Plod (?), 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.
2.
To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
"
Plodding schoolmen."
Drayton.
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Plod, v. t.
To walk on slowly or heavily.
The ploughman homeward plods his weary way.
Gray.
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