Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CLOD, v.2 “To pile up peats” (Gall. 1898 E.D.D.), in building a stack; “to throw up turnips in the same way” (Kcb.9 1935). [klɔd]
Hence clodder, “the man who throws up peats to the builder of a peat-stack” (Gall. 1905 E.D.D. Suppl.).
[Cf. Clod, v.1, 3, above, and Clod, n.1, 2.]
