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tome

tome \'to-m\ n [MF or L; MF, fr. L tomus, fr. Gk tomos section, roll of 
   papyrus, t]ome, fr. temnein to cut; akin to L tonde-re to shear, Gk tendein 
   to gnaw 1: a volume forming part of a larger work  2: BOOK; esp : a large 
   or scholarly one