| 释义 |
▪ I. todder Obs. exc. dial.|ˈtɒdə(r)|
Also tother.
[Origin obscure.]
Spawn of a frog or toad; slimy gelatinous matter.
1604Drayton Moyses ii. 116 The soile..Lies now a ley⁓stall as a common ditch, Where in their Todder loathly Paddocks breed. 1881Leicester. Gloss., Tother,..var. pron. of ‘todder’, slime; spawn.
▪ II. todder
variant of totter: cf. dodder v. 3.
1871Daily News 11 Sept., Enter..next a toddering old man—the feeble father. |