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weed-hook
ˈweed-hook In 1 wéodhóc, 4 wyed hoc, 5 weod hook, wedhoc, -hoke, -huke, 4–6 wedehoke. [f. weed n.1 + hook n.1] A hook for cutting away weeds. Also in fig. contexts.c 725 Corpus Gloss. S 20 Sarculum, uueodhoc. 1340 Ayenb. 121 Þe yefþe of drede..is þe wyed hoc of þe gardine þet uordeþ al þet kueade ge...
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weeding-hook
weeding-hook = weed-hook.1378 Acc. Roll Doune, Wandsworth, Surrey (Westm. Chapter Munim.), iij Wedynghokes. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 519/2 Wedynge hooke, runco. 1523–34 Fitzherb. Husb. §21 And if it be drye wether, than muste ye haue a wedynge⁓hoke. a 1661 B. Holyday Juvenal (1673) 270 When weeding-hooks...
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crotch
crotch Now chiefly U.S. or dial. (krɒtʃ) Also 6–7 croche. [Etymological history obscure. In form it appears to agree with ME. croche shepherd's crook, crosier, ONF. croche; but in sense it comes nearer to crutch, of which also, in certain applications, crotch appears as a variant. But crutch and cro...
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weed
▪ I. weed, n.1 (wiːd) Forms: 1 wéod, w{iacu}od, 3 wied, (wod), 3–4 wed, weod, (4 pl. weoden), 4–6 wede, 4 wyed, (5 ? wade), 5–6 Sc. weid, 6 wyde, Sc. weyd, 6–7 wide, 5–7 weede, 5– weed. [OE. wéod neut. = OS. wiod neut., mod.LG. wêd, Flem. dial. wied, EFris. wiud; the ulterior etymology is unknown.] ...
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hook
▪ I. hook, n.1 (hʊk) Forms: 1 hóc (hooc), 2–4 hoc, 3–5 hok, ? 3, 4–6 hoke, 4 Sc. houk, howk, 4–6 Sc. huke, 5–7 hooke, (6 hoocke, 7 Sc. hwick), 7– hook. [OE. hóc = MLG. hôk, MDu. hoec, Du. hoek, MLG. hôk corner, angle, nook, point of land. In ablaut relation with OE. haca ‘pessulus’, a (? hooked) bol...
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