whinnockn.1
/ˈhwɪnək/ dialect.
A pail, esp. a milk-pail.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > pail
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horse-bucket1827
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > bucket or pail > [noun]
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > dairy farming > [noun] > milking > milking-pail
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1555 Inv. R. Robinson, Kendal (Somerset Ho.) A Qwenock & a skyll.
1594 Inv. Cowper, Kendal (Somerset Ho.) 2 flesh whinocks.
1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 138 A Whinnock or Kit, a Pail to carry Milk in.
1787 in F. Grose Provinc. Gloss.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
whinnockn.2
dialect.
The smallest pig in a litter.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > young > litter > runt
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1691 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 92 A Cadma, the least of the Pigs which a Sow hath at one fare;..it is also called the Whinnock.
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Whinock..the small pig of a litter. (local U.S.)
1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. Winnick... 2. The smallest pig of a farrow. Wil.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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