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tod

1  [tod] ,
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–noun
1. an English unit of weight, chiefly for wool, commonly equal to 28 pounds (12.7 kilograms) but varying locally.
2. a load.
3. a bushy mass, esp. of ivy.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME todde; akin to Fris (East dial.) todde small load, ON toddi piece, slice
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2  [tod] ,
–noun Scot. and North England.
1. a fox.
2. a crafty, foxy person.
Origin:
1125–75; ME (north) < ?
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tod   (tŏd)   
n.   Chiefly British
  1. A unit of weight for wool, especially one equivalent to about 28 pounds (12.7 kilograms).
  2. A bushy clump, as of ivy.

[Middle English todde.]
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Tod

Tod\ (t[o^]d), n. [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.]

1. A bush; a thick shrub; a bushy clump. [R.] "An ivy todde." --Spenser.

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. [U. S.] --Knight.

Tod

Tod\, v. t. & i. To weigh; to yield in tods. [Obs.]
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TOD
  1. time of day
  2. top of descent
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