Meaning of tod | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Initialism of time of death.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
2. A digital video format by JVC.
3. A male fox.
4. A bush, especially of ivy.
5. Todmorden.
   colloquial
6. Initialism of top of descent.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
7. A fox in general.
   Scotland
8. An old English measure of weight, usually of wool, containing two stone or 28 pounds (13 kg).
9. Initialism of transfer on death (the account has a beneficiary).
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
10. Someone like a fox; a crafty person.
    figuratively
11. Initialism of time-on-device.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
12. Initialism of transit-oriented development.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Examples

“Who am Ah? Ah'm tod, whey Ah'm tod, ye knaw. Canniest riever on moss and moor!”

“His head's yellow, / Hard-haired, and curled, thick-twined like ivy tods, / Not to undo with thunder.”

“For birds in bushes tooting: At length within the Ivy tod”

“The ivy tod is heavy with snow.”

“Seven pounds make a clove, 2 cloves a stone, 2 stone a tod, 6 1/2 tods a wey, 2 weys a sack, 12 sacks a last. [...] It is to be observed here that a sack is 13 tods, and a tod 28 pounds, so that the sack is 364 pounds.”

“Generally, however, the stone or petra, almost always of 14 lbs., is used, the tod of 28 lbs., and the sack of thirteen stone.”

“The Todmorden News carried the comment endorsing that decision: 'This should now send Sainsbury's a clear signal, should they appeal, that they are not welcome in Tod. […]”

“The Daily Mail article describes Joe Strachan: ...a wealthy U.S. former sales director who decided to settle in Tod with his Scottish wife, after many years in California.”

““Now maybe I can get the bodies to the morgue and determine TOD.””

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