POD

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A bag; a pouch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser.

2.
n.

A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.

3.
n.

A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; -- said of seals. Pod auger, or pod bit, an auger or bit the channel of which is straight instead of twisted.

4.
v.

To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.

5.
v.

A New Latin plural combining form or suffix from Gr. foot; as, hexapoda, myriapoda. See -pod.


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