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† maddock Obs.|ˈmædək|
Also 3 maðek. See also mawk.
[Early ME. maðek, a. (or corresponding to) ON. maðk-r (Da. madike, Sw. mask), MLG. medeke, dim. (with -k- suffix: see -ock) of the word which appears in OE. as maðu, maða: see mathe. There may have been an OE. *maðuc.]
1. a. An earthworm. b. A maggot.
a1240Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 251 As meaðen [MS. Titus maðekes] in forrotet flesch. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 44 Maddockis—þat ben wormes of þe erþe. 14..Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 594/3 Lumbricus, a maddock. c1450ME. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 210 Item Euytes eyron & maddolkes, & openes, & wasche hem clene. c1450Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 87/30 Uermes siue lumbrici terreni... Angl. angeltwychches uel maddokkes. 1684G. Meriton Praise Yorks. Ale, etc. Clavis, Mawks are Maddocks.
2. north. dial. A whim (Grose 1790). Cf. maggot. |