释义 |
hag- the stem of hag v.1 in Comb. (cf. hack-): hag-clog, hag-stock, a block of wood or stump on which firewood is chopped. In quot. 1596, fig.
1596Seruingman's Comfort (1868) 116 The chine of Beefe, the hagstocke to these Carpenters, was hewen and squared into diuers parcels. 1828Craven Dial., Hag-clog, a chopping block. 1894Crockett Raiders 291 The hag-clog where we cut the branches and wood into billets. Mod. (Furness phrase) ‘As dull as a hagstock.’ |