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What does "clod" mean?

Clod: The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf. The clod Where once their sultan's horse has trod. Swift.

Additional senses

  1. 2.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.
  2. 3.A dull, gross, stupid fellow; a dolt Dryden.
  3. 4.A pert of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See Illust. of Beef.
  4. 5.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.
  5. 6.To pelt with clods. Jonson.
  6. 7.To throw violently; to hurl. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

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