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单词 hackstock
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hackstock
hackstock n.
Brit. /ˈhakstɒk/
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U.S. /ˈhækˌstɑk/
now historical a chopping block; also in figurative context.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > work-benches, seats, etc. > [noun] > block > for chopping on
hagstock1402
hackstock1411
hacking stock1542
chopping-board1675
chopping-block1680
hacking-block1688
hack-log1822
hag-block1822
hag clog1822
1411 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 86 j. hacstok, jd.
1591 (?a1425) Noah's Flood (Huntington) in R. M. Lumiansky & D. Mill Chester Myst. Cycle (1974) I. 44 Here is a good hackestocke [1592 BL Add. hacckinge stoccke]; one this you may hewe and knocke.
1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness viii. i. 363 The very hackstock of Divine vengeance, and the sport and pastime of Misfortune.
1793 R. MacFarlan New Alphabet. Vocab. at Ceapan A hack stock.
1856 Jrnl. Agric. Mar. 400 On the earth, where the floor should be, is most commonly a hack-stock, an axe, and a quantity..of hag or brushwood.
1961 A. Williams Drama Medieval Eng. (1963) 130 Mrs. Shem provides a ‘hackstock,’ a sort of chopping block on which the men can hew the beams.
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