Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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PLODGE, v. Also plotch.
1. To walk on muddy or water-logged ground, to squelch along in a heavy, slow way (Rxb. a.1838 Jam. MSS. X. 259, plotch, 1923 Watson W.-B.; m.Lth., s.Sc. 1966). Also in n.Eng. dial. Cf. Platch.Slk. 1875 Border Treasury (3 April) 405:
Ae march-dyke to loup an' twae-three boggy places to plodge thru.Fif. 1958 T. G. Snoddy Green Loanings 60:
Füles like this Plotch in the glar and owre the plew-honds hing.
2. “To dabble, to work slowly” (Slk. 1825 Jam., plotch).
[An intensive s.Sc. form of plod. Cf. Dad, Dadge.]
