wording hookn.
/ˈwəːdɪŋ hʊk/, U.S. /ˈwərdɪŋ ˌhʊk/ English regional (Lancashire and Cheshire). Now rare.
A dung rake.
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1605 Inventory 18 Mar. in Memorials Duttons (1901) App. 186 Item twoe spades three billes twoe matlockes sixe sackes foure couters five muckyeildes one worthing hook three iron kenells [etc.].
1727 N. Blundell Diary 13 Sept. in Great Diurnal of Nicholas Blundell (1972) III. 223 I began to clense the Ditches in the Winter-Heys with Worthing Hooks.
a1728 W. Kennett MS Coll. Provinc. Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1905) VI. 547/2 [Cheshire] Wording-hook [a dung-rake].
a1876 E. Leigh Gloss. Words Dial. Cheshire (1877) 229 Wording hook, dungfork.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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