I. ˈkläd noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English clodde, alteration of clot, clotte — more at clot
1. obsolete : clot
2.
a. : a lump or mass especially of earth, turf, or clay
b. : soil , ground , earth ; also : a spot of earth or turf
c. : something as unfeeling or as insensitive as a clod of earth : one that is gross and stupid : dolt
remind oneself that the lifeless clod he is writing about is the author of some … most important novels — J.W.Aldridge
3. : a part of the shoulder of a beef or of the neck piece near the shoulder
4. : soft shale especially over a coal seam
II. verb
( clodded ; clodded ; clodding ; clods )
Etymology: Middle English clodden, from clodde, n.
transitive verb
1.
a. : to throw clods of earth at
caught Henry on the outside stairs and clodded him vivaciously — Dixon Wecter
b. : to drive by pelting with clods
came a turtle, and I clodded it back into the water — W.A.White
2. dialect Britain : to throw violently : hurl
intransitive verb
: to form into clods