Obs. [f. COD sb.1]

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  1.  intr. To produce ‘cods’ or pods.

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1532.  Fitzherb., Husb., § 12. That they shoulde the better codde, and the sooner be rype.

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1601.  Holland, Pliny, I. 559. All kinds of Pulse doe cod at sundrie times.

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1615.  G. Sandys, Trav., II. 101. Their Dates … begin to cod about the beginning of February.

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1693.  Evelyn, De la Quint. Compl. Gard., II. 199. Before it [pease] begins to codd.

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1710.  London & Wise, Compl. Gard. (1719), 233.

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  2.  trans. To gather the pods of (peas).

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1570.  Levins, Manip., 155/37. To codde peason, siliquas legere.

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1690–1730.  [cf. CODDER2].

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  3.  intr. with out (said of over-ripe pulse or grain, the pods or ears of which drop the seed or grain when handled, or shaken by the wind). To shake out.

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