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Webster 1828 Edition

Hod

HOD

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Noun.
A kind of tray for carrying mortar and brick,used in bricklaying. It is fitted with a handle and borne on the shoulder.

Definition 2024

hod

hod

See also: hód

English

Three men, each carrying a hod of bricks

Verb

hod ‎(third-person singular simple present hods, present participle hodding, simple past and past participle hodded)

  1. (intransitive) To bob up and down on horseback; jog.

Etymology 2

Alteration of Middle English hott ‎(“pannier”), from Old French hotte, from Frankish *hotta ‎(“basket”).

Noun

hod ‎(plural hods)

  1. A three-sided box for carrying bricks or other construction materials, often mortar. It bears a long handle and is carried over the shoulder.
  2. A receptacle for carrying coal.
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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xodъ, from Proto-Indo-European *sod-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xôːd/

Noun

hȏd m ‎(Cyrillic spelling хо̑д)

  1. walk, gait
  2. pace

Declension

Slovak

Noun

hod

  1. throw

Etymology

Etymology uncertain, but apparently related to Scots hod ‎(“to jog along on horseback”), Scots houd, howd ‎(“to sway, rock from side to side, wriggle, bob up and down”). Probably all from Old English hūdenian ‎(“to shake, sway, rock back and forth”), from Proto-Germanic *hud- ‎(“to shake”). Related to Scots hodder ‎(“to plod, stump or jog along”), Low German hūdern ‎(“to shake, shudder”). Compare also hoddle.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɑd/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːd
  • Rhymes: -ɒd

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