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  7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Seethe  \Seethe\,  v.  t.  [imp.  {Seethed}({Sod},  obs.);  p.  p. 
  {Seethed},  {Sodden};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Seething}.]  [OE. 
  sethen,  AS  se['o]?an;  akin  to  D.  sieden,  OHG.  siodan,  G. 
  sieden,  Icel.  sj??a,  Sw  sjuda,  Dan.  syde,  Goth.  saubs  a 
  burnt  offering.  Cf  {Sod},  n.,  {Sodden},  {Suds}.] 
  To  decoct  or  prepare  for  food  in  hot  liquid;  to  boil;  as  to 
  seethe  flesh.  [Written  also  {seeth}.] 
 
  Set  on  the  great  pot,  and  seethe  pottage  for  the  sons 
  of  the  prophets.  --2  Kings  iv 
  38. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sod  \Sod\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  The  rock  dove.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sod  \Sod\,  obs. 
  imp.  of  {Seethe}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sod  \Sod\,  n.  [Akin  to  LG  sode,  D.  zode,  OD  sode,  soode, 
  OFries  satha,  and  E.  seethe.  So  named  from  its  sodden  state 
  in  wet  weather.  See  {Seethe}.] 
  That  stratum  of  the  surface  of  the  soil  which  is  filled  with 
  the  roots  of  grass,  or  any  portion  of  that  surface;  turf; 
  sward. 
 
  She  there  shall  dress  a  sweeter  sod  Than  Fancy's  feet 
  have  ever  trod.  --Collins. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sod  \Sod\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sodden};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Sodding}.] 
  To  cover  with  sod;  to  turf. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sod 
  n  1:  surface  layer  of  ground  containing  a  matt  of  grass  and  grass 
  roots  [syn:  {turf},  {sward},  {greensward}] 
  2:  someone  who  engages  in  anal  copulation  (especially  a  male 
  who  engages  in  anal  copulation  with  another  male)  [syn:  {sodomite}, 
  {sodomist},  {bugger}] 
  3:  (British)  "the  poor  sod  couldn't  even  buy  a  drink" 
  v  :  cover  with  sod 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Sod,  WV 
  Zip  code(s):  25564




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