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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Tossing

· Toss·ing · IPA /tˈɔsɪŋ/
01 n. The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling and tumbling.
  1. 1.
    The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling and tumbling.
  2. 2.
    A process which consists in washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earthy particles; -- called also tozing, and treloobing, in Cornwall.(Mining) Also: tozing, treloobing