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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.

Clod (kl&obreve;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.

Clod, v. t. 1.
To pelt with clods. Jonson.

2. To throw violently; to hurl.
[Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Clod"dish (?), a. Resembling
clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish. Hawthorne.


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