quod

[For quad (q.v.).] A quadrangle, as of a prison, where the prisoners exercise; hence, a prison, a jail. ( Slang.) "Fancy a nob like you being sent to quod. "- B. Dis raeli: Henrietta Temple, bk. vi., ch. xx. quod, v. t. [QUOD, 8.] To put in prison; to imprison. ( Slang.) *quod-dle (1), v . i . [A frequent. from quob (?), or perhaps waddle (q. v.).] To paddle about. "The duck quoddling in a pool."- Stilling fleet : Origines Sacræ . *quod'-dle (2), v . t . [CODDLE.] To parboil. "Take your pippins green and quoddle them."-Queen's Closet Opened, p. 204.