单词 | hackstock |
释义 | > as lemmashackstock hackstock n. Brit. , U.S. now historical a chopping block; also in figurative context.ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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