whipstockn.
/ˈwɪpstɒk/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪpˌstɑk/ 1.
a. The stick or staff to which the lash of a whip is attached; the handle of a whip.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > handle > of specific tool > of whip
whipstock1530
crop1562
whipstalk1592
whipstaff1599
whip-shaft1849
whip-handle1911
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 288/1 Whypstocke, manche dung fouet.
1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles vi. 54 He appeares, To haue practis'd more the Whipstocke, then the Launce. View more context for this quotation
1655 G. Hall Triumphs of Rome vi. 75 The Baalites spared their flesh lesse then her cruellest whip-stocks.
1850 ‘Sylvanus’ Bye-lanes & Downs iv. 52 Beating out the brains of one ruffian with a whip-stock he always carried.
1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. ii. 30 Sitting down and leaning his chin upon his whipstock.
1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt iv. 62 Having fishing material with us,..I soon had the two whipstocks rigged up.
b. transferred. A man who drives horses. contemptuous.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of horses
whipstock1615
whipster1651
whip1775
whipman1797
1615 T. Tomkis Albumazar iv. iv. sig. T3 Out Carter. Hence durtie whipstocke.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > whipping-post or tripod
pillara1475
rogue stob1550
post1555
whipping-post1600
whipping-stock1615
fork1619
whipstock1619
flogging-stake1785
flogging-block1827
triangle1847
whipping-pole1862
1619 H. Hutton Follie's Anat. sig. B4v The beggers whipstock, or the Gallowes hire.
1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) iii. sig. R3 Suspected for a picklock, Th' Beedle led me to the whip-stock.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > asceticism or mortification > [noun] > by beating > person
flagellant1570
flagelliferan1607
whipstock1640
whippera1656
flagellator1691
flagellist1833
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penance > [noun] > by beating > person performing
scourger1537
flagellant1570
flagelliferan1607
whipstock1640
whippera1656
flagellator1691
flagellist1833
1640 Bp. J. Hall Christian Moderation i. 24 Such were the famous whip-stocks in the time of Gregory the tenth.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > steering equipment > [noun] > helm > tiller > handle attached to
whip1611
whipstaff1627
whipstock1682
1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece iii. 286 In this Storm we broke the Whip-stock, and split the Stern.
5. Oil Industry. A long, tapered steel wedge which can be placed at the bottom of a hole to cause the drilling bit to deviate sideways, e.g. in directional drilling.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > boring tool > for boring in the ground > equipment for use with
sinking-chain1820
runner1839
rotary table1845
wad hook1881
socket1883
spreadera1884
whipstock1903
1903 Dial. Notes 2 345 Whip-stock, n., an implement used in drilling past a set of tools when fast.
1935 Econ. Geol. 30 740 Controlled deflection of a hole toward a specific objective through the use of whipstocks, knuckle~joints and improved methods of well surveying has given added flexibility to rotary tools.
1973 J. W. Jenner in G. D. Hobson & W. Pohl Mod. Petroleum Technol. (ed. 4) iv. 128 The whipstock had to be pulled out of the hole and reset every 25 ft or so..in order to achieve sufficient angle build up.
Compounds
whipstock wise adv. and phr. in the manner of a whipstock: in quot. 1608 applied to whip-grafting n.
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1608 H. Plat Floraes Paradise Beautified 117 Grafting whipstock wise, and letting-in the cions into the stock by a slit, is good for young trees.
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