poddy

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1)  Of or pertaining to a pod or pods.
 * 2) * 1944, New Mexico State University Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station, New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Issues 318-329, |%22poddies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22poddy%22|%22poddies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Qc7dT_evJ4muiAfboJ2ZCg&redir_esc=y page 88,
 * the second cutting each season was allowed to become poddy, i.e., to set seed pods.
 * 1) Fat, corpulent.
 * 2)  Fed by hand.


 * 1) * 1964, New South Wales Department of Agriculture, The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, Volume 74, |%22poddies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22poddy%22|%22poddies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Qc7dT_evJ4muiAfboJ2ZCg&redir_esc=y page 646,
 * Constant handling will cause mis-mothering, leading to deaths and a number of poddy lambs. Poddy lambs are slow to grow and often fail to reach marketable weight under eight months of age.
 * Constant handling will cause mis-mothering, leading to deaths and a number of poddy lambs. Poddy lambs are slow to grow and often fail to reach marketable weight under eight months of age.

Noun

 * 1)  An unbranded calf.
 * 2)  A hand-fed calf or lamb (a young animal needing milk or milk-substitute).
 * 3)  An immature mullet.
 * 1)  An immature mullet.
 * 1)  An immature mullet.
 * 1)  An immature mullet.

Usage notes
A poddy calf is always a hand-fed one.

Verb

 * 1)  To hand-feed (a young animal).
 * 2) * 1907, Barbara Baynton, Human Toll, 2007, Echo Library, |%22poddies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Qc7dT_evJ4muiAfboJ2ZCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22poddy%22|%22poddies%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 110,
 * ‘Ell ov a trouble t′ poddy, miss, them lambs, but Queeby used t′ poddy any Gord′s quantity’ remarked Nungi.