PLODDINGS

Noun

ploddings

plural of plodding

Source: Wiktionary

PLODDING

Plod"ding, a.

Definition: Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a man of plodding habits. --Plod"ding*ly, adv.

PLOD

Plod, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Plodded; p. pr. & vb. n. Plodding.] Etym: [Gf. Gael. plod a clod, a pool; also, to strike or pelt with a clod or clods.]

1. To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge. Shak.

2. To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently. "Plodding schoolmen." Drayton.

Plod, v. t.

Definition: To walk on slowly or heavily. The ploughman homeward plods his weary way. Gray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition