Word of the Day - podder

podder1

/ˈpɒdə/
noun
dialect, rare British, South East English
Originally: field crops or their seed grains; fodder for cattle. In later use: plants having pods, pulse.

Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Parliamentary Papers. Origin
uncertain; perhaps an alteration of codware, although the motivation for
this is unclear.

podder2

noun
A machine which harvests pods, or removes peas from pods.

Origin
Late 17th century (in an earlier sense). From pod + -er.

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I have no wish to tease you
So if I cannot please you
At least let me appease you
By offering up a bijou:

I've nought before heard of podder.
I have been, too long, a plodder,
Yet, I have no wish to sod yer.
I believe I begin to dodder.