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.-to perceive by the sense of feeling.-to come to; to reach; to attain to.-to try; to prove, as with a touchstone.-to relate to; to concern; to affect.-to handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of.-to meddle or interfere with; as, i have not touched the books.-to affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to melt; to soften.-to mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.-to infect; to affect slightly.-to make an impression on; to have effect upon.-to strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music.-to perform, as a tune; to play.-to influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.-to harm, afflict, or distress.-to affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the past participle.-to be tangent to. see tangent, a.-to lay a hand upon for curing disease.-to be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points.-to fasten; to take effect; to make impression.-to treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or casual manner; -- often with on or upon.-to be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.-the act of touching, or the state of being touched; contact.-the sense by which pressure or traction exerted on the skin is recognized; the sense by which the properties of bodies are determined by contact; the tactile sense. see tactile sense, under tactile.-act or power of exciting emotion.-an emotion or affection.-personal reference or application.-a stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof.-a single stroke on a drawing or a picture.-feature; lineament; trait.-the act of the hand on a musical instrument; bence, in the plural, musical notes.-a small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash.-a hint; a suggestion; slight notice.-a slight and brief essay.-a touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.-hence, examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.-the particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers; as, a heavy touch, or a light touch; also, the manner of touching, striking, or pressing the keys of a piano; as, a legato touch; a staccato touch.-the broadest part of a plank worked top and but (see top and but, under top, n.), or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.-that part of the field which is beyond the line of flags on either side.-a boys' game; tag.