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Definition of Cloddy
1. a. Consisting of clods; full of clods.
Definition of Cloddy
1. Adjective. (context: of soil or earth) Characterized by the presence of clods. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cloddy
1. lumpy [adj -DIER, -DIEST] - See also: lumpy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cloddy
Literary usage of Cloddy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes by John Bellender Ker (1837)
"To cousin cloddy bell i« n trouble. To tlio man of the cowl [tlio Criar] it serve»
ne a filtre ; there's meat and drink in it lor hint. ..."
2. Medical Diagnosis: Special Diagnosis of Internal Medicine by Julius Lincoln Salinger, Wilhelm Olivier von Leube (1904)
"This " cloddy " epithelium is especially found in the mucus that envelops the
... and (partly cloddy) epithelial cells in the membrane favouring this view. ..."
3. The Wheat Plant: Its Origin, Culture, Growth, Development, Composition by John Hancock Klippart (1860)
"The corn ground in this locality is, a large portion of it, very cloddy and hard,
so that a common roller and harrow will not do the work as it should ..."
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