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To touch up
(gcide) | Touch \Touch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Touched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Touching.] [F. toucher, OF. touchier, tuchier; of Teutonic
origin; cf. OHG. zucchen, zukken, to twitch, pluck, draw, G.
zukken, zukken, v. intens. fr. OHG. ziohan to draw, G.
ziehen, akin to E. tug. See Tuck, v. t., Tug, and cf.
Tocsin, Toccata.]
1. To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against;
to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or
rest on.
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Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear
Touched lightly. --Milton.
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2. To perceive by the sense of feeling.
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Nothing but body can be touched or touch. --Greech.
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3. To come to; to reach; to attain to.
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The god, vindictive, doomed them never more
Ah, men unblessed! -- to touch their natal shore.
--Pope.
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4. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone. [Obs.]
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Wherein I mean to touch your love indeed. --Shak.
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5. To relate to; to concern; to affect.
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The quarrel toucheth none but us alone. --Shak.
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6. To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of.
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Storial thing that toucheth gentilesse. --Chaucer.
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7. To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the
books. --Pope.
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8. To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to
melt; to soften; especially, to cause feelings of pity,
compassion, sympathy, or gratitude in.
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What of sweet before
Hath touched my sense, flat seems to this and harsh.
--Milton.
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The tender sire was touched with what he said.
--Addison.
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9. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke
to with the pencil or brush.
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The lines, though touched but faintly, are drawn
right. --Pope.
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10. To infect; to affect slightly. --Bacon.
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11. To make an impression on; to have effect upon.
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Its face . . . so hard that a file will not touch
it. --Moxon.
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12. To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an
instrument of music.
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[They] touched their golden harps. --Milton.
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13. To perform, as a tune; to play.
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A person is the royal retinue touched a light and
lively air on the flageolet. --Sir W.
Scott.
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14. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly. " No decree
of mine, . . . [to] touch with lightest moment of impulse
his free will," --Milton.
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15. To harm, afflict, or distress.
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Let us make a covenant with thee, that thou wilt do
us no hurt, as we have not touched thee. --Gen.
xxvi. 28, 29.
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16. To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree;
to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the
past participle.
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She feared his head was a little touched. --Ld.
Lytton.
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17. (Geom.) To be tangent to. See Tangent, a.
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18. To lay a hand upon for curing disease.
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19. To compare with; to be equal to; -- usually with a
negative; as, he held that for good cheer nothing could
touch an open fire. [Colloq.]
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20. To induce to give or lend; to borrow from; as, to touch
one for a loan; hence, to steal from. [Slang]
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To touch a sail (Naut.), to bring it so close to the wind
that its weather leech shakes.
To touch the wind (Naut.), to keep the ship as near the
wind as possible.
To touch up, to repair; to improve by touches or
emendation.
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To touch upon
(gcide) | Touch \Touch\, v. i.
1. To be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no
space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points.
--Johnson.
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2. To fasten; to take effect; to make impression. [R.]
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Strong waters pierce metals, and will touch upon
gold, that will not touch upon silver. --Bacon.
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3. To treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or
casual manner; -- often with on or upon.
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If the antiquaries have touched upon it, they
immediately
quitted it. --Addison.
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4. (Naut) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that
its weather leech shakes.
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To touch and go (Naut.), to touch bottom lightly and
without damage, as a vessel in motion.
To touch at, to come or go to, without tarrying; as, the
ship touched at Lisbon.
To touch on or To touch upon,
(a) to come or go to for a short time. [R.]
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I made a little voyage round the lake, and
touched on the several towns that lie on its
coasts. --Addison.
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(b) to discuss briefly, as only a small part of a
discourse.
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