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hock-cart
hock-cart Obs. exc. Hist. [Cf. hockey1.] The cart or wagon which carried home the last load of the harvest.1648 Herrick Hesper. Argt., I sing of may-poles, hock⁓carts, wassails, wakes, Of bride-grooms, brides, and of their bridall cakes. Ibid., Hock-cart 14 The Harvest Swaines, and Wenches bound For... Oxford English Dictionary
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Horkey
Similar harvest customs in mid-17th century Devon are described in Robert Herrick's poem "The Hock-Cart, or Harvest Home". wikipedia.org
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smirking
smirking, ppl. a. (ˈsmɜːkɪŋ) [f. smirk v.] 1. That smirks or smiles affectedly; simpering. Said of persons, or their features.c 1000 ælfric Hom. I. 430 Hine befran ða Decius mid smerciᵹendum muðe. c 1510 Barclay Mirr. Gd. Manners (1570) E v, Their smerking paynted chin. 1593 Harvey Pierce's Super. W... Oxford English Dictionary
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Pastoral
Robert Herrick's The Hock-cart, or Harvest Home was also written in the 17th century. wikipedia.org
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hockey
▪ I. hockey1, hawkey, horkey (ˈhɒkɪ, ˈhɔːkɪ) Also 6 hocky, hooky, 7 hoacky, hoky, 8 hoaky, 9 hockay, hawkie. [Origin and etymological form unknown: cf. hock-cart.] 1. The old name in the eastern counties of England for the feast at harvest-home.1555 [see 2]. 1600 Nashe Summer's Last Will & Test. in ... Oxford English Dictionary
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harvest-home
harvest home, harvest-home 1. The fact, occasion, or time of bringing home the last of the harvest; the close of the harvesting.1596 Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, i. iii. 35 His Chin new reapt, Shew'd like a stubble Land at Haruest-home. 1693 Dryden Persius iv. 64 At harvest-home, and on the shearing-day. 1757... Oxford English Dictionary
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harvest
▪ I. harvest, n. (ˈhɑːvɪst) Forms: 1–2 hærfest, herfest, (1 hærfæst), 3–6 hervest, 4–5 hervist, -vyst, -wist, 5 harveste, (-weste, -waste, -wyste, her(r)ust, eruyst); 3– harvest, (Sc. 8–9 hairst, 9 ha'arst, harst, herst). [OE. hærfest, hęrfest = OFris. herfst (mod.Fris. dial. harvst, hearst, herst),... Oxford English Dictionary
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revoke
▪ I. revoke, n. (rɪˈvəʊk) [f. the vb.] 1. Cards, esp. Whist. An act of revoking; a failure to follow suit when a proper card can be played.1709 Brit. Apollo No. 36. 2/1 If one side make a Revoke. 1742 Hoyle Games 8 No Revoke to be claimed 'till the Trick is turned. 1821 Lamb Elia Ser. i. Mrs. Battle... Oxford English Dictionary
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foundation
foundation (faʊnˈdeɪʃən) Forms: 4–6 f(o)undacio(u)n, -yon, 5–6 f(o)undatio(u)n, -yo(u)n, (6 foundasyon), 7 fund-, fondation, 5– foundation. [ad. L. fundātiōn-em, n. of action f. fundāre: see found v.2 Cf. OF. fondacion (1322).] 1. The action of founding or building upon a firm substructure; the stat... Oxford English Dictionary
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