n. [ F. ] (Naut.) A mixture of hair and tar for covering the bottom of a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; complication, fr. &unr_; to entwine. ] (Rhet.) A figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality; as, “His wife's a wife indeed.” Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Plodded p. pr. & vb. n. Plodding. ] [ Gf. Gael. plod a clod, a pool; also, to strike or pelt with a clod or clods. ] 1. To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently. “Plodding schoolmen.” Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To walk on slowly or heavily. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ploughman homeward plods his weary way. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who plods; a drudge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a man of plodding habits. --Plod"ding*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ See Plunge. ] To cleanse, as open drains which are entered by the tide, by stirring up the sediment when the tide ebbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Plunge. ] (Mil.) A slope or sloping toward the front; as, the plongée of a parapet; the plongée of a shell in its course. [ Sometimes written plonge. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Plopped p. pr. & vb. n. Plopping. ] [ Imitative. ] 1. To fall, drop, or move in any way, with a sudden splash or slap, as on the surface of water. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

The body plopped up, turning on its side. Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Act of plopping; the sound made in plopping. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]