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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1818-1823, 1902

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PUD, n.2 Also -pod (Wettstein).

1. An ink-holder, ink-pot (Lth. 1825 Jam.; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B., 1942 Zai). Also in comb. ink-pud, id., see Ink, n., 4.Slk. 1818 W. Crozier Cottage Muse (1847) 28:
Syne to my pen wi' speed I flew, And frae the pud the cork I drew.
Bwk. 1823 A. Hewit Poems 60:
Soot in a strait I've made my ink Frae aff the hud, — The mustard pat out o' the bink I've made my pud.

2. Dim. form puddy, a small dish or bowl.Ayr. 1902 J. Macintosh Irvinedale Chimes 205:
'Twere sin to tyne the brose, I'll scrape the puddy bare.

[? Variant form of pot, arising from the reduced stress when the word is in its comb. form ′ink-pud. But there may be some association with Pud, n.1]

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