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In obsolete terms the difference between cod and cream

is that cod is a pillow or cushion while cream is the chrism or consecrated oil used in anointing ceremonies.

cod

English

(wikipedia cod)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) codd, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A small bag or pouch.
    • (Halliwell)
  • (UK, obsolete) A husk or integument; a pod.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke XV:
    • And he wolde fayne have filled his bely with the coddes , that the swyne ate: and noo man gave hym.
    (Mortimer)
  • The scrotum (also in plural).
  • * 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.4:
    • that which we call castoreum are not the same to be termed testicles or stones; for these cods or follicles are found in both sexes, though somewhat more protuberant in the male.
  • (obsolete) A pillow or cushion.
    • (Halliwell)
    Derived terms
    * codpiece

    Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain; perhaps ultimately the same as Etymology 1, above.

    Noun

  • A marine fish of the family Gadidae.
  • A marine fish resembling a cod of the genus Gadus , such as the .
    • Derived terms
    * bay cod * codfish * codling * cod liver oil * rock cod * shore cod

    Etymology 3

    Origin unknown.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A joke or an imitation.
    • I assume it all could just be a cod .
  • A stupid or foolish person.
    • He's making a right cod of himself.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the character of imitation; jocular. (now usually attributive, forming mostly compound adjectives).
    • “Illegitimi non carborundum” is a well-known example of cod Latin.
    Dalton categorises Muse's latest composition as “cod -classical bombast”.

    Verb

  • (slang, transitive, dialectal) To attempt to deceive or confuse.

    • Derived terms

    * codswallop

    Anagrams

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    cream

    English

    (wikipedia cream)

    Alternative forms

    * creme * creyme

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
  • :
  • # The liquid separated from milk, possibly with certain other milk products added, and with at least eighteen percent of it milkfat.
  • # The liquid separated from milk containing at least 18 percent milkfat (48% for double cream).
  • A yellowish white colour; the colour of cream.
  • :
  • (label) Frosting, custard, creamer or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream.
  • *2004 , Joey Green, Joey Green's Incredible Country Store , , ISBN 1579548482, page 267:
  • *:Originally the cream filling in Oreo cookies was made with pork lard.
  • (label) The best part of something.
  • :
  • * (fl.1612-1620)
  • *:Welcome, O flower and cream of knights errant.
  • (label) A viscous aqueous oil/fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)
  • :
  • *(Oliver Goldsmith) (1730-1774)
  • *:In vain she tries her paste and creams , / To smooth her skin or hide its seams.
  • Semen.
  • *2001 , Darwin Porter, Hollywood’s Silent Closet: The Lusty Saga of America’s First Star F*#%er!! (SIC) (novel), Blood Moon Productions, Ltd., ISBN 0-9668030-2-7, page 155,
  • *:He rode me for ten—or was it fifteen?—minutes before one final fuckthrust that filled me completely with his cream .
  • *2003 , Dominique Adair, “Two Days, Three Nights” in Tied with a Bow ,[http://books.google.com/books?id=UwSA6Ay3doMC] Ellora’s Cave Publishing, ISBN 1843607433, page 74,
  • *:He tucked his cock into his pants before rubbing his cream into her breasts in slow, teasing strokes.
  • *2004 , Art Wiederhold, Wild Flowers , iUniverse, ISBN 0595317898, page 158,
  • *:When he did come, he spurted his cream all over the front of Rosalee’s T-shirt and neck.
  • (label) The chrism or consecrated oil used in anointing ceremonies.
  • *, Book V:
  • *:there shall never harlot have happe, by the helpe of Oure Lord, to kylle a crowned Kynge that with Creyme is anoynted.

    • Synonyms

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    Adjective

    (-)
  • Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To puree, to blend with a liquifying process.
    • Cream the vegetables with the olive oil, flour, salt and water mixture .
  • To turn a yellowish white colour; to give something the color of cream.
  • (slang) To obliterate, to defeat decisively.
    • We creamed the opposing team!
  • (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate (used of either gender).
  • (transitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate in (clothing).
  • (cooking) To rub, stir, or beat (butter) into a light creamy consistency.
  • To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.
  • (figurative) To take off the best or choicest part of.
  • To furnish with, or as if with, cream.
  • * Mrs. Whitney
    • Creaming the fragrant cups.

    Derived terms

    * barrier cream * Boston cream pie * ceramware * Chantilly cream * clotted cream * cold cream * cream bun * cream cake * cream cheese * cream cracker * cream horn * cream in one's jeans * cream of tartar * cream of the crop * cream puff * cream sauce * cream sherry * cream soda * cream tea * creamcups * creamer * cream-laid * creamy * Devonshire chream * double cream * egg cream * glacier cream * heavy cream * ice cream * light cream * salad cream * shaving cream * sour cream * sun cream * suntan cream * vanishing cream * whipping cream

    Related terms

    * * * * * * * * ramekin * ras malai * vichyssoise

    See also

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