Tom

n. 1. A familiar contraction of Thomas, a proper name of a man. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. The male of certain animals; -- often used adjectively or in composition; as, tom turkey, tomcat, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tomahawked p. pr. & vb. n. Tomahawking. ] To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The liver of the lobster, which becomes green when boiled; -- called also tomalline. [ 1913 Webster ]

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‖n. [ Per. tōmān; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, etc., and beaten up with eggs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tomato gall (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), the larva of a large hawk moth (Manduca quinquemaculata, Protoparce quinquemaculata, Sphinx quinquemaculata, or Macrosila quinquemaculata) which feeds upon the leaves of the tomato and potato plants, often doing considerable damage. Called also tomato hornworm and potato worm, and in the Southern U. S. tobacco fly. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ OE. tombe, toumbe, F. tombe, LL. tumba, fr. Gr. &unr_; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

As one dead in the bottom of a tomb. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tomb bat (Zool.), any one of species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous which inhabit tombs, especially the Egyptian species (Taphozous perforatus). [ 1913 Webster ]