pod

noun

1. Initialism of print on demand.
2. Initialism of proof of delivery.
3. Initialism of plain old data.
4. Initialism of point of divergence.
5. Initialism of place of death.

   “Vickers et al. found that at entry to the study, that is, when it was thought that cure was no longer possible, 98 (68%) of 164 families recorded a preference for home as POD.”

verb

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English *pod ("seed-pod, husk, shell, outer covering"; attested in pod-ware (“legume seed; seed grain”)), itself possibly from Old English pād (“an outer garment, covering, coat, cloak”), from Proto-West Germanic *paidu, from Proto-Germanic *paidō (“coat, smock, shirt”), from Proto-Indo-European *baiteh₂- (“woolen clothes”). If so, then cognate with Old Saxon pēda (“skirt”), German dialectal Pfeid, Pfeit (“shirt”), Gothic 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 (paida, “mantle, skirt”), and perhaps Albanian petk (“gown, garment, dress, suit”) and Ancient Greek βαίτη (baítē, “goat-skin, fur-coat, tent”).

1. To bear or produce pods

   “Wherefore it was, that many ignorant Mardians, who had not pushed their investigations into the science of physiology, sagely divined, that the Tapparians must have podded into life like peas, instead of being otherwise indebted for their existence.”

   “David looked seawards along the river. He stared, rubbed his eyes, and stared again. One of the rocks seemed to have podded into something swollen, black and smooth.”

2. To remove peas from their case.
3. To put into a pod or to enter a pod.

   “Thus the torpedoes will have to be stored internally or be podded into streamline containers.”

   “Lycoming is working on a twin T53 or T55 turboprop installation whereby two engines would be podded together to drive a single propeller.”

4. To swell or fill.