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TOM 
TOMENTUM Cerebri, in Anatomy, the flocculent in¬ 
ternal surface of the pia mater, with its waving productions 
belonging to the intervals of the convolutions. 
TOM 1 PEN DA, a settlement of Quito, in the province 
of Jaen de Bracamoros. It abounds in tobacco, cotton, 
honey, &c.,and is surrounded with thick woods. Lat. 5. 
33. S. 
TOMEX [from tomentum, the whole plant having a nap 
upon it], in Botany, a genus of the class dodecandria, order 
monogynia.—Generic Character. Calyx: involucre uni¬ 
versal, five-leaved, five-flowered, permanent; leaflets ovate, 
very concave, externally tomentose, very blunt, unequal, 
imbricate; outer smaller. Perianth proper five-leaved, per¬ 
manent ; leaflets lanceolate, externally villose, from upright 
spreading. Corolla none, unless the proper perianth be con¬ 
sidered as such. Nectary; scales five, between the interior 
stamens, plaited, crenate, smooth, length of the filaments. 
Stamina: filaments twelve, filiform, unequal; exterior five, 
length of the perianth; interior seven, shorter. Anthers 
twin. Pistil: germ three-sided, smooth, superior. Style 
none. Stigma awl-shaped. Pericarp: berry. Seed one.— 
Essential Character. Involucre four or five-leaved. Calyx 
none. Corolla five-petalled. Nectary; scales five, between 
the lower stamens. Berry one-seeded. 
1. Tomex Japonica, or Japonese tomex.—Floscules co¬ 
rolled; leaves tomentose beneath. Stem arboreous, lofty, 
branched, more than a fathom in height. Branches and 
branchlets tomentose, knobbed; the end ones angular.— 
Native of Japan; where it flowers in October and November. 
2. Tomex tetranthera, or laurel-leaved tomex.—Floscules 
corolled; leaves smooth.'—Native of China. 
3. Tomex sebifera, glutinous tomex, or tallow tree.— 
Floscules apefalous; leaves smooth. The tallow tree is a 
large tree, with round knobbed branches, covered with a 
yellow shining bark: the branchlets are covered with a fine 
down.—Native of China and Cochinchina, in woods. 
The wood, which is light and of a pale colour, is used 
for rafters, studs, &c.» in building. The leaves and twigs 
abound in a viscid juice, and being bruised and macerated 
in water, render it glutinous; for this reason the natives 
work up their plaster with it, to render it more tenacious and 
that’ it may last the longer. A great quantity of a thick 
white oil is extracted from the berries, of which common 
candles are made, resembling spermaceti or wax candles, 
but having an unpleasant smell. 
TOMIAS [ts/ajos?, Gr.], in Antiquity, an appellation given 
to the sacrifice offered at the ratifications of solemn leagues. 
It was so called because they cut out the testicles of the 
victim, and took the oath standing upon them. 
TOMIEH, a small and pleasant market town of Upper 
Egypt; 15 miles south of Siout. 
TOMIEH, a large village of Egypt, near Fayoum. 
TOMINA, a district or province of South America, in the 
viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres. It is about 18 leagues south¬ 
east of La Plata, and borders eastward on the Chiriguanos, 
a nation of independent Indians. 
TOMINA, the capital of the above province, is an in¬ 
considerable place ; 55 miles east from Chuquisaca. 
TOMINIE BAY, or Goonung Telia; Bay, a great bay 
which indents the eastern coast of the island of Celebes. It 
abounds in rocky islands and rocky shoals. 
TOMISCANING, Tqmmis K amain, or Temiscaming, 
a lake of North America, which sends its waters south-east¬ 
ward, through Ottawas river, into lake St, Francis, in St. 
Lawrence river. 
TOMISVAR, a small seaport of European Turkey, in 
Bulgaria, situated on an arm of the Black sea. It has a 
harbour with a little trade, and is supposed to be the ancient 
Tomi, the scene of Ovid’s exile; 40 miles east-by-north of 
Hirshova. 
TOMMANAMAH, an eastern branch of Lewis’s river, in 
North America. It is about 150 yards wide; its banks for 
the most part formed of solid perpendicular rocks, rising to 
a great height. 
TON 
TOMOGUY, an island in the Eastern seas, about two 
miles round, shaped like a horse shoe, the hollow forming a 
hay. Three-fourths of this island are occupied by a hill 
about 150 feet high, abounding in fruit and roots. Lat. 0. 
15. S. long. 127. 4. E. 
TOMORINDSCHA, a small town of European Turkey, 
in Macedon, situated in the mountains between the towns of 
Prespa, Dibra, and Elbassan. It is inhabited by Albanians. 
TOMOS, a village and mountain pass between Transyl* 
vania and Wallaehia, to the south of Cronstadt. It is de¬ 
fended by a redoubt. 
TOMPKINS, a county of the United States, in New York, 
formed in 1817, from a part of the counties of Seneca and 
Cayuga, bounded north by Seneca and Cayuga, counties, 
east by Courtland county; south by Tioga county, and west 
by Seneca lake. Chief town, Ithaca. 
TOMPKINS, a post township of the United States, in 
Delaware county. New York, on the Delaware; 27 miles 
south-west of Delhi, and 100 south-west of Albany. Popu¬ 
lation 896. 
TOMSEH, a village of Diarbekir, in Asiatic Turkey, on 
the Euphrates ; 70 miles west of Diarbekir. 
TOMSK, a considerable city of Asiatic Russia/capital of 
an extensive district. It is situated on the right bank of the 
Tom, about 25 miles from its junction with the Obi. Within 
some years, Tomsk is stated to have been erected into the 
capital of a government, which comprehends a great part of 
the countries situated on the Obi, and most of those on the 
Yenisei. Lat. 56. 30. N. long. 84. 10. E. 
TOMTI'T, s. A titmouse; a small bird.'—You would 
fancy him a giant when you looked upon him, and a tomtit 
when you shut your eyes. Spectator. 
TOMU, a seaport of Niphon, in Japan; 115 miles south¬ 
west of Meaco. 
TON, or Tun. In the names of places, are derived from 
the Saxon Cun, a hedge or wall, and this seems to be from 
bun, a hill, the towns being anciently built on hills for the 
sake of defence and protection in times of war. Gibson's 
Camden. 
TON, s. [tonne, Fr. See Tun.] A measure or weight. 
—Spain was very weak at home, or very slow to move, when 
they suffered a small fleet of English to fire, sink, and carry 
away, ten thousand ton of their great shipping. Bacon. 
TON, or Tonchun, a city of China, of the second rank, 
in Yunan. Lat. 26. 39. N. long. 100. 23. E. 
TONAGAYON BAY, a bay in Lake Ontario, near the 
east end of Amherst island. 
TONALA, a town of Mexico, in the intendancy of Gua- 
dalaxara. There is another inconsiderable settlement of the 
same name in Valladolid. There is also a river of the same 
name in the province of Tabasco. 
TONAMY, a town of Niphon, in Japan ; 155 miles north¬ 
west of Jedo. 
TONAYAN, a settlement of Mexico, in the intendancy 
of Vera Cruz, containing 273 Indian families. 
TONDA, or Tonra, sometimes called Khuasfore Ton- 
da, an ancient town of Bengal, situated opposite to the ruins 
of Gour, but divided from them by the Bogarutty river. 
TONDELQ, a river of Mexico, which runs into the bay 
of Campeachy, and is navigable for barges of from 50 to 60 
tons. 
TONDERN, a district or bailiwic of Denmark, in the 
western division of the duchy of Sleswick, contains upwards 
of 40,000 inhabitants. 
TONDERN, a small town of Denmark, in the duchy of 
Sleswick, the capital of the above district. It is tolerably well 
built. Population 2600; 37 miles south-west of Sleswick. 
TONDI, a seaport, town of the south of India, province of 
the Carnatic, district of Marawas. Lat. 9. 43. N. long. 76. 
5. E. 
TONDIMAN, a small district of the south of India, pro¬ 
vince of the Carnatic, situated about the 10th degree of 
northern latitude, and between the 78th and 79th degrees of 
eastern longitude. This district takes its name from its ze¬ 
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