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As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of a larger work; a book; -- usually applied to a ponderous volume.

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  1. n. As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of a larger work; a book; -- usually applied to a ponderous volume.
  2. n. a (usually) large and scholarly book
  3. As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of a larger work; a book; -- usually applied to a ponderous volume. Tomes of fable and of dream. Cowper. A more childish expedient than that to which he now resorted is not to be found in all the tomes of the casuists. Macaulay.
  4. As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of alarger work; a book; -- usually applied to a ponderous volume.Tomes of fable and of dream. Cowper.A more childish expedient than that to which he now resorted is notto be found in all the tomes of the casuists. Macaulay.
  5. n:100 n. a (usually) large and scholarly book