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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1866-1929
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BOD, n.4, v. [bɔd]
1. n. A big wave, groundswell on a sunken rock.Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.:
The fretting of the sea on the shore, a heavy swell in the sea either before or after a gale, the impetus given to a floating object by a wave of the sea.Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
He [the sea] mak's a b[od] upo' de ba [sunken rock].Ork. 1929 Marw.
†2. v. Of a wave: to rise before breaking.Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
De ba (the breaker) bods.
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