tomo site

[ Gr.tomos a cut, a slice; suff. ite ( Min.).] Min.: The same as PHOTIZITE (q. v.). tom-pi-on, subst. [Fr. tampon =a stopper or stopple.] I. Ord . Lang .: A stopper, a plug. "The gigantic genius kept the oracle within him muzzled, nor condescended once to draw the tompion of his lips." -Observer, No. 5. II. Technically : 1. Ordnance : (1) A plug fitted to the bore of a gun at the muzzle, to protect it from injury by the weather. (2) The iron bottom of a charge of grape-shot. 2. Lithog .: The inking-pad of the lithographic printer. 3. Music: The plug in a flute or organ-pipe, which is adjusted toward or from the mouth-piece to modulate the tone. *tom-pip-er, s. [Eng. tom , and Tompion of piper .] The piper at the ancient morris dances. a Flute. tom-pō-ker, s. [Eng. tom, and poker.] A bugbear to frighten children. ( Prov.) tom-pồn, s. [Fr. tampon =a stopper.] The same as TOMPION, II, 2 (q. v.).