jan 1, 1453 - hod

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A word of uncertain origin. The OED says of it that it was not in evidence before the sixteenth century but links it with the similar term ‘hot, hott’: both are described as containers, used to carry mortar, brick, sand, lime, etc. In fact ‘hod’ occurs much earlier, e.g. 1453 <i>3 hodes hoppe</i>, Hull (YRS44/6). Hops were almost certainly being imported from the Low Countries in the early 1400s and it seems possible that the origin of the word may be in that region.

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