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† Ton2. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1916, rev. 2022. † Ton2 Obs. [a. F. taon (pronounced taṅ, earlier toṅ) gad-fly (12th c. in Littré), later also applied in the environs of Paris to the larva of the cockchafer (Littré):—pop.L. *tabōnem, for L. tabānum (-us) gad-fly, whence Prov. tavan, Sp. tábano, Pg. tavão, It. tafa·no, tabano, † tavano, gad-fly.] The larva of the cockchafer, which lives underground and feeds on the roots of plants.

1 1693.  Evelyn, De la Quint. Compl. Gard., II. 100. Kitchen-Plants, especially Lettuce, and Succory, &c. constantly have some of those Tons, or other little reddish Worms which gnaw them about the neck, and kill them [margin Those usually called by the Name of Cock-Chafers]. Ibid., 202. The great Enemies of Straw-berry Plantations are the Ton’s which are great White Worms, that in the Months of May and June, gnaw the necks of their Roots.

2 1712.  J. James, trans. Le Blond’s Gardening, 173. The great Enemies to Trees, are … Snails, Tons, Turks, and abundance of Worms.

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