Shakespeare never uses the word "cod" by itself, just in the words "codpiece" and "peascod". A peascod was a pea-pod, the container peas grow in. The codpiece was the part of the pants (worn during that era) which was a pouch sewn to the front of the pants in order to contain the male genitalia. Presumably it got its name because it looked a bit like a pea-pod.

Moth is a minor character in A Midsummer Night's Dream and typically has only a few lines in the play. One example of Moth's lines is, "I pray you, commend me to Mistress Squash, your mother, and to Master Peascod, your father. Good master Peaseblossom, I shall desire of you more acquaintance too."

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern ----COD. That is, seven letter words with 5th letter C and 6th letter O and 7th letter D. In alphabetical order, they are:

lingcod

peascod

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 5 words with the pattern P----OD. That is, seven letter words with 1st letter P and 6th letter O and 7th letter D. In alphabetical order, they are:

peascod

pleopod

plywood

polypod

pushrod

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern P-ASC--. That is, seven letter words with 1st letter P and 3rd letter A and 4th letter S and 5th letter C. In alphabetical order, they are:

peascod