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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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DOD, Dodd, n.², v.² [dɔd, dod]

1. n. Gen. in pl.: a fit of bad-temper, the sulks (Sc. 1808 Jam.), often in phr. to tak the dods, to take a fit of bad temper, to sulk (Sc. 1818 Sawers Dict. Sc. Lang., dodds; Per. 1915 Wilson L. Strathearn 202; Slg. 1948 (per Abd.²⁷); Fif.¹⁰ 1940).Edb. 1823 M. and M. Corbett Petticoat Tales I. 250:
Miss Emma and Mr Harry hae been ower lang acquainted to gie ower loving ane anither, because her father has ta'en the dods at him.Arg. 1914 N. Munro New Road xxiii.:
“Whatever o't, she's in the dods wi' me,” said Ninian sadly.Lnk. c.1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 150:
This . . . banished dods and ill-nature out at the door.Ayr. 1823 Galt Entail II. xv.:
She happens, poor body, to tak the dods now and then.

Hence (1) doddy, pettish, sulky (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Per. 1915 Wilson L. Strathearn 243); (2) dod-lip in phr. ‡to hang a (the) dod-lip, to wear a sulky expression, to be in a bad temper (Rxb. 1825 Jam.²; 1923 Watson W.-B.).(1) Lnk. 1853 W. Watson Poems 50:
I coft it mysel an' gat leave to be doddy.Ayr. 1823 Galt Entail I. xx.:
Colley is as doddy and crabbit to Watty as if he was its adversary.

†2. v. To sulk.Rnf. 1835 D. Webster Rhymes 149:
You needna dod nor tak the drunt.