2 entries under this word
n. [A-S. codd, small bag, W. cod, cwd, bag, shell.]
Sense 1. Any husk, envelope, or case, containing the seeds of a plant; a pod. Mortimer.
Sense 2. A bag; especially a small bag for containing perfumes. [Obs.] Halliwell.
Sense 3. The scrotum, or bag-like integument covering the testicles. Dunglison.
Sense 4. A pillow or cushion. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
n. [Ger. gadde, in the island of Heligoland gadden, N. Lat. gadus merlangus.] (Ichth.) (a.) A species of fish of the Gadus family, and species Morrhua vulgaris, inhabiting the northern seas, and especially the Banks of Newfoundland, in immense quantities. (b.) A species of the same fish, found on the Atlantic coast of the United States; the Morrhua Americana. S. F. Baird.
