Definitions for dodman
dod·man

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dodmannoun

   The name of a fish.

   Those that cast their shell are the lobster, the crab, the crawfish, the hodmandod or dodman, and the tortoise. Francis Bacon.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dodman

   A dodman (plural "dodmen") or a hoddyman dod is a local English vernacular word for a land snail. The word is used in some of the counties of England. This word is found in the Norfolk dialect, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Fairfax, in his Bulk and Selvedge (1674), speaks of "a snayl or dodman". Hodimadod is a similar word for snail that is more commonly used in the Buckinghamshire dialect.Alternatively (and apparently now more commonly used in the Norfolk dialect) are the closely related words Dodderman or Doddiman. In everyday folklore, these words are popularly said to be derived from the surname of a travelling cloth seller called Dudman, who supposedly had a bent back and carried a large roll of cloth on his back. The words to dodder, doddery, doddering, meaning to progress in an unsteady manner, are popularly said to have the same derivation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dodmannoun

   a snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod

2. Dodmannoun

   any shellfish which casts its shell, as a lobster

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1. Dodman

   A dodman or a hoddyman dod is a local English vernacular word for a land snail. The word is used in some of the counties of England. This word is found in the Norfolk dialect, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Fairfax, in his Bulk and Selvedge, speaks of “a snayl or dodman.” Hodimadod is a similar word for snail that is more commonly used in the Buckinghamshire dialect. Alternatively are the closely related words Dodderman or Doddiman. In everyday folklore, these words are popularly said to be derived from the surname of a traveling cloth seller called Dudman, who supposedly had a bent back and carried a large roll of cloth on his back. The words to dodder, doddery, doddering, meaning to progress in an unsteady manner, are popularly said to have the same derivation. A traditional Norfolk rhyme goes as follows: Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 The 'inventor' of ley lines, Alfred Watkins, thought that in the words "dodman" and the builder's "hod" there was a survival of an ancient British term for a surveyor. Watkins felt that the name came about because the snail's two horns resembled a surveyor's two surveying rods. Watkins also supported this idea with an etymology from 'doddering ' along and 'dodge' and the Welsh verb 'dodi' meaning to lay or place. He thus decided that The Long Man of Wilmington was an image of an ancient surveyor.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Dodman

   dod′man, n. (prov.) a snail.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dodman

   A shell-fish with a hod-like lump. A sea-snail, otherwise called hodmandod.

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1. oddman

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   The numerical value of dodman in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

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   The numerical value of dodman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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References

1. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=dodman
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodman
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dodman
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=dodman
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=dodman
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=dodman