Defn: To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.
TOMALEY
Tom"a`ley, n.
Defn: The liver of the lobster, which becomes green when boiled; — called also tomalline.
TOMAN To*man", n. Etym: [Per. toman; from a Mongol word signifying, ten thousand.]
Defn: 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.
TOM AND JERRY
Tom and Jerry.
Defn: A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, etc., and beaten up with eggs.
TOMATO
To*ma"to, n.; pl. Tomatoes. Etym: [Sp. or Pg. tomate, of American
Indian origin; cf. Mexican tomail.] (Bot.)
Defn: 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. Tomato gall (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), the larva of a large hawk moth (Sphinx, or Macrosila, quinquemaculata) which feeds upon the leaves of the tomato and potato plants, often doing considerable damage. Called also potato worm.
TOMB Tomb, n. Etym: [OE. tombe, toumbe, F. tombe, LL. tumba, fr. Gr. tumulus a mound. Cf. Tumulus.]