sheep-hookn.

Etymology: See hook n.¹ 6.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsheep-hook.

Now rare.

A shepherd's crook. Also figurative, esp. with reference to a spiritual shepherd; and symbolically (often opposed to sceptre) of the shepherd's calling or the office of a bishop.

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14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 562/28 Agulus, shephoke.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxi^v A shepherd shulde nat go without..his shepehoke.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxii. 4 Thy staffe & thy shepehoke comforte me.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. ii. sig. O7 Dametas..was teching him how with his sheephooke to catch a wanton Lambe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 420 Thou a Scepters heire, That thus affects a sheepe-hooke ?

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 78 The Pastorly Rod, and Sheep-hooke of Christ.

1679 Established Test 16 They who were grown so hardened in Mischief, to attempt..upon the Scepter, would never..have scrupled at the Sheephook.

1715 J. Gay What d'ye call It ii. viii. 36 Churns, Sheep-hooks, Seas of Milk, and honey..Mountains.

1828 S. Rogers Italy: Pt. 2nd xvii. 122 Inherit they a sheep-hook or a sceptre.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Sheep-hook, a shepherd's crook for catching sheep by the legs.

1866 G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 143 Beeches..scatter their tops in charming tufted sheep-hooks drooping towards each other and every way.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sheep-hook
释义	sheep-hookn. Etymology: See hook n.¹ 6.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsheep-hook. Now rare. A shepherd's crook. Also figurative, esp. with reference to a spiritual shepherd; and symbolically (often opposed to sceptre) of the shepherd's calling or the office of a bishop. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > crook sheep-crookc1420 crookc1430 staffc1475 hook?1523 sheep-hook?1523 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 562/28 Agulus, shephoke. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxi^v A shepherd shulde nat go without..his shepehoke. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxii. 4 Thy staffe & thy shepehoke comforte me. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. ii. sig. O7 Dametas..was teching him how with his sheephooke to catch a wanton Lambe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 420 Thou a Scepters heire, That thus affects a sheepe-hooke ? View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 78 The Pastorly Rod, and Sheep-hooke of Christ. 1679 Established Test 16 They who were grown so hardened in Mischief, to attempt..upon the Scepter, would never..have scrupled at the Sheephook. 1715 J. Gay What d'ye call It ii. viii. 36 Churns, Sheep-hooks, Seas of Milk, and honey..Mountains. 1828 S. Rogers Italy: Pt. 2nd xvii. 122 Inherit they a sheep-hook or a sceptre. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Sheep-hook, a shepherd's crook for catching sheep by the legs. 1866 G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 143 Beeches..scatter their tops in charming tufted sheep-hooks drooping towards each other and every way. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.14..
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