单词 | in cock |
释义 | > as lemmasin cock in cock: (of hay, grass, etc.) gathered into conical heaps; (of a field) full of such heaps. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [adjective] > stooking or cocking > stooked or cocked cocked1579 in cock1733 shockeda1861 stooked1884 1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xiv. 85 A sudden Shower will do more Harm to One Acre of that [sc. a great Quantity of Hay spread at once], than to Twenty Acres in Cock. 1787 J. Woodforde Diary 3 July (1926) II. 332 All my Hay up in Cock. 1861 Amer. Agriculturist July 193/3 Heavy grass, when it has had one day's sun, may be kept in cock two or three days. a1864 J. Clare Later Poems (1984) I. 281 There's nothing looks more lovely As a meadow field in cock. 1938 Brit. Birds 32 15 Occasionally when a field is in cock, an odd young one [sc. a landrail] may be disturbed from a hay-cock. 1981 Connacht Tribune 16 Jan. 12/9 For sale: Good quality hay in cock. < as lemmas |
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