Sod vs Marl - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.
* Collins
Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.
To cover with sod.
(British, vulgar) Sodomite; bugger.
(British, slang, mildly pejorative, formerly considered vulgar) A person, usually male; (often qualified with an adjective).
(UK, vulgar) expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.
(transitive, British, slang, vulgar) Bugger; sodomize.
(transitive, British, slang, vulgar) Damn, curse, confound.
(obsolete) (seethe)
(obsolete) Boiled.
*, New York, 2001, p.223:
(Australia, of bread) Sodden; incompletely risen.
(Australia, colloquial) A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump.
* 1954 , Tom Ronan, Vision Splendid'', quoted in Tom Burton, ''Words in Your Ear , Wakefield Press (1999), ISBN 1-86254-475-1, page 120:
A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy.
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To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a peculiar hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.
As nouns the difference between sod and marl
is that sod is that stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward while marl is a mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy.As verbs the difference between sod and marl
is that sod is to cover with sod while marl is to cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a peculiar hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.As an interjection sod
is expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.As an adjective sod
is boiled.sod
English
Etymology 1
(en)Noun
(-)- She there shall dress a sweeter sod / Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
- The landscapers rolled sod onto the bare earth and made a presentable lawn by nightfall.
Verb
(sodd)- He sodded the worn areas twice a year.
Etymology 2
From sodomize, by shorteningNoun
(en noun)- You mean old sod !
- poor sod
- unlucky sod
Derived terms
* Sod’s lawInterjection
(en interjection)Verb
(sodd)- Sod''' him!'', '''''Sod''' it!'', '''''Sod that bastard!
Derived terms
* sod offEtymology 3
Originally a the past participle ((sodden)).Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- Beer, if it be over-new, or over-stale, over-strong, or not sod ,is most unwholesome, frets, and galls, etc.
- sod damper
Noun
(en noun)- And Mart the cook the shovel took / And swung the damper to and fro. / 'Another sod , so help me God, / That's fourteen in a flamin' row.
