clod - Hamely Tongue
Source: The Hamely Tongue: A Personal Record of Ulster-Scots in County Antrim
Author: James Fenton
Comments: ‘The Hamely Tongue’ has been widely acclaimed as the authoritative record of contemporary (surviving) Ulster-Scots in its heartland of County Antrim where James Fenton faithfully recorded his dictionary items among a network of other native speakers over a 30-year period. This searchable online version of his book takes its text from ‘Part One’ of the fourth edition of 2014 and includes over 3000 word entries. The book preliminaries, supplementary word lists and end matter have been excluded.
clod ~ v. throw; pelt with stones, sods, etc. clod it in yer mooth eat or drink it up (without talk or ado). clod peats throw peats up to the person building the load or stack. clod roon throw over (Whun he said it wuz only a styachie she clodded it roon him); spend in a profligate manner (Jaist becahse ye hae come inty a colour o money there’s nae need tae clod it roon ye). clod shoes play the game of throwing horse-shoes. n. a piece of hard earth or esp. a piece broken from a peat. anither clod for the creel an addition to the family (T). odd clod an odd, eccentric person. [ME; var. of clot (COD)]
