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Definition of Tod
1. Noun. A unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds.
Generic synonyms: Weight, Weight Unit
2. Adjective. Alone and on your own. "Don't just sit there on your tod"
Similar to: Unaccompanied
Definition of Tod
1. n. A bush; a thick shrub; a bushy clump.
2. v. t. & i. To weigh; to yield in tods.
Definition of Tod
1. Noun. (context: now UK dialect) A fox. ¹
2. Noun. Someone like a fox; a crafty person. ¹
3. Noun. A bush; ''used especially of ivy''. ¹
4. Noun. An old English measure of weight, usually of wool, containing two stone or 28 pounds (13 kg). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tod
1. a British unit of weight [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tod
1. 1. A bush; a thick shrub; a bushy clump. "An ivy todde." "The ivy tod is heavy with snow." (Coleridge) 2. An old weight used in weighing wool, being usually twenty-eight pounds. 3. A fox; probably so named from its bushy tail. "The wolf, the tod, the brock." (B. Jonson) Tod stove, a close stove adapted for burning small round wood, twigs, etc. Origin: Akin to D. Todde a rag, G. Zotte shag, rag, a tuft of hair, Icel. Toddi a piece of a thing, a tod of wool. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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