† flodv.
Obsolete.
intransitive. ? To walk slowly.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > move or go slowly [verb (intransitive)]
creepc1175
lugc1400
to hold (also keep) foot withc1438
crawlc1460
lounge?a1513
slug1565
drawl1566
draggle1577
fodge1581
snail1582
laggerc1620
slagger1622
snail1628
flod1674
delay1690
to drag one’s slow length along1711
soss1711
loiter1728
trail1744
sidle1781
soodle1821
linger1826
ooze1847
slope1851
laggard1864
dawdle1872
tiddle1882
oozle1958
pootle1973
1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation iii. 189 There is no getting a shoot at them without a Stalking-horse,..,who will..walk up and down in the water which way you please, flodding and eating on the grass that grows therein.
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