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单词 soddy
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soddyadj.n.

Brit. /ˈsɒdi/, U.S. /ˈsɑdi/
Etymology: < sod n.1 + -y suffix1.
A. adj.
Abounding in sods; consisting or composed of sods; of the nature of a sod.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [adjective] > sod
soddy1611
cespititious17..
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Motteux, cloddie, turfie, soddie.
1779 W. Marshall Exper. & Observ. conc. Agric. & Weather 98 By burying the soddy edge of the Plit, they are now less grassy than the Leys were before plowing.
1846 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 7 i. 168 Reduce the soddy texture of the soil.
1865 Rep. Maine Board Agric. 10 62 The partially decomposed sward dries up on the surface, making the ground ‘soddy’ and uneven.
B. n.
1. A sod-house. North American (western).
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house of specific material or construction
thatch-house1521
slate house1554
thack housec1600
frame house1627
log-house1662
straw1665
thatch1693
tin-house1798
fog house1799
leaf house1811
rock house1818
black house1819
blockhouse1821
white house1824
slab-and-bark house1826
brown house1845
brush house1854
soddy1877
hurdle-housea1879
bottle house1913
stucco1922
prefab1942
Portal house1944
Airey1945
yali1962
1877 H. Ruede Let. 24 Apr. in J. Ise Sod-Louse Days (1937) 57 Many of the young bachelors..were building their own ‘soddies’.
1893 Pilgrim Missionary June 8/1 Brother T—— has a large circuit of three churches, and lives in a ‘soddy’.
1970 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 29 Nov. 10/4 It was a sort of soddy, the rear dug into a cut~bank.
2. One who occupies or who has occupied a sod-house.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > inhabitant of house > inhabitants of specific types of house
cottager1523
cotquean1547
coter1631
cottier1820
tenement householder1894
homecrofter1897
block dweller1902
soddy1958
1958 H. B. Allen in Publ. Amer. Dialect Soc. xxx. 11 The persistence of sodbuster and soddy as not necessarily opprobrious designations of the new settlers [in North Dakota].
1977 Westworld (Vancouver, Brit. Columbia) May 6/2 I..received a nicely decorated certificate to the effect that I was a Soddy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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