▪ I. † hickock, n. Obs.
Forms: α. 6 hyckock, 7 hickock, hickcock, hic(c)ock, hick-hock, (hick-hoe). β. 6 hitchcock, hytchcoke, (hitch cough), hichcoke, -koke, hichecock(e.
[A parallel form to hicket, the difference being either that of two diminutive suffixes, or merely phonetic, as in the later hickop, hiccup. The explanation of the variant form in hich-, hitch-, is not clear; it is perh. to be sought in the dial. equivalence of ch and k.]
An earlier form of hiccup n.
| α 1538 Bale Thre Lawes 524 Thre syppes are for the hyckock And vi more for the chyckock. 1612 Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 190 Against vomiting, and the Hickcock. 1660 Howell Parly Beasts 78 (D.) Go to the stomack, it hath..singultus or the hicock. 1670 Covel Diary (Hakluyt Soc.) 140 A jerky motion like those who have a strong Hickock. 1678 Hexham Dutch Dict., Hick, the Hick-hock. |
| β 1551 Turner Herbal i. C j, The brothe..dryueth awaye the hycthcoke. Ibid. C vj b, Dyll..swageth y⊇ hichkoke. 1562 Ibid. ii. 54 Mynt..stancheth perbrekyng and the hitch cough. 1598 Florio, Singhiozzi, yeaxings, hichecocks. |
▪ II. † hickock, v. Obs.
Forms: see prec.
[f. prec.]
An early form of hiccup v.
| 1598 Florio, Singhiozzare, to sob, to throb..to yexe, to hichecocke. 1611 Cotgr., Sanglotter, to yex or hickock. |