Tome (?), n. [F. tome (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. tomo), L.
tomus, fr. Gr. &?; a piece
cut off, a part of a book, a volume, akin to &?; to cup, and perhaps to L. tondere to shear, E.
tonsure. Cf. Anatomy, Atom, Entomology, Epitome. ] As many writings as are bound in
a volume, forming part of a larger work;
a book; -- usually applied to a ponderous volume.
Tomes of fable and of
dream. Cowper.
A more childish expedient than that to
which he now resorted is not to be found in all
the tomes of the casuists. Macaulay.
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