Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CLOD, n. [D. kluit, a clod; G. klots; Dan. klods; Sw. klot, a log, stock, or stump; Dan. klode; D. kloot, a ball; G. loth, a ball; D. lood, lead, a ball; Sw. and Dan. lod, id.; W. cluder, a heap. Clod and clot seem to be radically one word, signifying a mass or lump, from collecting or bringing together, or from condensing, setting, fixing. In Sax. clud, a rock or hill, may be from the same root. See Class Ld, No. 8, 9, 10, 16, 26, 35, 36, 40. Qu. Gr. κλωθω, to form a ball.]

1. A hard lump of earth, of any kind; a mass of earth cohering. – Bacon. Dryden.
2. A lump or mass of metal. [Little used.] – Milton.
3. Turf; the ground. – Swift.
4. That which is earthy, base and vile, as the body of man compared to his soul. – Milton. Glanville. Burnet.
5. A dull, gross, stupid fellow; a dolt. – Dryden.
6. Any thing concreted. – Carew.