ˈdodded, ppl. a. north. dial.
[f. dod v.1]
Polled, lopped; hornless; awnless.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 125/1 Doddyd, wythe-owte hornysse..incornutus. Ibid., Doddyd, as trees. 1641 Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 6 Signes of a Goode Ewe. Lett her be dodded. 1674–91 Ray N.C. Words 21 Dodded Sheep, i.e. Sheep without Horns. 1819 Edin. Advertiser 24 Aug. (Jam.), Extensive sale of improved dodded cattle. 1892 Northumbld. Gloss., Dodded corn, is corn without beards. |