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Webster 1913 Edition

Pod

Pod

,
Noun.
[Probably akin to
pudding
, and perhaps the same word as
pad
a cushion; cf. also Dan.
pude
pillow, cushion, and also E.
cod
a husk, pod.]
1.
A bag; a pouch.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Tusser.
2.
(Bot.)
A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of
Angiospermous
.
3.
(Zool.)
A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; – said of seals.
Pod auger
, or
pod bit
,
an auger or bit the channel of which is straight instead of twisted.

Pod

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Podded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Podding
.]
To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pod

POD

,
Noun.
The pericarp, capsule or seed vessel of certain plants. The silique or pod is an oblong, membranaceous, two valved pericarp, having the seeds fixed along both sutures. A legume is a pericarp of two valves, in which the seeds are fixed along one suture only.
According to these descriptions, the seed vessels of peas and beans are legumes, and not pods; but in popular language, pod is used for the legume as well as for the silique or siliqua. In New England, it is the only word in popular use.

POD

,
Verb.
I.
To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.

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