tod (redirected from on tod)

tod  (td)

n. Chiefly British

1. A unit of weight for wool, especially one equivalent to about 28 pounds (12.7 kilograms).

2. A bushy clump, as of ivy.

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[Middle English todde.]

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tod¹

n

(Mathematics & Measurements / Units) Brit a unit of weight, used for wool, etc., usually equal to 28 pounds

[probably related to Frisian todde rag, Old High German zotta tuft of hair]

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tod²

n

on one's tod Brit slang on one's own

[rhyming slang Tod Sloan/alone, after Tod Sloan, a jockey]

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tod³

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a Scot and northern English dialect word for a fox

[of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tod - a unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom weight unit, weight - a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan"
Adj.	1.	tod - alone and on your own; "don't just sit there on your tod" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom unaccompanied - being without an escort

Translations

tod [tɒd] N (Brit) on one's tod → a solas

tod

n (Brit inf) on one’s tod → ganz allein