Definition of toil. 1  intransitive verb. 2  1 : to work hard and long. 3  2 : to proceed with laborious effort : plod.  transitive 1  verb. 1 archaic : overwork.  2 archaic : to get or accomplish with great effort.
This is a bittersweet time for Debby Maraspini. The 2013 edition of Guinness World Records just came out and her beloved cat, Savannah Islands Trouble -- Trouble for short -- is in the book as the tallest cat ever, with a height of 19 inches. However, Trouble isn't around to sniff the pages of the book.
Tigers are the biggest cats in the world, and Amur tigers are the biggest subspecies (type) of tigers. They stand about three feet tall at the shoulder. This isn't quite as tall as a lion, but Amur tigers are longer and usually weigh more. Adult males can grow up to 11 feet long and weigh over 600 pounds; females are smaller -- up to nine feet long and about 370 pounds. Now those are some big kitties!