Tom"a*hawk (?), n. [Of American Indian origin; cf. Algonkin tomehagen,
Mohegan tumnahegan, Delaware tamoihecan.] A kind of war hatchet used by
the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards
of iron.
Tom"a*hawk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tomahawked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tomahawking.] To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.
Tom"a`ley (?), n. The liver of the lobster, which becomes green when
boiled; — called also tomalline.
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||To*man" (?), n. [Per. tmn; from a Mongol word signifying, ten
||thousand.] A money of account in Persia, whose value varies greatly
||at different times and places. Its average value may be reckoned at
||about two and a half dollars.
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To*ma"to (?), n.; pl. Tomatoes (#). [Sp. or Pg. tomate, of American
Indian origin; cf. Mexican tomail.] (Bot.) The fruit of a plant of the
Nightshade family (Lycopersicum esculentun); also, the plant itself.
The fruit, which is called also love apple, is usually of a rounded,
flattened form, but often irregular in shape. It is of a bright red or
yellow color, and is eaten either cooked or uncooked.
Tomato gall (Zoöl.), a large gall consisting of a mass of irregular
swellings on the stems and leaves of grapevines. They are yellowish
green, somewhat tinged with red, and produced by the larva of a small
two-winged fly (Lasioptera vitis). — Tomato sphinx (Zoöl.), the adult
or imago of the tomato worm. It closely resembles the tobacco hawk
moth. Called also tomato hawk moth. See Illust. of Hawk moth. — Tomato
worm (Zoöl.), the larva of a large hawk moth (Sphinx, or Macrosila,
quinquemaculata) which feeds upon the leaves of the tomato and potato
plants, often doing considerable damage. Called also potato worm.
Tomb (?), n. [OE. tombe, toumbe, F. tombe, LL. tumba, fr. Gr. &?; a
tomb, grave; perhaps akin to L. tumulus a mound. Cf. Tumulus.] 1. A pit
in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a
sepulcher.
As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.
Shak.
2. A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls
and a roof, for the reception of the dead. "In tomb of marble stones."
Chaucer.
3. A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and
memory of the dead.
Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb.
Shak.
Tomb bat (Zoöl.), any one of species of Old World bats of the genus
Taphozous which inhabit tombs, especially the Egyptian species (T.
perforatus).
Tomb,, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tombed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tombing.] To
place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.