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Seethe \Seethe\, v. t. [imp. {Seethed}({Sod}, obs.); p. p.
{Seethed}, {Sodden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seething}.] [OE.
sethen, AS. se['o]?an; akin to D. sieden, OHG. siodan, G.
sieden, Icel. sj??a, Sw. sjuda, Dan. syde, Goth. saubs a
burnt offering. Cf. {Sod}, n., {Sodden}, {Suds}.]
To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to
seethe flesh. [Written also {seeth}.]
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Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons
of the prophets. --2 Kings iv.
38.
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Sod \Sod\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sodden}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sodding}.]
To cover with sod; to turf.
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Sod \Sod\, n. (Zool.)
The rock dove. [Prov. Eng.]
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Sod \Sod\, n. [Akin to LG. sode, D. zode, OD. sode, soode,
OFries. satha, and E. seethe. So named from its sodden state
in wet weather. See {Seethe}.]
That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with
the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf;
sward.
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She there shall dress a sweeter sod
Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. --Collins.
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Sod \Sod\, obs.
imp. of {Seethe}.
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