whipstalk dial.
(ˈhwɪpstɔːk)
= whipstock 1.
| 1592 Kyd Sp. Trag. iii. (1602) G, Bought you a whistle and a whipstalke too. 1856 Olmsted Slave States 329 Horrid belaboring of the poor horses' backs, with the butt-end of a hickory whip-stalk. |
whipstalk dial.
(ˈhwɪpstɔːk)
= whipstock 1.
| 1592 Kyd Sp. Trag. iii. (1602) G, Bought you a whistle and a whipstalke too. 1856 Olmsted Slave States 329 Horrid belaboring of the poor horses' backs, with the butt-end of a hickory whip-stalk. |
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