Definition of "wod" []

• An obsolete or dialectal form of woad. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Well, besides the books, I have spent about half my time latterly in hunting up cowardly, skulking deserters, & have caught some, with much "cussing" from the women, "Which iin [sic] to name wod [sic] be unlawful!""
• "I have now written to him threatening [to] proceed at my own expence to compel a settemt if the purchase be not immedy compleated & wod have done so before, feeling as I do, the cruelty of the case, but unfortunately our only remedy is in filing a Bill in Chancery which as you may have heard is a hopeless resort for avoiding delay."
• "Rolling around and cursing after a particularly nasty wod helps me immensely."