plud Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 4 plodde, 4–6 pludde, 5 (–9 dial.) plud, (5 plutte, 9 dial. plut).
[Origin obscure: cf. Ir., Gael. plod a pool, standing water; also puddle n.]
A pool, puddle.
| 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 11077 In a foul plodde [v.r. pludde] in þe stret suþþe me him slong. c 1400 Laud Troy Bk. 10610 To se the syght hit was delful, How euery plud of blod stode ful. 1482 Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 77 Now yn a stynkyng ponde, and now fowle ouerkeuryde yn fenne and plutte. 1527 Trevisa's Higden Dyalogue 1 This reason is worthy to be plunged in a pludde. 1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss., Plud, a puddle. 1873 Williams & Jones E. Somerset Gloss., Plud, the swamp surface of a wet ploughed field. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk., Pluts, temporary pools of water. |