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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clod \Clod\, v. t. 1. To pelt with clods. --Jonson. 2. To throw violently; to hurl. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: clod n 1: a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" [syn: {ball}, {glob}, {lump}, {clump}, {chunk}] 2: an awkward stupid person [syn: {lout}, {klutz}, {stumblebum}, {goon}, {oaf}, {lubber}, {lummox}, {lump}, {gawk}]
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