clod

• The soul that loves and contemplates the eternal—shall it shake off at once the miserable clod, and in a moment glisten among the millions, pure, bright, and lovely as these? —  The Memories of Fifty Years
• If the clod was dislodged with the idea of Questing putting his foot into the gap and falling over, this fictitious murderer must have dodged out after you, Edward, had gone by. —  Color Scheme - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 12: 1943
• He knocked at his right ear and let fall another clod, as if a piece of his brain had been dislodged. —  Centaur Aisle
• He touches a clod, also; by his potent touch the clod becomes a mass {of gold}. —  The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations
• First, before getting to the vermilion itself by methods of treatment, they dig out what is called the clod, an ore like iron, but rather of a reddish colour and covered with a red dust. —  The Ten Books on Architecture

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