tomentum (tomentum)

[NL.: see toment.] 1. In bot., a species of pubescence, consisting of longish, soft, entangled hairs, pre ed close to the surface.-2. In an at., the flocculent inner surface of the pia mater: more fully called tomentum cerebri. tomfool (tom'föl′), n. [ IMG:content-0546.jpg:[blocks in formation] A man he is by nature merry, Somewhat Tom - foolish , and comical, very. Southey , Nondescripts, viii. ( Davies .) tomfoolishne (tom'föʻlish-nes), n. Tomfoolery. The Century , XXXV. 675. [Rare.] tom-hurry (tom'hur'i), n. The common skua. See cut under skua . [Cornwall, Eng.]