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too wide; too high; too many; too much. ;; Likewise; also; in addition.
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