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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plod \Plod\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Plodded}; p. pr & vb n.
{Plodding}.] [Gf. Gael. plod a clod, a pool; also to strike
or pelt with a clod or clods.]
1. To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge. --Shak.
2. To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and
patiently. ``Plodding schoolmen.'' --Drayton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plodding \Plod"ding\, a.
Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by
laborious diligence; as a plodding peddler; a plodding
student; a man of plodding habits. --{Plod"ding*ly}, adv
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
plodding
adj : (of movement) slow and laborious; "leaden steps" [syn: {leaden}]
n 1: hard monotonous routine work [syn: {drudgery}, {grind}, {donkeywork}]
2: the act of walking with a sow heavy gait
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