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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Poddo(c)k, Puddock, n. Also: poddoc, podock. [? Sc. var. of Pad(d)ok n.¹ or ? f. Pode n. with suffix -ok. Also in the mod. dial. as puddock and (north. and north-eastern) poddock.] a. A frog. ? Also, a toad. b. In place-names. c. Podock-stone, a toadstone.Also Poddock-stool(e n.a. (a) a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xviii 54.
Fra sho with fedrit flesh wes fed Quhilk prayd befor on poddoks pure a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 609 (see Pad(d)ok n.¹ (a)). 1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 18.
The hinder legs of a good fat poddock 1701 Brand Orkney & Shetl. 77.
No poddocks or froggs are to be seen though many in Orkney(b) 1649 Blairs P. 56.
As there be puddockes in the ponds and marishes of Maubeuge 16.. Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. III 250.
Here are no … toads, puddocks or any venemous creatureb. 1272–1316 (15..) Reg. Paisley 102.
Usque in Poddocford 1619 Inverurie 206.
Redemption of the puddock-buttisc. 1700 Dalyell Darker Superst. 409.
[To send] a podock-stone [its price being 3 dolors]