stoukn.
/staʊk//stʊk/ dialect.
The handle of a pail or other vessel.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > handle
lug1624
stouk1674
1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 46 A Stowk..the handle of a Pail.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xiv. 5/1 [A pottinger] is an half round vessell in the belly without a brime, some haueing two eares, but most onely one eare or handle or stouke as the countrey terme is.
1817 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire in Archaeologia 19 38 Stowk, a stalk or handle of a pail.
1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Stouk, a handle, as of any wooden or earthenware vessel.
1882 E. L. Chamberlain Gloss. W. Worcs. Words Add. s.v. Please, 'm, I took 'old o' the jug, an' the stook come off in my 'and.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
stoukv.
dialect.
transitive. To fit with a handle or handles. Also intransitive.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making tools, equipment, or fastenings > make tools, equipment, or fastenings [verb (transitive)] > furnish tool with handle
haftc1430
helvec1440
stave1542
steal1543
handle1600
shaft1611
stouk1686
tree1864
society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making tools, equipment, or fastenings > make tools, equipment, or fastenings [verb (intransitive)] > furnish tool with handle
stouk1829
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iii. 123 When they are dry they stouk them, i.e. put Ears and Handles to such Vessels as require them.
1820 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire 63 To Stouk or Stowk, to put ears or handles to such vessels as require them.
1829 S. Shaw Hist. Staffs. Potteries 104 Vessels..with loop handles stouked to the sides.
1829 S. Shaw Hist. Staffs. Potteries 166 A good workman could throw, turn, and stouk.
Derivatives
ˈstouker n. a person who who fits vessels with handles.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of part of finished article > maker or fitter of handles or stocks
hafter1598
handler1598
stocker1641
stouker1809
tanger1921
1809 in L. Jewitt Life Wedgwood (1865) 105 Fletcher was a ‘Stouker’ by trade.
1829 S. Shaw Hist. Staffs. Potteries 104 The Stouker..was the workman who affixed handles, spouts, and other appendages.
ˈstouking n.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making tools, equipment, or fastenings > [noun] > furnishing tool with handles
haftingc1440
handling1731
stouking1809
ansation1838
1809 in L. Jewitt Life Wedgwood (1865) 105 I gave him a pint of ale to show my handlers the old way of ‘Stouking’.
1829 S. Shaw Hist. Staffs. Potteries 123 Some of the black tea pots are glazed, but not all; and the stouking branch seems improved in all the specimens.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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