TOMB
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Tomb (?), n. [OE. tombe, toumbe, F. tombe, LL. tumba, fr. Gr. &unr_; 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.
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As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.
Shak.
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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.
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3. A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.
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Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb.
Shak.
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Tomb bat (Zo&ö;l.), any one of species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous which inhabit tombs, especially the Egyptian species (Taphozous perforatus).
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Tomb,, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tombed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tombing.] To place in a tomb; to bury; to inter; to entomb.
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I tombed my brother that I might be blessed.
Chapman.
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