TOD

tod. Tod, n. a bush, thick shrub, fox, weight of 28 lb.

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Tod (tŏd), n. [[Akin to D. todde a rag, G. zotte shag, rag, a tuft of hair, Icel. toddi a piece of a thing, a tod of wool.]] 1. 1. A bush; a thick shrub; a bushy clump. “An ivy todde.” Spenser.
The ivy tod is heavy with snow. Coleridge. 2. 2. An old weight used in weighing wool, being usually twenty-eight pounds.
3. 3. A fox; — probably so named from its bushy tail.
The wolf, the tod, the brock. B. Jonson. Tod stove, a close stove adapted for burning small round wood, twigs, etc. Knight.