Hypertext Webster Gateway: "DoD"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dodd \Dodd\, Dod \Dod\, v. t. [OE. dodden.]
To cut off, as wool from sheep's tails; to lop or clip off.
--Halliwell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
DoD
n : the federal department responsible for safeguarding national
security; created in 1947 [syn: {Department of Defense},
{Defense Department}, {Defense}, {DoD}]
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