What is "to toss for"

Toss \Toss\, v. i.

1. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.

   To toss and fling, and to be restless, only frets and enrages our pain.
   --Tillotson.

2. To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.
   --Shak.

   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.