'Toise' definitions:
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Toise \Toise\ (toiz), n. [F., fr. LL. tesa, fr. L. tensus, fem.
tensa, p. p. of tendere to stretch, extend. See Tense, a.]
An old measure of length in France, containing six French
feet, or about 6.3946 French feet.
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