† ˈbuck-mast Obs.
[:—OE. *bóc-mæst mast of the beech. The name must go back to the time when the beech was still called bóc, bok, of which the latest known instance is in the 12th c. The vowel of buck- shows the shortening of orig. ō before two consonants; cf. Buckland:—OE. bócland.]
Beech-mast.
| a 1425 Master of Game (Halliw.) The bores fedyng is properliche ycleped akyr of ookys berynge and bukmast. 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts 110 They will not eat Buck⁓mast wherewithal Hogs grow fat. 1863 Prior Plant-n. 31. |