Definition of "clods" [clods]

• Plural form of clod. (noun)

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• "The earth will dry in clods, and give you great trouble."
• "A subsequent wetting of the clods, which is not sufficient to expand it to its former condition, will not entirely obliterate the cracks, and the next drying will be followed by new fissures within the clods themselves; and a frequent repetition of this process will make the network of fissures finer and finer, until the whole mass of the soil is divided to a pulverulent condition."
• "“It cannot be your duty to comply with so unreasonable, so irrational a restriction: you may have a parent living, to whom your filial piety might be of some avail while you are rendering this fanciful homage to her who is insensible and unknowing as the clods of the valley.”"