mocket-headn.

Brit.

/ˈmɒkɪthɛd/, U.S.

/ˈmɑkətˌ(h)ɛd/

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown; the second element is apparently head n.¹

Founding. English regional (Staffordshire). Now historical.

The knob at one end of a bloom of iron (see quots.). Cf. ancony n.

ΚΠ

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iv. 163 They work it [sc. the iron] into a bloom, which is a square barr in the middle, and two square knobs at the ends, one much less then the other, the smaller being call'd the Ancony end, and the greater the Mocket head.

1880 C. H. Poole Attempt Gloss. Stafford ‘Ancony’, a term in the iron-works for a..flat iron bar..with a square rough knob at each end. One of these knobs is called an ‘ancony end’, the other a ‘mocket-head’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mocket-head
释义	mocket-headn. Brit. /ˈmɒkɪthɛd/, U.S. /ˈmɑkətˌ(h)ɛd/ Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown; the second element is apparently head n.¹ Founding. English regional (Staffordshire). Now historical. The knob at one end of a bloom of iron (see quots.). Cf. ancony n. ΚΠ 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iv. 163 They work it [sc. the iron] into a bloom, which is a square barr in the middle, and two square knobs at the ends, one much less then the other, the smaller being call'd the Ancony end, and the greater the Mocket head. 1880 C. H. Poole Attempt Gloss. Stafford ‘Ancony’, a term in the iron-works for a..flat iron bar..with a square rough knob at each end. One of these knobs is called an ‘ancony end’, the other a ‘mocket-head’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1686
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