See Also: tractate(dictionary)

tommy (iou) and tractate (iou)


tommy (iou)



tommy noun2. Austral. & NZ colloq. L19.
[Abbreviation of TOMAHAWK noun.]
More fully tommy-axe. A hatchet.

tractate (iou)



tractate noun. L15.
[Latin tractatus, from tractat- pa. ppl stem of tractare: see TRACTABLE, -ATE1.]
A book or literary work treating of a particular subject; a treatise.