'To toss for' definitions:

Definition of 'To toss for'

From: GCIDE
  • Toss \Toss\, v. i.
  • 1. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling. [1913 Webster]
  • To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets and enrages our pain. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • To toss for, to throw dice or a coin to determine the possession of; to gamble for.
  • To toss up, to throw a coin into the air, and wager on which side it will fall, or determine a question by its fall. --Bramsion. [1913 Webster]