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Pronunciation : Tod (t
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tod
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To weigh; to yield in tods. [Obs.]

t. & i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913