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Shattered; infirm. "A laurel grew, doddered with age." Dryden.

Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power. Shak.

A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19 [Obs.]

One who fodders cattle.

A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism.

eity, of the female sex. When the daughter of Jupiter presented herself among a crowd of goddesses, she was distinguished by her graceful stature and superior beauty. Addison.

Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scotch peasants. [Scot.]

See Dun crow, under Dun, a.

An awkward or foolish person. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

The capelin.

One who nods; a drowsy person.

Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward.

The head; -- used jocosely or contemptuously. Come, master, I have a project in my noddle. L'Estrange.

A simpleton; a fool. L'Estrange.

One who plods; a drudge.

Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a man of plodding habits. --Plod"ding*ly, adv.

Having pods.

One who collects pods or pulse.

A crossbow. See Prod, 3.

Herring taken and cured or smoked near Quoddy Head, Maine, or near the entrance of Passamaquoddy Ray.