hassockyadj.

Brit.

/ˈhasəki/, U.S.

/ˈhæsəki/

Forms: see hassock n. and -y suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hassock n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < hassock n. + -y suffix¹.

1. Having many clumps or hassocks (hassock n. 1a). Also: of the nature of a hassock; formed into a hassock or hassocks.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > plants collectively > [adjective] > having or forming tufts or clumps

tufty1638

hassockya1650

tussocked1796

tussocky1805

a1650 G. Boate Irelands Nat. Hist. (1652) xiii. 111 Hassockie-bogs we call those, whose ground being miry and muddy is covered over with water a foot or two deep.

1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved ix. 61 Your hassocky morish rough Land.

1766 London Mag. Mar. 127/2 There are three or four different sorts of bogs; some dry and grassy, others watry, muddy, and hassocky.

1809 W. Pitt Gen. View Agric. Leics. viii. 156 In many moist hollows were plenty of hassocky grasses.

1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland xix. 336 A horse cannot keep up with it over the broken hassocky ground.

1914 W. S. C. Russell Iceland ix. 124 It cost us an hour to pick our way across the hassocky bog.

1917 R. J. Farrer On Eaves of World II. xviii. 216 Its deep emerald foliage, hard and crisped and shining in its tight hassocky domes.

1986 G. Headley & W. Meulenkamp Follies, Grottoes & Garden Buildings 326 A warren of windblown, close-cropped, hassocky turf.

2. Of the nature of or consisting of the soft, pale, calcareous sandstone known as hassock (see hassock n. 2). Now rare.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [adjective] > type of sandstone

hassocky1710

1710 Brit. Apollo 4–6 Sept. A Rockey or Hassucky sort of Ground.

1826 Encycl. Londinensis XXI. 602/2 The hassocky stone appears, to the naked eye, to be of a soft, white, sandy, quality.

1881 C. Whitehead Hops 17 The loams..and hassocky detritus of the Hythe beds.

1894 B. Fowler in Proc. Geologists' Assoc. 1893–4 13 362 Towards Bramshott the beds became more hassocky.

1970 Proc. Geologists' Assoc. 81 69 Since the hassocky border to the Soapy lane cannot be removed in quarrying the bed has no commercial value.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hassocky
释义	hassockyadj. Brit. /ˈhasəki/, U.S. /ˈhæsəki/ Forms: see hassock n. and -y suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hassock n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < hassock n. + -y suffix¹. 1. Having many clumps or hassocks (hassock n. 1a). Also: of the nature of a hassock; formed into a hassock or hassocks. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > plants collectively > [adjective] > having or forming tufts or clumps tufty1638 hassockya1650 tussocked1796 tussocky1805 a1650 G. Boate Irelands Nat. Hist. (1652) xiii. 111 Hassockie-bogs we call those, whose ground being miry and muddy is covered over with water a foot or two deep. 1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved ix. 61 Your hassocky morish rough Land. 1766 London Mag. Mar. 127/2 There are three or four different sorts of bogs; some dry and grassy, others watry, muddy, and hassocky. 1809 W. Pitt Gen. View Agric. Leics. viii. 156 In many moist hollows were plenty of hassocky grasses. 1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland xix. 336 A horse cannot keep up with it over the broken hassocky ground. 1914 W. S. C. Russell Iceland ix. 124 It cost us an hour to pick our way across the hassocky bog. 1917 R. J. Farrer On Eaves of World II. xviii. 216 Its deep emerald foliage, hard and crisped and shining in its tight hassocky domes. 1986 G. Headley & W. Meulenkamp Follies, Grottoes & Garden Buildings 326 A warren of windblown, close-cropped, hassocky turf. 2. Of the nature of or consisting of the soft, pale, calcareous sandstone known as hassock (see hassock n. 2). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [adjective] > type of sandstone hassocky1710 1710 Brit. Apollo 4–6 Sept. A Rockey or Hassucky sort of Ground. 1826 Encycl. Londinensis XXI. 602/2 The hassocky stone appears, to the naked eye, to be of a soft, white, sandy, quality. 1881 C. Whitehead Hops 17 The loams..and hassocky detritus of the Hythe beds. 1894 B. Fowler in Proc. Geologists' Assoc. 1893–4 13 362 Towards Bramshott the beds became more hassocky. 1970 Proc. Geologists' Assoc. 81 69 Since the hassocky border to the Soapy lane cannot be removed in quarrying the bed has no commercial value. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1650
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