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† ˈhardock Obs.
Also hor-dock, hardoke.
[app. f. OE. hár, ME. hôr, hoar + dock.]
Some coarse weedy plant: probably burdock.
The burdock has hoary foliage. (Some have however suggested that the word is a misprint for burdock itself; and various other conjectures have been offered.)
1605Shakes. Lear iv. iv. 4 (Fol. 1) Crown'd..with Har⁓dokes [Qq. hor-docks, Fol. 2 hardocks], Hemlocke, Nettles, Cuckoo flowres, Darnell, and all the idle weedes that grow. |