noun. A trough carried over the shoulder for transporting loads, as of bricks or mortar.

noun. A coal scuttle.

To bob up and down on horseback; jog.

noun. A Middle English form of hood.

To hold.

noun. A form of portable trough for carrying mortar and bricks to masons and bricklayers, fixed crosswise on the end of a pole or handle and borne on the shoulder. See cut under hod-elevator.

noun. A coal-scuttle.

noun. A form of blowpipe used by pewterers. It consists of a cast-iron pot with a close cover, containing ignited charcoal. A stream of air is forced through it by means of a bellows worked by the foot, the air entering through a pipe and nozle on one side and passing out through a nozle on the opposite side. which directs the current of hot air upon the object to be soldered.

noun. A tub made of half a flour-barrel to which handles are fitted, used for carrying alewives. It is also a measure, holding about 200 of these fish.

noun. A hole under the bank of a stream, as a retreat for fish.

noun. A kind of wooden tray with a handle, having V-shaped trough, made of wood or metal, attached to a long handle and usually carried over the shoulder; it is a tool used by construction workers for carrying bricks or mortar.

noun. A utensil for holding coal; a coal scuttle.

noun. A three-sided box for carrying bricks or other construction materials, often mortar. It bears a long handle and is carried over the shoulder.

noun. A receptacle for carrying coal.

noun. an open box attached to a long pole handle; bricks or mortar are carried on the shoulder

"Every man laying brick on this building was white, every man carrying a hod was a negro."

hod carrier  

box  

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