Chapman.
Tom"bac (?), n. [Pg. tambaca,tambaque, fr. Malay tambga copper; cf.
Skr. tmraka; cf. F. tombac.] (Metal.) An alloy of copper and zinc,
resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; — called
also German, or Dutch, brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and
when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The
addition of arsenic makes white tombac. [Written also tombak, and
tambac.]
Tom"bes*ter (?), n. [See Tumble, and -ster.] A female dancer. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Tomb"less (?), a. Destitute of a tomb.
Tom"boy` (?), n. [Tom (for Thomas, L. Thomas, fr. Gr. &?; )+ boy.] A
romping girl; a hoiden. [Colloq.] J. Fletcher.
Tomb"stone` (?), n. A stone erected over a grave, to preserve the
memory of the deceased.
Tom"cat` (?), n. [Tom (see Tomboy) + cat.] A male cat, especially when
full grown or of large size.
Tom"cod` (?), n. [Tom (see Tomboy) + cod: cf. F. tacaud whiting pout,
American Indian tacaud, literally, plenty fish.] (Zoöl.) (a) A small
edible American fish (Microgadus tomcod) of the Codfish family, very
abundant in autumn on the Atlantic coast of the Northen United States;
— called also frostfish. See Illust. under Frostfish. (b) The kingfish.
See Kingfish (a). (c) The jack. See 2d Jack, 8. (c).
Tome (?), n. [F. tome (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. tomo), L. tomus, fr. Gr. &?;
a piece cut off, a part of a book, a volume, akin to &?; to cup, and
perhaps to L. tondere to shear, E. tonsure. Cf. Anatomy, Atom,
Entomology, Epitome. ] As many writings as are bound in a volume,
forming part of a larger work; a book; — usually applied to a ponderous
volume.
Tomes of fable and of dream.
Cowper.
A more childish expedient than that to which he now resorted is not to
be found in all the tomes of the casuists.
Macaulay.