cloddedadj.
/ˈklɒdɪd/ a. Stuck together in clods or lumps. Formerly also = Clotted, coagulated.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > [adjective] > coagulating > coagulated
liveryeOE
livered?a1300
coagulatec1386
curdya1398
clotteredc1405
curdeda1425
quailed1440
congealed1541
clustereda1547
cloddered1558
clodded1562
cluttered1577
quarry1587
curdled1590
quarred1599
settled1600
clotted1605
coagulated1633
curdly1664
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > clogged or stuck together with dirt > [adjective]
filthy-feltered1581
gummy1640
cloggy1658
clodded1688
clotted1726
pinny1890
1562 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid viii. Y iiij b Stormful clouds of clodded rayne.
1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis i. f. 1 Seuerd from the blinde And clodded heape.
1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 354 Is..like to blood newly pressed out & clodded.
1688 H. Wharton Enthusiasm Church of Rome 82 His Hair clodded and uncombed.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Musk Clodded Blood..found under the Skin of the Animal when it is flead.
1812 Examiner 11 May 292/1 Parched and clodded surface [of land] the consequence of drought.
1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 17 This dull and clodded earth.
b. Having a clod adhering.
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1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village iv. 158 The ploughman's clodded heel.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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