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What's The Definition Of 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}.
\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.
\Clod\, v. t. 1. To pelt with clods. --Jonson. 2. To throw violently; to hurl. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.