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clod       (klŏd)  Pronunciation Key  n.   A lump or chunk, especially of earth or clay. Earth or soil. A dull, stupid person; a dolt. [Middle English, variant of clot, lump; see clot.] clod'dish adj., clod'dish·ly adv., clod'dish·ness n.

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clod
noun
1.	a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" [syn: ball]
2.	an awkward stupid person [syn: lout]

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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.

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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.

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

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