cod

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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noun

Cape Cod.

codex.

Also, cod.

Commerce.

cash, or collect, on delivery (payment to be made when delivered to the purchaser).

Also, c.o.d.

Origin:
1855–60, Americanism

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cod¹ (kɒd)

—n , pl cod, cods
1.	any of the gadoid food fishes of the genus Gadus, esp G. morhua (or G. callarias), which occurs in the North Atlantic and has a long body with three rounded dorsal fins: family GadidaeThey are also a source of cod-liver oil
2.	See gadid any other fish of the family Gadidae
3.	(Austral) any of various unrelated Australian fish, such as the Murray cod

[C13: probably of Germanic origin; compare Old High German cutte]

cod² (kɒd)

—n
1.	dialect (Brit), (US) a pod or husk
2.	an obsolete word for scrotum
3.	obsolete a bag or envelope

[Old English codd husk, bag; related to Old Norse koddi, Danish kodde]

cod³ (kɒd)

—vb , cods, codding, codded
1.	slang (Brit), (Irish) to make fun of; tease
2.	slang (Brit), (Irish) to play a trick on; fool

—n
3.	slang (Brit), (Irish) a hoax or trick
4.	slang (Irish) a fraud; hoaxer: he's an old cod

—*adj*
5.	slang (Brit) mock; sham: cod Latin

[C19: perhaps from earlier cod a fool, perhaps shortened from codger]

cod⁴ (kɒd)

—n
	dialect (Northern English) a fellow; chap: he's a nice old cod

[of unknown origin]

Cod

—n
	Cape Cod See Cape Cod

COD

—*abbreviation for*
1.	cash on delivery
2.	(in the US) collect on delivery

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Word Origin & History

C.O.D.

abbreviation of cash on delivery, 1859, originally Amer.Eng.

cod

1273, cotfish, origin unknown; despite similarity of form it has no conclusive connection to the widespread Gmc. word for "bag" (cf. O.E. codd, source of codpiece, q.v.). Cod-liver oil known since at least 1615, recommended medicinally since 1783, but not popular as a remedy until after 1825.

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COD definition

An abbreviation for “cash on delivery” or “collect on delivery.”

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

COD

cash on delivery
cause of death
chemical oxygen demand
collect on delivery
Concise Oxford Dictionary

cod.

Latin codex (manuscript volume)
codicil

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In the autumn the dried cod was stored in depots and sometimes used as payment.

The upper cape is the section of cape cod closest to the mainland.

Those reworked sediments that moved north went to the tip of cape cod.

Cape cod was among the first places settled by europeans in north america.

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"The ecclesiastical history of this town interested us somewhat. It appears that ... "in 1662, the town agreed that a part of every whale cast on shore be appropriated for the support of the ministry." No doubt there seemed to be some propriety in thus leaving the support of the ministers to Providence, whose servants they are, and who alone rules the storms; for, when few whales were cast up, they might suspect that their worship was not acceptable. The ministers must have sat upon the cliffs in every storm, and watched the shore with anxiety. And, for my part, if I were a minister, I would rather trust to the bowels of the billows, on the back side of Cape Cod, to cast up a whale for me, than to the generosity of many a country parish I know."

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