clod

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CLOD, noun 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, verb intransitive To collect into concretions, or a thick mass; to coagulate; as clodded gore. [See Clot, which is more generally used.] CLOD, verb transitive To pelt with clods.
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