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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Plod, n. [Of unknown origin. Also in the later dial. of the north-east as ploud a thick piece of turf or sod. Cf. Gael. plod a sod (? f. the Scots).] A green sod. — 1535 Aberd. B. Rec. XV. (Jam.).
xij laid of elding half pettis half plodis 1541 Ib. XVII. (Jam.).
ix^xx layd of elding peittis & ploddis 1674 Rec. Old Aberd. I. 125.
No persone … except heretors … shall have power … to cast in the said moss any peites plods or other fewell