cod

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Any of various types of sea fish or the meat from said fish.

2. 2

   A small bag or pouch.

   • There is a Cod, or Bag, that groweth commonly in the Fields;
   • The Bunt is to a Sail,[The Bunt of a Sail.] as the Cod to a Net, being the very Pouch, or Bag of the Sail; and therefore all Sails have this Bunt,
   • Perspective view of the gear, showing important parts: b, beam; bl. belly; br, brail; bt, bating; c cod end, or bag;
3. 3

   A husk or integument

   A husk or integument; a pod.

   • And he wolde fayne have filled his bely with the coddes, that the swyne ate: and noo man gave hym.
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   1. 4

      The cocoon of a silkworm.

      • In seven days, the cods being finished, they are gathered and laid inheaps till they have time to wind off the silk: But they first set apart the cods designed for propagation, upon a hurdle in a cool airy place.
      • The whole moth kind, as well as the silkworm, immediately before their transformation into the chrysalis state, cover their bodies with a cod or clew of silk , though the nature of the silk , and their mode of spinning, are very different.
   2. 5

      The scrotum.

      • that which we call castoreum […] are not the same to be termed testicles or stones; for these cods or follicles are found in both sexes, though somewhat more protuberant in the male.
      • Then let the cutter take and hold the tip of his cod in his left hand, and with a sharp knife cut the top thereof an inch long clean away.
      • I went on one knee and thrust up and into his cod.
   3. 6

      A pillow or cushion.

      • Item , ane long velvet cod or cusheon ;
   4. 7

      A joke or an imitation.

      • I assume it all could just be a cod.
   5. 8

      A stupid or foolish person.

      • He's making a right cod of himself.
   6. 9

      Having the character of imitation

      Having the character of imitation; jocular.

      • cod psychology
      • “Illegitimi non carborundum” is a well-known example of cod Latin.
      • Dalton categorises Muse's latest composition as “cod-classical bombast”.
   7. 10

      Bad.

      • Sandy: Right, right, well I'll just open the wardrobe. Oh, here, look—his wardrobe. Ha! Julian: Ha! Oh what a naff lot! Sandy: It is a bit cod isn't it.
      • Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel.
      • Hahahahaha! @AnnaJaneCasey Vada the homi ajax, with the naff riah and the cod lally drags. Ooooo she's camp...
   8. 11

      To attempt to deceive or confuse

      To attempt to deceive or confuse; to kid.

      • "How are you, Mary?" "I thought your friend Mac was codding me that you would come."
   9. 12

      To joke

      To joke; to kid.

      • I'm only codding!
   10. 13

       Alternative letter-case form of COD (“Call of Duty”).

   11. 14

       Acronym of Concise Oxford Dictionary.

   12. 15

       Acronym of Call of Duty.

       • Let's go over to my house and play some COD.
   13. 16

       Initialism of cash on delivery or collect on delivery.

       • This development would probably be much facilitated were the Colony to adopt the C.O.D. (collect on delivery) system of the Cape and many other parts of the world.
   14. 17

       Initialism of cause of death.

   15. 18

       Initialism of cerebro-ocular dysgenesis.

   16. 19

       Initialism of celebrity obsession disorder.

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