Plod

v. i. {imp. & p. p. PLODD'ED; p. pr. & vb. n. PLODDING.} [Cf. Gael. plod, a clod, to strike or pelt with a clod or clods.] 1. To travel with steady, laborious diligence. Some stupid, plodding, money-loving wight. Young. 2. To toil; to drudge; especially, to study heavily, with steady diligence. Shak. Swift.

To tread with a heavy, laboring step. Barefoot plod I the cold ground. Shak.