castockn.
/ˈkɑːstɒk/, /ˈkastɒk/, /ˈkɑːstək/, /ˈkastək/, U.S. /ˈkæstɑk/, /ˈkæstək/, Scottish English /ˈkastɔk/, /ˈkastək/ Scottish and northern dialect.
The stalk or stem of a cabbage.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > cabbage or kale > cabbage > seed, leaf, or stalk of
castock1398
wort stockc1450
outside leaf1737
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvii. xxii. (MS.) Men may graffe on a bete stok, as men doþ on a caule stok [1495 caustocke].
c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 644 Hoc magudere, calstok.
1483 Cath. Angl. 51 A cale stok, maguderis.
a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 350 Nat worth a shyttel-cocke, Nat worth a sowre calstocke.
a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 72 The Killings, Herrings, Castocks.
1785 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth 5 in Select Coll. Poems Buchan Dial. As freugh as kail-castacks.
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 154 Gif the custock's sweet or sour, Wi' joctelegs they taste them.
1808–79 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Castock, castack, custoc; often kail-castock.
a1810 R. Tannahill Poems (1846) 80 A heart not worth a custock.
1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold I. x. 140 Here's a fine custock.
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n.1398- up to slum
- up to snuff
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- up to the bit
- up to the chin
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- upon the tease
- upon the tilt
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- upon the town
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- upon the very nick
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