TOME

tome. Tome, n. a book, volume, distinct volume

---

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.