sod n EDD ~ sb1 2 (1) Ir for sense 3; for combs. in sense 4: cp OED sb1 5 a ~ house (1832 quot), DC (1953), OED ~ hut (1896 quot), DC (1921-).
1 Cap or flat hat (P 148-69).
M 71-91 Someone took off his cap (or sod as it was locally called).
2 Pastry covering; SMOTHER.
C 71-120 ~ A paste put over a rabbit stew. C 71-128 ~ Pastry made from flour, baking powder, etc, and laid over steaming vegetables in a skillet—a thick, fluffy pastry, unlike the thin, brittle pastry for pies.
3 Phr on the sod: exactly.
P 148-63 He is his father on the sod (just like his father).
4 Comb sod house: root cellar; smoke-house.
M 69-13 A sod house is used for [storing crops] but is built from sods, and it is usually built at the foot of a hill near the house. P 77-74 'Smokers' are herring which have been smoked in a sod house.
sod hut: dwelling built or covered with sods.
M 69-17 The early settlers at Muddy Brook, according to my informant, lived in sod huts. 1974 SQUIRE 7 There is a record of one sod-hut. This was built by Samuel Napier, just above Rocky Cove on the south side of Eastport. He fashioned his home around a flat slab of rock that protruded through the ground to a height of several feet. This rock served as the back for his open fireplace and can still be seen at the site.
sod tilt, sodden ~ : see sod hut; TILT.
P 148-61 Sodden tilt [dwelling] made with sods. M 71-103 [He] became a stationer and lived in a sod tilt at Salmon Cove while fishing from the shore... The sod tilts were constructed of a framework of wood covered with sods and lined inside with bark.
