Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sod"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Seethe \Seethe\, v. t. [imp. {Seethed}({Sod}, obs.); p. p.
{Seethed}, {Sodden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seething}.] [OE.
sethen, AS. se['o]?an; akin to D. sieden, OHG. siodan, G.
sieden, Icel. sj??a, Sw. sjuda, Dan. syde, Goth. saubs a
burnt offering. Cf. {Sod}, n., {Sodden}, {Suds}.]
To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to
seethe flesh. [Written also {seeth}.]
Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons
of the prophets. --2 Kings iv.
38.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sod \Sod\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The rock dove. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sod \Sod\, obs.
imp. of {Seethe}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sod \Sod\, n. [Akin to LG. sode, D. zode, OD. sode, soode,
OFries. satha, and E. seethe. So named from its sodden state
in wet weather. See {Seethe}.]
That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with
the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf;
sward.
She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet
have ever trod. --Collins.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sod \Sod\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sodden}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sodding}.]
To cover with sod; to turf.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sod
n 1: surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass
roots [syn: {turf}, {sward}, {greensward}]
2: an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of superoxide into
hydrogen peroxide and oxygen; "oxygen free radicals are
normally removed in our bodies by the superoxide dismutase
enzymes" [syn: {superoxide dismutase}, {SOD}]
3: someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male
who engages in anal copulation with another male) [syn: {sodomite},
{sodomist}, {bugger}]
4: (British) "the poor sod couldn't even buy a drink"
v : cover with sod
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