To"men*tose` (?), a. [L. tomentum a stuffing of wool, hair, or
feathers: cf. F. tomenteux.] (Bot. & Zoöl.) Covered with matted woolly
hairs; as, a tomentose leaf; a tomentose leaf; a tomentose membrane.
To*men"tous (?), a. Tomentose.
||To*men"tum (?), n.; pl. Tomenta (#). [L. See Tomentose. ] (Bot.) The
||closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or stems of some
||plants.
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Tom"fool` (tm"fl`), n. [Tom (see Tomboy) + fool.] A great fool; a
trifler.
Tom`fool"er*y (?), n. Folly; trifling.
||To"mi*um (t"m*m), n.; pl. Tomia (-) [NL., fr. Gr. te`mnein to cut.]
||(Zoöl.) The cutting edge of the bill of a bird.
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Tom"john` (?), n. [Probably of East Indian origin.] A kind of open
sedan used in Ceylon, carried by a single pole on men's shoulders.
Tom"my (?), n. 1. Bread, — generally a penny roll; the supply of food
carried by workmen as their daily allowance. [Slang, Eng.]
2. A truck, or barter; the exchange of labor for goods, not money.
[Slang, Eng.]
Tommy is used adjectively or in compounds; as, tommy master,
tommy-store, tommy-shop, etc.
Tom"nod`dy (?), n. [Tom (see Tomboy) + noddy.] 1. (Zoöl.) A sea bird,
the puffin. [Prov.Eng.]