TOMBS. Ferguson derives this surname, and Tombleson, from an old High German root, tuo7n, equivalent to A. -Saxon dom., judgment; but as he puts them in juxtaposition with Tlioms, Thomson, Tomkin, and other Icnown derivatives of" Thomas," his etymology is not to be_ accepted. If this name is pronounced Tombs, it is no doubt the genitive of Tom.

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