daddockn.

Brit.

/ˈdadək/, U.S.

/ˈdædək/

Forms: 1600s dadocke, 1600s– daddock, 1800s– daddok, 1700s– dadack, 1800s– daddack, 1800s– dadduck, 1800s– daddak, 1800s– daddick, 1800s– dadick, 1800s– daddik, 1900s– dadock, 1800s– dedock, 1900s– deddock, 1900s– daddik.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: an element of unknown origin, -ock suffix.

Etymology: < a first element of unknown origin (perhaps compare dead adj. or dodder n.) + -ock suffix.Perhaps compare English regional (Devon) dathered withered (19th century).

English regional (southern and midlands) and U.S. regional (chiefly New England).

Rotten or decayed wood; a piece of rotten wood; a rotten tree or log. Also formerly more fully †daddock wood.

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the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [noun] > dead wood

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a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 106 How long would it be before you could..make mortar of sand, or make a piece of dadocke-wood to flame?

1674 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 4) Daddock, when the heart or body of a Tree is throughly rotten, it is called Daddock, quasi, dead Oak.

1680 B. Nanfan Ess. Divine & Moral 196 This Spark to that glorious Diamond, this Daddock-wood, this Glow-worm to that Morning-Star.

1731 R. Gwinnett et al. Pylades & Corinna I. 96 Very much like Touch-wood, or what our Country-Fellows call Daddock, which is an old, rotten, light, hollow, spungy, soft-sort of Wood.

1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Daddock, rotten wood, touch-wood. Glouc.

1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. i. 215 The great red daddocks lay in the green pastures where they had lain year after year, crumbling away.

1850 J. S. Jenkins U.S. Exploring Exped.: Voy. of Exploring Squadron i. ii. 50 The unsightly daddocks, which so often mar the beauty of northern scenery, are rarely encountered [in Brazil].

1889 M. Reid Naturalist in Siluria 44 On having the nest itself drawn out, it proved no nest at all, only some loose ‘daddocks’, as pieces of decayed wood are called by the country people.

1986 J. Gardner Stillness & Shadows 180 Oak boards, one imagined, were as soft as daddock.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	daddock
释义	daddockn. Brit. /ˈdadək/, U.S. /ˈdædək/ Forms: 1600s dadocke, 1600s– daddock, 1800s– daddok, 1700s– dadack, 1800s– daddack, 1800s– dadduck, 1800s– daddak, 1800s– daddick, 1800s– dadick, 1800s– daddik, 1900s– dadock, 1800s– dedock, 1900s– deddock, 1900s– daddik. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: an element of unknown origin, -ock suffix. Etymology: < a first element of unknown origin (perhaps compare dead adj. or dodder n.) + -ock suffix.Perhaps compare English regional (Devon) dathered withered (19th century). English regional (southern and midlands) and U.S. regional (chiefly New England). Rotten or decayed wood; a piece of rotten wood; a rotten tree or log. Also formerly more fully †daddock wood. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [noun] > dead wood daddocka1624 cockspur1693 a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 106 How long would it be before you could..make mortar of sand, or make a piece of dadocke-wood to flame? 1674 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 4) Daddock, when the heart or body of a Tree is throughly rotten, it is called Daddock, quasi, dead Oak. 1680 B. Nanfan Ess. Divine & Moral 196 This Spark to that glorious Diamond, this Daddock-wood, this Glow-worm to that Morning-Star. 1731 R. Gwinnett et al. Pylades & Corinna I. 96 Very much like Touch-wood, or what our Country-Fellows call Daddock, which is an old, rotten, light, hollow, spungy, soft-sort of Wood. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Daddock, rotten wood, touch-wood. Glouc. 1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. i. 215 The great red daddocks lay in the green pastures where they had lain year after year, crumbling away. 1850 J. S. Jenkins U.S. Exploring Exped.: Voy. of Exploring Squadron i. ii. 50 The unsightly daddocks, which so often mar the beauty of northern scenery, are rarely encountered [in Brazil]. 1889 M. Reid Naturalist in Siluria 44 On having the nest itself drawn out, it proved no nest at all, only some loose ‘daddocks’, as pieces of decayed wood are called by the country people. 1986 J. Gardner Stillness & Shadows 180 Oak boards, one imagined, were as soft as daddock. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1624
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