Tod

(noun.) a unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds.

(adj.) alone and on your own; 'don't just sit there on your tod' .

杰奎琳编辑

• I have often heard him speak of Mrs. Tod as the most admirable woman he had ever known. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• He remained with the Tod family only a few years, until old enough to learn a trade. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• In the present times, one-and-twenty shillings the tod may be reckoned a good price for very good English wool. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• A tax of five, or even of ten shillings, upon the exportation of every tod of wool, would produce a very considerable revenue to the sovereign. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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