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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.
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The ivy tod is heavy with snow. --Coleridge.
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2. An old weight used in weighing wool, being usually
twenty-eight pounds.
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3. A fox; -- probably so named from its bushy tail.
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The wolf, the tod, the brock. --B. Jonson.
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{Tod stove}, a close stove adapted for burning small round
wood, twigs, etc. [U. S.] --Knight.
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