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单词 doddard
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doddardn.

Etymology: apparently < dod v.1 to poll (trees) + -ard suffix; the formation being parallel to poll-ard : compare doddle n.1, dodderel n. in same sense. But it may have been merely a modification of dottard , dotard adj.2 and n.2 (found earlier in same sense) with fanciful assimilation to dod v.1 and its derivatives: see doddered adj.
Obsolete. rare.
A tree that has lost its head of branches by decay. In quot. 1693 attributive = dotard adj.2
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by quality or health > [adjective] > decayed or dead
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1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires v. 63 Another shakes the Bed..Till..Chalk is in his crippled Fingers found; Rots like a Doddard Oke, and piecemeal falls to ground.
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