The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tod stove
Tod \Tod\ (t[o^]d), n. [Akin to D. todde a rag, G. zotte shag, rag, a tuft of hair, Icel. toddi a piece of a thing, a tod of wool.]
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A bush; a thick shrub; a bushy clump. [R.] ``An ivy todde.''
--Spenser.The ivy tod is heavy with snow.
--Coleridge. An old weight used in weighing wool, being usually twenty-eight pounds.
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A fox; -- probably so named from its bushy tail.
The wolf, the tod, the brock.
--B. Jonson.Tod stove, a close stove adapted for burning small round wood, twigs, etc. [U. S.]
--Knight.