Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Chiefly British A unit of weight for wool, especially one equivalent to about 28 pounds (12.7 kilograms).
- n. Chiefly British A bushy clump, as of ivy.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A bush, especially of ivy; a thick mass of growing foliage.
- n. An old weight, used chiefly for wool and varying in amount locally. It was commonly equal to 28 pounds.
- To yield a tod in weight; weigh or produce a tod.
- n. A fox.
- n. A drink; toddy.
Wiktionary
- n. A fox.
- n. Someone like a fox; a crafty person.
- n. A bush; used especially of ivy.
- n. An old English measure of weight, usually of wool, containing two stone or 28 pounds (13 kg).
- v. obsolete To weigh; to yield in tods.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. rare A bush; a thick shrub; a bushy clump.
- n. An old weight used in weighing wool, being usually twenty-eight pounds.
- n. A fox; -- probably so named from its bushy tail.
- v. obsolete To weigh; to yield in tods.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. alone and on your own
- n. a unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds
Etymologies
- Apparently cognate with East Frisian todde ("bundle"), dialectal Swedish todd ("mass (of wool)"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English todde. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“i have kept martin tod, chris rennard, nick clegg and the tory candidate steve brine in the picture about all of this and done my best to be open about the future but its not easy given the amount of hate towards me and the desire some people have to cause trouble.”
“The custom is now extinct, but formerly an Ivy bush (called a tod of Ivy) was universally hung out in front of taverns in England, as it still is in Brittany and Normandy.”
“The tod was the same 28-pound measure, used specifically for wool.”
“i also really like to watch this one guy called tod wilbur who is absolutely fantastic with recreating restaurant foods.”
“Why, of course there is skill and fascination in it, for it combines the virtues of golf and baseball, and "tod" is quite as good as a football goal.”
“Hop-scotch" season has commenced, and as if by magic the pavements of the narrow streets are covered with chalked lines, geometrical figures and numerals, and the mysterious word "tod" confronts you, stares at you, and puzzles you.”
“Who can understand the intricacies of "hop-scotch" or the fascination of "tod"?”
“As to toilet etiquette when on your tod, I would suggest that the answer depends on what you plan to do in there and how soon you are expecting people to return.”
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“Jennifer Chen for the Wall Street Journal Ruea Thong's cooks are experts at deep-frying: tod mun goong, shrimp cakes, are light and greaseless, as are the goong foy tod, cakes of baby shrimp that come with a Chinese-style cucumber-chili salad.”
“I'd been forewarned that I'd be pretty much on my tod for the trip, my hosts all being wondrously insane enough to be putting on the show immediately before finals week.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tod’.
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tyromancy, tyroma, tyroid, tyriasis, tyrannicide, typtology, typothetae, typomania, typography, typographia, typhonic, typhomania and 930 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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Unusual words for Words With Friends
A list of words that WWF recognizes as valid - most are unusual words; some are simply high-scoring.
botel, slipe, jeu, chub, chubs, cote, mure, tittle, dev, loo, hoke, helo and 357 more...
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The Measure of Man
Unusual, arcane, or obscure units of measure
cable, cabot, bushel, cade, caliper, callipic cycle, metonic cycle, cunit, air watt, ale gallon, allergy unit, amber and 228 more...
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slovenščina
bezníca, stanovíten, rabelj, látovš�?ina, razváda, moríja, drobóvje, izpahníti, stvòr, skrúniti, klén, ljúbek and 151 more...
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Fox
Words for "fox"
vos, volpe, fuchs, renard, zorro, kitsune, madra rua, sionnach, skulk, pup, kit, dog and 6 more...
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Literarie: Mussolini: My Part In His ...
Bits from the predictably odd and chaotic Spike Milligan book of this title. He writes in diary-style about his service in the British Army's World War II campaign in Italy.
"I admit the way...b4, matelot, asleep, landing, fags, spam, ash wednesday, derv, nebelwurfer, the shits, hole in the ground, cookhouse and 79 more...
Tweets
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reesetee An English unit of weight, chiefly for wool, commonly equal to 28 pounds (12.7 kilograms) but varying locally. May 1, 2009
bilby "'That's cobblers,' says Edgington. 'It's like this, Churchill likes his grub, but if he's caught eating venison on his tod, the Daily Mirror would be in an uproar. CHURCHILL EATS ROYAL DEER WHILE OUR LADS EAT CURRIED ITALIAN GRASS. So, as a cover he invites a load of hungry-guts Russians who are pissed off with black bread and onion soup, and they come at the double.'"
- Spike Milligan, 'Mussolini: My Part In His Downfall.' Apr 19, 2009
rolig In Slovene: one of the three words for "there":
tam means "at that place": Tam so bili vsi njegovi prijatelji. ("All his friends were there.")
tja means "to that place": Gremo tja naslednji teden. ("We're going there next week.")
tod means "through that place, along that way": Vsak dan hiti tod mimo. ("He hurries past there every day.") Apr 17, 2009
bilby Dot backwards. Apr 17, 2009
frindley In German: dead. Sep 11, 2008
missanthropist :'( this Is disconcerting... Jul 16, 2008