mammockn.

Brit.

/ˈmamək/, U.S.

/ˈmæmək/

Forms: 1500s–1600s mammocke, 1600s mamock, 1600s– mammock; regional 1800s– mammick, 1800s– mammuck, 1800s– mommack, 1800s– mommick, 1800s– mommock, 1800s– mommuck, 1800s– mommuk, 1800s– mummack, 1800s– mummick, 1800s– mummock, 1800s– mummuck, 1800s– mumock.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < a base *mam-, of imitative origin (compare mamble v., mumble v.) + -ock suffix, the original reference possibly being to chewing.Recorded in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. also in senses ‘an untidy heap or mess, a litter; a confused, shapeless mass, a dirty mixture; confusion, muddle’, ‘a scarecrow; a “guy”; an untidily or absurdly dressed person’, ‘a poor eater, one who is dainty in eating’, and in corresponding verbal senses, alongside one reported instance of a sense ‘to mumble’. Recorded in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. s.v. also in senses ‘a mess, botch; someone who makes a mess; something strange and distasteful; a state of excitement or confusion’.

Now archaic and regional.

A scrap or shred, a broken or torn piece. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment

shreddingc950

brucheOE

shredc1000

brokec1160

truncheonc1330

scartha1340

screedc1350

bruisinga1382

morsel1381

shedc1400

stumpc1400

rag?a1425

brokalyc1440

brokeling1490

mammocka1529

brokelette1538

sheavec1558

shard1561

fragment1583

segment1586

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fraction1609

fracture1641

pash1651

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hoof1655

arrachement1656

jaga1658

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discerption1685

scar1698

twitter1715

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smithereens1841

chitling1843

a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. B.viii^v Whan mamockes was your meate With moulde brede to eate.

1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 62 Small mammocks of stone..of the bignesse of dice.

1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 5) 100 God regardeth not the mammockes of our sacrifices.

a1640 J. Day & H. Chettle Blind-beggar (1659) sig. C2^v Let me be torn into mammocks with wilde Bears if [etc.].

1651 J. Ogilby Fables of Æsop Paraphras'd iii. lv. 40 Their Masking sutes are all in Mamocks tore.

a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1752) 247 Large cattle..will make mammocks, that they will leave and not eat.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 317 I say, cut him to mammocks upon the spot!

1839 T. Hood Hood's Own 236 I haven't a rag or a mummock To fetch me a chop or a steak; I wish that the coats of my stomach Were such as my Uncle would take!.

1859 A. L. Elwyn Gloss. Supposed Americanisms 78 Mummock, though not common, is sometimes heard. Skelton has the substantive, mummocks [sic], that I have never heard.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 40 This gangrel thief thought fit to tread The grass to mammocks by my head!

1935 H. L. Davis Honey in Horn iii. 26 Each man singed a mammock of mutton on a stick and ate it in the empty tent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mammockv.

Brit.

/ˈmamək/, U.S.

/ˈmæmək/

Forms: see mammock n.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mammock n.

Etymology: < mammock n.

Now regional.

transitive. To break, cut, or tear into fragments or shreds. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > tear [verb (transitive)] > tear apart

to-loukc890

to-braidc893

to-tearc893

to-teec893

to-rendc950

to-breakc1200

to-tugc1220

to-lima1225

rivea1250

to-drawa1250

to-tosea1250

drawa1300

rendc1300

to-rit13..

to-rivec1300

to-tusec1300

rakea1325

renta1325

to-pullc1330

to-tightc1330

tirec1374

halea1398

lacerate?a1425

to-renta1425

yryve1426

raga1450

to pull to (or in) piecesc1450

ravec1450

discerp1483

pluck1526

rip1530

decerp1531

rift1534

dilaniate1535

rochec1540

rack1549

teasea1550

berend1577

distract1585

ream1587

distrain1590

unrive1592

unseam1592

outrive1598

divulse1602

dilacerate1604

harrow1604

tatter1608

mammocka1616

uprentc1620

divell1628

divellicate1638

seam-rend1647

proscind1659

skail1768

screeda1785

spret1832

to tear to shreds1837

ribbon1897

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. iii. 67 Hee did so set his teeth, and teare it. Oh, I warrant how he mammockt it.

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 22 The obscene, and surfeted Priest scruples not to paw, and mammock the sacramentall bread.

1675 J. Covel Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) ii. 262 This was ready mammockt and cut to our hands.

1764 P. Francis Let. 28 June in Francis Lett. (1901) I. 65 After being all mammocked the fish were sent down to be boiled.

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life (ed. 4) vii. 159 Hearing your favourite poem..mammocked by the mouth of a forward Puppy.

1852 Fraser's Mag. 45 523 The soft parts are cut..and mammocked in every conceivable way.

1890 Athenæum 29 Mar. 400/2 One or two lines have to be mammocked to fit them into the new arrangement.

1989 C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 790/2 A local word rarely heard elsewhere is mammock, ‘tear in shreds’, which some dictionaries list as obsolete or ‘dialectical’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mammock
释义	mammockn. Brit. /ˈmamək/, U.S. /ˈmæmək/ Forms: 1500s–1600s mammocke, 1600s mamock, 1600s– mammock; regional 1800s– mammick, 1800s– mammuck, 1800s– mommack, 1800s– mommick, 1800s– mommock, 1800s– mommuck, 1800s– mommuk, 1800s– mummack, 1800s– mummick, 1800s– mummock, 1800s– mummuck, 1800s– mumock. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < a base mam-, of imitative origin (compare mamble v., mumble v.) + -ock suffix, the original reference possibly being to chewing.Recorded in Eng. Dial. Dict.* s.v. also in senses ‘an untidy heap or mess, a litter; a confused, shapeless mass, a dirty mixture; confusion, muddle’, ‘a scarecrow; a “guy”; an untidily or absurdly dressed person’, ‘a poor eater, one who is dainty in eating’, and in corresponding verbal senses, alongside one reported instance of a sense ‘to mumble’. Recorded in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. s.v. also in senses ‘a mess, botch; someone who makes a mess; something strange and distasteful; a state of excitement or confusion’. Now archaic and regional. A scrap or shred, a broken or torn piece. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment shreddingc950 brucheOE shredc1000 brokec1160 truncheonc1330 scartha1340 screedc1350 bruisinga1382 morsel1381 shedc1400 stumpc1400 rag?a1425 brokalyc1440 brokeling1490 mammocka1529 brokelette1538 sheavec1558 shard1561 fragment1583 segment1586 brack1587 parcel1596 flaw1607 fraction1609 fracture1641 pash1651 frustillation1653 hoof1655 arrachement1656 jaga1658 shattering1658 discerption1685 scar1698 twitter1715 frust1765 smithereens1841 chitling1843 a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. B.viii^v Whan mamockes was your meate With moulde brede to eate. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 62 Small mammocks of stone..of the bignesse of dice. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 5) 100 God regardeth not the mammockes of our sacrifices. a1640 J. Day & H. Chettle Blind-beggar (1659) sig. C2^v Let me be torn into mammocks with wilde Bears if [etc.]. 1651 J. Ogilby Fables of Æsop Paraphras'd iii. lv. 40 Their Masking sutes are all in Mamocks tore. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1752) 247 Large cattle..will make mammocks, that they will leave and not eat. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 317 I say, cut him to mammocks upon the spot! 1839 T. Hood Hood's Own 236 I haven't a rag or a mummock To fetch me a chop or a steak; I wish that the coats of my stomach Were such as my Uncle would take!. 1859 A. L. Elwyn Gloss. Supposed Americanisms 78 Mummock, though not common, is sometimes heard. Skelton has the substantive, mummocks [sic], that I have never heard. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 40 This gangrel thief thought fit to tread The grass to mammocks by my head! 1935 H. L. Davis Honey in Horn iii. 26 Each man singed a mammock of mutton on a stick and ate it in the empty tent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mammockv. Brit. /ˈmamək/, U.S. /ˈmæmək/ Forms: see mammock n. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mammock n. Etymology: < mammock n. Now regional. transitive. To break, cut, or tear into fragments or shreds. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > tear [verb (transitive)] > tear apart to-loukc890 to-braidc893 to-tearc893 to-teec893 to-rendc950 to-breakc1200 to-tugc1220 to-lima1225 rivea1250 to-drawa1250 to-tosea1250 drawa1300 rendc1300 to-rit13.. to-rivec1300 to-tusec1300 rakea1325 renta1325 to-pullc1330 to-tightc1330 tirec1374 halea1398 lacerate?a1425 to-renta1425 yryve1426 raga1450 to pull to (or in) piecesc1450 ravec1450 discerp1483 pluck1526 rip1530 decerp1531 rift1534 dilaniate1535 rochec1540 rack1549 teasea1550 berend1577 distract1585 ream1587 distrain1590 unrive1592 unseam1592 outrive1598 divulse1602 dilacerate1604 harrow1604 tatter1608 mammocka1616 uprentc1620 divell1628 divellicate1638 seam-rend1647 proscind1659 skail1768 screeda1785 spret1832 to tear to shreds1837 ribbon1897 a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. iii. 67 Hee did so set his teeth, and teare it. Oh, I warrant how he mammockt it. View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 22 The obscene, and surfeted Priest scruples not to paw, and mammock the sacramentall bread. 1675 J. Covel Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) ii. 262 This was ready mammockt and cut to our hands. 1764 P. Francis Let. 28 June in Francis Lett. (1901) I. 65 After being all mammocked the fish were sent down to be boiled. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life (ed. 4) vii. 159 Hearing your favourite poem..mammocked by the mouth of a forward Puppy. 1852 Fraser's Mag. 45 523 The soft parts are cut..and mammocked in every conceivable way. 1890 Athenæum 29 Mar. 400/2 One or two lines have to be mammocked to fit them into the new arrangement. 1989 C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 790/2 A local word rarely heard elsewhere is mammock, ‘tear in shreds’, which some dictionaries list as obsolete or ‘dialectical’. 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