Hod

Word HOD
Character 3
Hyphenation hod
Pronunciations /ˈhɑd/

Definitions and meanings of "Hod"

What do we mean by hod?

A trough carried over the shoulder for transporting loads, as of bricks or mortar. noun

A coal scuttle. noun

To hold.

To bob up and down on horseback; jog.

A form of portable trough for carrying mortar and bricks to masons and bricklayers, fixed crosswise on the end of a pole or handle and borne on the shoulder. See cut under hod-elevator. noun

A coal-scuttle. noun

A form of blowpipe used by pewterers. It consists of a cast-iron pot with a close cover, containing ignited charcoal. A stream of air is forced through it by means of a bellows worked by the foot, the air entering through a pipe and nozle on one side and passing out through a nozle on the opposite side. which directs the current of hot air upon the object to be soldered. noun

A tub made of half a flour-barrel to which handles are fitted, used for carrying alewives. It is also a measure, holding about 200 of these fish. noun

A hole under the bank of a stream, as a retreat for fish. noun

A Middle English form of hood. noun

A kind of wooden tray with a handle, having V-shaped trough, made of wood or metal, attached to a long handle and usually carried over the shoulder; it is a tool used by construction workers for carrying bricks or mortar. noun

A utensil for holding coal; a coal scuttle. noun

A three-sided box for carrying bricks or other construction materials, often mortar. It bears a long handle and is carried over the shoulder. noun

A receptacle for carrying coal. noun

An open box attached to a long pole handle; bricks or mortar are carried on the shoulder noun

To bob up and down on horseback; jog.

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The word "hod" in example sentences

Every man laying brick on this building was white, every man carrying a hod was a negro. ❋ Unknown (1912)

Here we received orders to attack a "hod" named Abu Hamrah, which lay between us and Katia. ❋ F. L. Morrison (N/A)

Karl or Caspar might have rendered his coming down unnecessary, as either could have carried so light a "hod" up the ladder; but there was good reason why Ossaroo should make the descent -- that was, to rest and refresh himself. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

Say what you like about the press - and, sure, we may have "hod" difficulty coming up with original puns during what Glenn would undoubtedly call his sacking situation - we are mindful of our duty to explain ourselves to the public, and if that has to take place in a restaurant where, according to the internet, "the fine wine list has an excellent selection of wines from the £25 to £325 price range", so be it. ❋ Unknown (2008)

[Greek: All 'hod' anêr ethelei peri pantôn emmenai allôn, ❋ John Dryden (1665)

It is, moreover, a climbing animal, and may sometimes be seen ascending a ladder laden with a hod of bricks. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

Consider: A hod carrier has only one job, and it ends before sunset. ❋ Jesse Kornbluth (2011)

When we got tull sea, I found he hod no receipt for the cable. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To the hod carrier, those are extra-curricular activities, completely discretionary. ❋ Jesse Kornbluth (2011)

Chicago had always been the storm-centre of the conflict between labor and capital, a city of street-battles and violent death, with a class-conscious capitalist organization and a class-conscious workman organization, where, in the old days, the very school-teachers were formed into labor unions and affiliated with the hod-carriers and brick-layers in the American ❋ Unknown (2010)

Much of this would have been well-paid work for craftsmen, not jobs as hod carriers to repave the Interstate. ❋ Daniel Henninger (2011)

She said she didn't want her kids to grow up talking like people in Boston—“I hod ta loff,” she said, thinking I'd think that was funny. ❋ Con Chapman (2011)

We hod expected better results wuth the new propeller. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He figured that he would get fitter and stronger quicker if he spent a day running up ladders with loads of bricks carried in an outsized hod (he got paid more that way, too). ❋ Martin Cross (2010)

Holmes made the headlines that day because he had funded his Olympic effort by working as a hod carrier. ❋ Peter Nichols (2010)

In the run-up to 1984 his regime frequently included two rows – morning and evening – sandwiched between a day's work as a hod-carrier. ❋ Martin Cross (2010)

There are issues that she claims to be raising that don't seem to match what she seems to hod dear; the various ideas she claims to espouse. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To walk the streets with him and hear the shouts of "Go get 'em, Howard" or "Keep telling it like it is" or "Forget Ali, you are the greatest" from taxi drivers, executives, housewives, hod carriers, hot-dog vendors, cops, kids and firemen was to understand the depth of appreciation and affection he inspired. ❋ Don Ohlmeyer (2011)

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