Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete or dialectal form of
woad .
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Examples
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Well, besides the books, I have spent about half my time latterly in hunting up cowardly, skulking deserters, & have caught some, with much "cussing" from the women, "Which iin [sic] to name wod [sic] be unlawful!"
Lenoir Family. Lenoir Family Papers. Personal Correspondence, 1861-1865. Lenoir Family 1865
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I have now written to him threatening [to] proceed at my own expence to compel a settemt if the purchase be not immedy compleated & wod have done so before, feeling as I do, the cruelty of the case, but unfortunately our only remedy is in filing a Bill in Chancery which as you may have heard is a hopeless resort for avoiding delay.
Letter 371 2009
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Rolling around and cursing after a particularly nasty wod helps me immensely.
Does "Frick" = "Fuck"? Tyler 2009
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I also got a Custom Built, wod and metal witha Mauser action, that is my pride and joy, especially at the range, but it's my show and ell gun, not my hunting gun.
Like Peas in a Pod 2008
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October 22, 2009 at 10:36 am mi sparkle wod lub teh big been bag slepin all dai i wod hav to put teh hampster t.v bi her so she wud be a happi kitti
yes i need the - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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February 12, 2008 at 5:21 am neds AM cofe and fx of ICHC cute kitteh. wod luv much
mapquest - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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May 1, 2008 at 6:23 am dat wod be de Mr. friscokitteh! he sit on de reclynor tho…..or de goggie! but she sit on teh goggie bed on teh floor…
Holy crap - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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April 20, 2008 at 3:06 pm hoo wod b so crool as to pull a kitteh lim frum lim!
ladeez! ladeez!! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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At last, quhen he wes cumin throw the vail that lyis to the gret eist fra the said castell, quhare now lyis the Canongait, the staik past throw the wod with sic noyis and din of rachis and bugillis, that all the bestis were rasit fra thair dennis.
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The pepil richt affrayitly, returnit to him out of all partis of the wod, to comfort him efter his trubill; and fell on kneis, devotly adoring the haly croce; for it was not cumin but sum hevinly providence, as weill apperis; for thair is na man can schaw of quhat mater it is of, metal or tre.
Gammerstang commented on the word wod
(adjective) - Furious or mad. We yet retain in some parts of England the word wodnes for furiousness or madness. --Richard Verstegan's Restitution of Decayed Intelligence, 1605
February 11, 2018