Thursday, August 5, 2010

Clod

Websters 1828 Dictionary
Clod CLOD, n.
1. A hard lump of earth, of any kind; a mass of earth cohering.
2. A lump or mass of metal.
3. Turf; the ground.
4. That which is earthy, base and vile, as the body of man compared to his soul.
5. A dull, gross, stupid fellow; a dolt.
6. Any thing concreted.
CLOD, v.i. To collect into concretions, or a thick mass; to coagulate; as clodded gore.
[See Clot, which is more generally used.]
CLOD, v.t. To pelt with clods. clod


WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)
clod n 1: a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" [syn: ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk] 2: an awkward stupid person [syn: lout, clod, stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, lump, gawk] clod

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Viticulturist

WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005)
viticulturist n 1: a cultivator of grape vine viticulturist

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Chocoholic

chocoholic (chocoholics) A chocoholic is someone who eats a great deal of chocolate and finds it hard to stop themselves eating it. (INFORMAL) The Confectionery Warehouse is a chocoholic's dream. N-COUNT
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