cloddy
- a word derived from clod.
Example Sentences
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The glorious sun, Stays in his course, and plays the alchemist; Turning, with splendor of his precious eye, The meagre cloddy earth to glittering gold.
From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
The specimens alive in 1817, as seen in prints of that period, were not so cloddy as those met with at the present day.
From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert
They must be neither cloddy or cobby, but should be framed on the lines of speed, showing a graceful racing outline.
From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert
Figure 94 shows an earth-mulch, but it is too shallow; and the under soil is so open and cloddy that the water runs through it.
From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)
One disadvantage is that it cannot be used with much satisfaction on certain soils when the ground is cloddy or frozen, or when it is wet.
From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas
