| 单词 | hag clog |
| 释义 | > as lemmashag clog hag clog n. Scottish and English regional (northern) a heavy wooden block, log, etc., used as a support when chopping something, esp. wood. 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 1822 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Nov. 575/1 I may just as weel speak to a hag clog. 1871 W. Grainge Hist. & Topogr. Harrogate & Forest of Knaresborough 457 He..brought back the chopping-block, or, in forest phrase, the hag-clog, with the intention of placing it on the fire. 1904 S. R. Crockett Raiderland xxiii. 241 She thrust an axe into his hand and set him at the hag-clog to cut firewood, heaping faggots and uncut pieces about him. 1954 Penrith Observer 3 Nov. 8/6 I shall never forget the look of amazement on the face of an Austrian when a small boy at Watermillock told him he ought to split a log on a hag clog. < as lemmas |
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