† ruttockn.
Obsolete. rare.
A stick or staff.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [noun] > in form of bar, pole, rod, etc.
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1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 154 Laie me a litle ruttocke hard beside me [L. bacillum prope me..ponito], wher with to beate theim awaye.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 214v He putte abrode the louvres of the tente with a ruttocke that he had in his hande [L. virga tentorii vela diduxit].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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n.1542- stop a moment!
- stop a packet
- stop a person's eyes or sight
- stop a person's mouth
- stop and frisk
- stop and smell the flowers
- straitsman
- straitsmen
- straittied
- straittoothed
- straitwaistcoat
- straitwaistcoating
- straitwaisted
- straitwinded
- strake
- strake-nail
- strake-shide
- strake-tire
- straked
- strakenail
- strakes
- strakeshide
- straketire
- straking
- straky