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Webster 1913 Edition
Tomb
Tomb
,Noun.
[OE.
tombe
, toumbe
, F. tombe
, LL. tumba
, fr. Gr. [GREEK] a tomb, grave; perhaps akin to L. tumulus
a mound. Cf. Tumulus
.] 1.
A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.
As one dead in the bottom of a
tomb
. Shakespeare
2.
A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead.
“In tomb of marble stones.” Chaucer.
3.
A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.
Hang her an epitaph upon her
tomb
. Shakespeare
Tomb bat
(Zool.)
, any one of species of Old World bats of the genus
Taphozous
which inhabit tombs, especially the Egyptian species (Taphozous perforatus
).Tomb
,,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tombed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tombing
.] To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.
I
tombed
my brother that I might be blessed. Chapman.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tomb
TOMB
,Noun.
1.
A grave; a pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited. As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.
2.
A house or vault formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof for the reception of the dead.3.
A monument erected to preserve the memory of the dead.TOMB
,Verb.
T.