poddy

Etymology

From pod + -y.

adj

Of or pertaining to a pod or pods.“1944, New Mexico State University Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station, New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Issues 318-329, page 88, […] the second cutting each season was allowed to become poddy, i.e., to set seed pods.”
Fat, corpulent.
Fed by hand.“One of my half-starved poddy calves was very ill, and I went out to doctor it previous to bathing and tidying myself for my finishing household duties.”

An unbranded calf.
A hand-fed calf or lamb (a young animal needing milk or milk-substitute).“I did not turn to ascertain who it might be, but trusted it was no one of importance, as the poddy and I presented rather a grotesque appearance.”
An immature mullet.

To hand-feed (a young animal).“1907, Barbara Baynton, Human Toll, 2007, Echo Library, page 110, ‘Ell ov a trouble t′ poddy, miss, them lambs, but Queeby used t′ poddy any Gord′s quantity’ remarked Nungi.”