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Touch \Touch\, n. [Cf. F. touche. See Touch, v. ]

1. The act of touching, or the state of being touched; contact.

   Their touch affrights me as a serpent's sting.
   --Shak.

2. (Physiol.) 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.

   The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine.
   --Pope.

   Note: Pure tactile feelings are necessarily rare, since temperature sensations and muscular sensations are more or less combined with them. The organs of touch are found chiefly in the epidermis of the skin and certain underlying nervous structures.

3. Act or power of exciting emotion.

   Not alone The death of Fulvia, with more urgent touches, Do strongly speak to us.
   --Shak.

4. An emotion or affection.

   A true, natural, and a sensible touch of mercy.
   --Hooker.

5. Personal reference or application. [Obs.]

   Speech of touch toward others should be sparingly used.
   --Bacon.

6. A stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof.

   I never bare any touch of conscience with greater regret.
   --Eikon Basilike.

7. A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.

   Never give the least touch with your pencil till you have well examined your design.
   --Dryden.

8. Feature; lineament; trait.

   Of many faces, eyes, and hearts, To have the touches dearest prized.
   --Shak.

9. The act of the hand on a musical instrument; bence, in the plural, musical notes.

   Soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony.
   --Shak.

10. A small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash.

    Eyes La touch of Sir Peter Lely in them.
    --Hazlitt.

    Madam, I have a touch of your condition.
    --Shak.

11. A hint; a suggestion; slight notice.

    A small touch will put him in mind of them.
    --Bacon.

12. A slight and brief essay. [Colloq.]

    Print my preface in such form as, in the booksellers' phrase, will make a sixpenny touch.
    --Swift.

13. A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone. [Obs.] `` Now do I play the touch.''
    --Shak.

    A neat new monument of touch and alabaster.
    --Fuller.

14. Hence, examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.

    Equity, the true touch of all laws.
    --Carew.

    Friends of noble touch .
    --Shak.

15. (Mus.) 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.

16. (Shipbilding) 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.
    --J. Knowles.

17. (Football) That part of the field which is beyond the line of flags on either side.
    --Encyc. of Rural Sports.

18. A boys' game; tag.

19. (Change Ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, that is, less than 5,040.

20. An act of borrowing or stealing. [Slang]

21. Tallow; -- a plumber's term. [Eng.] In touch

    1. (Football), outside of bounds.
       --T. Hughes.

    2. in communication; communicating, once or repeatedly. To be in touch,

       1. to be in contact, communication, or in sympathy.

       2. to be aware of current events. To keep touch.

          1. To be true or punctual to a promise or engagement [Obs.]; hence, to fulfill duly a function.

             My mind and senses keep touch and time.
             --Sir W. Scott.

          2. To keep in contact; to maintain connection or sympathy; -- with with or of. Also

             to keep in touch.

             Touch and go, a phrase descriptive of a narrow escape.

             True as touch (i. e., touchstone), quite true. [Obs.]

1. (context idiomatic English) precarious, delicate, dangerous, risky, sensitive or of uncertain outcome. v

2. (context nautical English) To touch bottom lightly and without damage, as a vessel in motion.

Touch and Go and similar may refer to:

Touch and Go is a British jazz- pop musical ensemble. Their most notable singles include " Would You...?", "Straight... to Number One", "So Hot", and "Tango in Harlem".

Touch And Go is a 1986 comedic drama film directed by Robert Mandel, starring Michael Keaton, María Conchita Alonso and Ajay Naidu.

Touch and Go is the second single by post-punk band Magazine, released on 14 April 1978. A non-album single, it did not appear on their debut album, Real Life, released two months later.

Touch and Go is a 1980 Australian heist film starring Wendy Hughes.

"Touch and Go" is a song by American rock band The Cars from their 1980 album Panorama. The song was written by bandleader Ric Ocasek.

Touch and Go, also known as Point of No Return, is a 1991 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by Ringo Lam and starring Sammo Hung.

Touch and Go: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79–'83 is a 576-page trade paperback book containing all 22 issues of the Touch and Go punk zine, a punk rock magazine that chronicled the early hardcore punk and post-punk scenes.

The book consists of the writings of Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson - the founders and designers of the Touch and Go zine - which eventually evolved into Touch and Go Records, owned by Corey Rusk. The book contains many forewords and introductions written by Tesco Vee, Dave Stimson, Steve Miller, Barry Henssler, Henry Rollins, Keith Morris, Peter Davis, Henry Owings, Byron Coley, Corey Rusk, John Brannon and Ian MacKaye.

The zine, which is chronicled in the book, contains early reviews and features on bands like Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Wire, Minor Threat, Teen Idles, The Necros, Gang of Four, among others.

The book was released on June 30, 2010. It was published by Bazillion Points Publishing.

Touch and Go (U.S. The Light Touch) is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Michael Truman and starring Jack Hawkins, Margaret Johnston, and June Thorburn. The film was made by Ealing Studios. The film was indifferently received on release and is not generally included in the canon of classic Ealing Comedies. It did however pick up two nominations at the 1956 British Academy Film Awards: Margaret Johnston for 'Best British Actress' and William Rose for 'Best British Screenplay' – Rose did win that year's screenplay award but for another Ealing film, The Ladykillers.