| 单词 | quicking-drag |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquicking-drag The action of quick v.4; the removal of ‘quicks’ or weeds from an area of land. Frequently (and in earliest use) attributive, in the names of agricultural implements, as quicking-drag, quicking-rake. ΚΠ 1794 J. Tuke Agric. N. Riding Yorks. 74 Quicking-drag. In the northern part of the vale of York, a drag on an excellent construction is used, for cleaning the land from quicks. a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Whicking is the act of plucking it [sc. couch-grass] up. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Whicking, Clearing land from whicks, or couch grass and other weeds. 1898 B. Kirkby Lakeland Words 155 Whickin-rake, a iron riak fer cleanen aboot t' dike boddum. < as lemmas |
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