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. A bush; a thick shrub; a bushy clump. “An ivy todde.” Spenser.
The ivy tod is heavy with snow. Coleridge.
2. An old weight used in weighing wool, being usually twenty-eight pounds.
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.