dod (2)

i. [Etym. doubtful.] To wag or shake about, to jog. ( Scotch.) dod (1), 8. [Etym. doubtful.] Tile-making : A piece affording an annular throat through which clay is forced, to make drain-pipe. [TILE-MACHINE.] dod (2), s. [Etym. doubtful.] Bot.: The Reedmace. ( Britten & Holland .) "Dods, water-seeds (commonly called by children Cat's tails) growing thereabouts." - Fuller: Worthies; North ampton, ii. 170. precept is that which directs the practice: both are the subjects of rational a ent, and suited only to dod (3), s. [Gael, sdod , sdoid .] A fit of ill-humor, IMG:content-0306.png:[blocks in formation] a pet. (Generally in the plural.) To take the dods : To be seized with a sullen fit. ( Jamie son .) dodded dodd -ěd, *dodd-yd, pa. par. or s. [DOD, v.] 1. Cut short, docked. "Doddyd as trees. Decomatus, mutilus." -Prompt. Parv. 2. Having the hair cut or clipped; shaven, shorn. "Alle that ben dodded in the her."-Wycliffe: Jeremiah xxv. 23. 3. Being without horns, as sheep or cattle. "Doddyd. Decor nut us, in corn utus." -Prompt . Parv. dod-der, *dod-er, *dod-ir, s. [Dan. dodder ; Ger. dotter ; Sw.aodra .] Botany : 1. The common name for plants of the genus Cuscuta (q. v.). There are several species; they are slender, thread-like, twining, leafle parasites, involving and destroying the whole plants on which they grow. Two species are natives of this country: Cuscuta Epithy mum, which grows abundantly on ericas, and C. europæa , upon thistles and nettles or other soft plants within its reach, bringing them to final destruction. Of late years two other species have accidentally been introduced: viz., Flax 2 Dodder. 1. Flower. 2. Flower laid open. 8. Ovary. 3 Dodder, C. trifolii , and Clover Dodder, C. Epilinum . The first destroys whole fields of flax, and the latter preys to a great extent on clover, both plants being the cause of great lo es to the agriculturist. In India some species are very large and powerful, involving trees of considerable size in their grasp. ( Smith .) " Doder is lyke a great red harpe stryng; and it wynd" eth about herbes and hath floures and knoppes, one from another a good space." -Turner: Herbal , p. 90. 2. Spergula arvensis. ( Britten & Holland .) 3. Polygonum convolvulus . ( Britten & Holland .) 4. ( Pl .): Lindley's name for the order Cuscutaceæ (q. v.).