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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CLOD, n.
1. A hard lump of earth, of any kind; a mass of earth cohering.
2. A lump or mass of metal.
3. Turf; the ground.
4. That which is earthy, base and vile, as the body of man compared to his soul.
5. A dull, gross, stupid fellow; a dolt.
6. Any thing concreted.
CLOD, v.i. To collect into concretions, or a thick mass; to coagulate; as clodded gore.
[See Clot, which is more generally used.]
CLOD, v.t. To pelt with clods.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" [syn: ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk]
2: an awkward stupid person [syn: lout, clod, stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, lump, gawk]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English clodde, from Old English clod- (in clodhamer fieldfare) Date: 15th century 1. a. a lump or mass especially of earth or clay b. soil, earth 2. oaf, dolt • cloddish adjective • cloddishness noun • cloddy adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a lump of earth, clay, etc. 2 sl. a silly or foolish person. 3 meat cut from the neck of an ox. Derivatives: cloddy adj. Etymology: ME: var. of CLOT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Clod Clod (kl[o^]d), v.i To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot; as, clodded gore. See Clot. Clodded in lumps of clay. --G. Fletcher.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Clod Clod, v. t. 1. To pelt with clods. --Jonson. 2. To throw violently; to hurl. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Clod Clod (kl[o^]d), n. [OE. clodde, latter form of clot. See Clot.] 1. A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay. ``Clods of a slimy substance.'' --Carew. ``Clods of iron and brass.'' --Milton. ``Clods of blood.'' --E. Fairfax. The earth that casteth up from the plow a great clod, is not so good as that which casteth up a smaller clod. --Bacon. 2. The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf. The clod Where once their sultan's horse has trod. --Swift. 3. That which is earthy and of little relative value, as the body of man in comparison with the soul. This cold clod of clay which we carry about with us. --T. Burnet. 4. A dull, gross, stupid fellow; a dolt --Dryden. 5. A part of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See Illust. of Beef.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(clods) A clod of earth is a large lump of earth. N-COUNT: oft N of n

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

In Job 7:5 (gish, gush, "a mass of earth"), "clods of dust," the crust of his sores, formed by the dry, swollen skin--a symptom of leprosy, though not peculiar to it. In Job 21:33; 38:38 (reghebh, "a soft clod," "lump of clay"), "The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him," "The clods cleave fast together." In Joe 1:17 (meghraphah, "a furrow," "something thrown off" (by the spade)), "The seeds rot (m "shrivel") under their clods."

Figurative: "Jacob shall break his clods" (Ho 10:11), i.e. "must harrow for himself," used figuratively of spiritual discipline (compare Isa 28:24 the King James Version).

M. O. Evans

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Lump (of earth). 2. Ground, earth. turf, sod. 3. Clodpoll, clown, dolt. See dunce.

Moby Thesaurus

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