sod

plural sods

1. uncountableThe stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.

   She there shall dress a sweeter sod / Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.

   1746, William Collins, Ode written in the year 1746

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   They are said to celebrate there every returning spring a great nocturnal festival. On the sod at its brink is spread a table-cloth white as the driven snow, covered with the most delicious viands.

   1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 432

2. uncountableTurf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.

   The landscapers rolled sod onto the bare earth and made a presentable lawn by nightfall.

3. countableA piece of this.

   In Walachia, green sods are laid on the window-sills and on the lintels of the doors to avert the uncanny crew [i.e. witches].

   1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 338

present singular third person sods · participle present sodding · participle past sodded · past sodded

1. To cover with sod.

   He sodded the worn areas twice a year.

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   The innermore walls were sod inlayed with roots from trees, plants and weeds.

   2006, Paul Vela, Sealed with a Kiss, page 97

plural sods

1. IrelandUKdatedvulgarSodomite; bugger.

   The Empire, in particular, was always thick with sods: they strolled side-by-side with the gay girls of the promenade, or stood, in little knots, exchanging gossip, comparing fortunes, greeting one another with flapping hands and high, extravagant voices.

   1998, Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet, Virago (2018), page 207

2. IrelandUKderogatorymildlyslangformerly considered vulgarA person; often qualified with an adjective.

   poor sod

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   You mean old sod!

   unlucky sod

   You silly sod.

3. IrelandUKmildlyvulgarAny trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot.

   I don’t care a sod.

1. IrelandUKvulgarexpression of annoyance.

   'Well, I'm afraid we're going to keep you waiting for a bit.' 'Oh sod,' said Fathers. 'I'm behind enough with everything as it is. How long, do you think ?'

   1986, Dan Smith, Silver Spoon Murders, page 136

present singular third person sods · participle present sodding · participle past sodded · past sodded

1. IrelandUKslangtransitivevulgarBugger; sodomize.
2. IrelandUKslangtransitivevulgarDamn, curse, confound.

   Sod him!/Sod it!/Sod that bastard!

1. obsoletepastsimple past of seethe

   Iacob ſod potage ⁊ Eſau came from the feld ⁊ was faine […]

   1530 January 27 (Gregorian calendar), W[illiam] T[yndale], transl., [The Pentateuch] (Tyndale Bible), Malborow [Marburg], Hesse: […] Hans Luft [actually Antwerp: Johan Hoochstraten], →OCLC, Genesis xxv:[29], folio xxxiiij, verso

comparative more sod · superlative most sod

1. obsoleteBoiled.

   Beer, if it be over-new, or over-stale, over-strong, or not sod,[…]is most unwholesome, frets, and galls, etc.

   1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York: New York Review Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 223

2. AustraliaSodden; incompletely risen.

   sod damper

plural sods

1. AustraliacolloquialA damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump.

   And Mart the cook the shovel took / And swung the damper to and fro. / 'Another sod, so help me God, / That's fourteen in a flamin' row.

   1954, Tom Ronan, Vision Splendid; quoted in Tom Burton, Words in Your Ear, Wakefield Press, 1999, →ISBN, page 120

plural sods

1. The rock dove.

1. abbreviationAbbreviation of superoxide dismutase, any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the handling of free radicals in cellular metabolism.
2. abbreviationbusinessAbbreviation of start of day.

   Synonyms: BOD · Antonyms: EOD, EOB, COB, EOW

3. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of sunflower oleodistillate or initialism of sunflower oil distillate (synonymous).

1. abbreviationinitialismuncountablesecurityInitialism of separation of duties.

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   Separation of duties (SoD) is one of the key concepts of internal control and is the most difficult and sometimes the most costly control to achieve. SoD states that no single individual should have control over two or more phases of a transaction or operation, which makes deliberate fraud more difficult to perpetrate because it requires the collusion of two or more individuals or parties.

   2009, Catherine Paquet, Implementing Cisco IOS Network Security (IINS), →ISBN