† eˈcod, int. Obs.
[var. of egad, egod, agad, q.v.]
Used as a mild oath.
| 1733 Fielding Don Quix. i. viii, 'Ecod! it runs in my head. 1777 Sheridan Trip Scarb. iii. iv, It's well I have a husband acoming, or ecod I'd marry the baker. 1865 Dickens Mut. Fr. xiv. 371 Ecod, when I say to him.. |