A lump or clod of earth or soil; a variant or dialectal form of 'clod.'
Possibly from Old English or dialectal roots; may be a variant of 'clod' (a lump of earth). Regional and archaic usage.
This word is so obscure that it barely appears in modern dictionaries—it's a reminder that English had countless local dialect words that simply vanished when dialects merged into standardized language.
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