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单词 mocotaugan
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mocotaugann.

Brit. /mɒkəˈtɔːɡ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌmɑkəˈtɔɡən/, /ˌmɑkəˈtɑɡən/, Canadian English /ˌmɒkəˈtɒɡ(ə)n/
Forms: 1700s mocotoggan, 1700s mokeatoggan, 1700s– mocotawgon, 1900s– mocotaugan.
Origin: A borrowing from Cree. Etymon: Cree môhkota:kan.
Etymology: < Cree môhkota:kan crooked knife, drawknife.
Canadian.
A knife used for woodworking, chiefly by the Cree peoples of northern Canada, characteristically having a short blade that curves upwards at the end. Now more commonly called crooked knife.
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paring knife1415
spudc1440
pricking-knifec1500
shaving-knife1530–1
by-knifec1570
heading knife1574
stock knife1582
drawing knife1583
bung-knife1592
weeding knife1598
drawing knife1610
heading knife1615
draw knife1679
dressing knife1683
redishing knife1688
mocotaugan1716
skinning knife1767
paper knife1789
draw shave1824
leaf-cutter1828
piece-knife1833
nut-pick1851
relic knife1854
butch1859
straw-knife1862
sportsman's companion1863
ulu1864
skinner1872
hacker1875
over-shave1875
stripping-knife1875
Stanley knife1878
flat-back1888
gauge-knife1888
tine-knife1888
plough1899
band-knife1926
X-Acto1943
shank1953
box cutter1955
ratchet knife1966
ratchet1975
1716 in Beaver (1957) Winter 15/2 Baggonetts, Mocotawgons, Sword Blades.
a1792 S. Hearne Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort (1795) vi. 169 This last was rivetted into a piece of ivory, so as to form a man's knife, known in Hudson's Bay by the name of Mokeatoggan, and is the only instrument used by them in shaping all their woodwork.
a1792 S. Hearne Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort (1795) ix. 324 No other tools than an ordinary knife, turned up a little at the point..among the Southern tribes it is called Mo-co-toggan.
1940 Beaver Dec. 38 The curved canoe knives, the same articles as are included in a list of 1748 trade goods as mocotaugans.
1957 Beaver Winter 15/1Mocotawgons’ are the curved knives, still used by the Indians.
1993 Outdoor Canada Mar. 6/2 Indians didn't start making intricate rawhide..snowshoes until they traded with Europeans for steel to make curved knives called mocotaugans.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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