brockn.1
/brɒk/, U.S. /brɑk/ Chiefly dialect.
1. † b. Sometimes confused with the beaver. Obsolete.
a. A badger: a name, in later times, associated especially with the epithet stinking.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Meles (badger)
brockc1000
bausona1375
greyc1425
das1481
badger?1523
taxus1535
barrow1552
pate1628
sand-badger1873
c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 326 Sum fyþerfete nyten is, þæt nemnað taxonem, þæt ys broc on englisc.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6396 Heo hudeden heom alse brockes.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Helm.) (1495) xii. x The blak rauen is frende to þe foxe, and þerfore he fyȝteþ with þe brokke.
c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 98 It es ful semeli, als me think, A brok omang men forto stynk.
c1440 York Myst. xxix. 117 He lokis like a brokke, Were he in a bande for to bayte.
a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 128 Sche seyd your brethe stanke lyke a broke.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Brocke or badger, or graye beast, taxo.
a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd i. iv. 32 in Wks. (1640) III Or with pretence of chasing thence the Brock, Send in a curre to worrie the whole Flock. View more context for this quotation
1786 R. Burns Twa Dogs xii, in Poems 14 They gang as saucy by poor folk, As I wad by a stinkan brock.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vi. 148 I..rub shouthers wi' a baillie wi' as little concern as an he were a brock.
1869 Daily News 30 July Purses, made of a fox's head and skin, or that of a brock.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Castoridae (beaver)
beaverc1000
brocka1387
castora1549
badger1591
terrier1734
bank beaver1903
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. Rolls Ser. 327 White beres, bausons, and brokkes [L. ursi albi, fibri, et castores].
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 205 Þat place hatte Beverlay and heet Brook his lay, for many brokkes..come þider out of þe hilles.
1483 Cath. Angl. 44 A Brokk, castor, beuer.
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Bivaro A badger or brocke, fiber, castor.
2. A stinking or dirty fellow; one who is given to ‘dirty tricks’; a ‘skunk’.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > base person > [noun]
houndOE
hinderlingc1175
whelpc1330
vilec1400
beasta1425
dog bolt1465
shake-rag1571
vassal1589
brock1607
shag-rag1611
shack-rag1612
slubberdegullion1612
baseling1618
shag1620
shab1637
slabberdegullion1653
whiffler1659
hang-dog1693
reptile1697
Nobodaddyc1793
skunk1816
spalpeen1817
tiger1827
soap-lock1840
shake1846
white mouse1846
sweep1853
shuck1862
whiffmagig1871
scrubber1876
ullage1901
jelly bean1905
heel1914
dirty dog1928
crud1932
crut1937
klunk1942
crudball1968
scumbag1971
bawbag1999
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible > contemptible person
wormc825
wretchOE
thingOE
hinderlingc1175
harlot?c1225
mixa1300
villain1303
whelpc1330
wonnera1340
bismera1400
vilec1400
beasta1425
creaturec1450
dog bolt1465
fouling?a1475
drivel1478
shit1508
marmoset1523
mammeta1529
pilgarlica1529
pode1528
slave1537
slim1548
skit-brains?1553
grasshopper1556
scavenger1563
old boss1566
rag1566
shrub1566
ketterela1572
shake-rag1571
skybala1572
mumpsimus1573
smatchetc1582
squib1586
scabship1589
vassal1589
baboon1592
Gibraltar1593
polecat1593
mushroom1594
nodc1595
cittern-head1598
nit1598
stockfish1598
cum-twang1599
dish-wash1599
pettitoe1599
mustard-token1600
viliaco1600
cargo1602
stump1602
snotty-nose1604
sprat1605
wormling1605
brock1607
dogfly?1611
shag-rag1611
shack-rag1612
thrum1612
rabbita1616
fitchock1616
unworthy1616
baseling1618
shag1620
glow-worm1624
snip1633
the son of a worm1633
grousea1637
shab1637
wormship1648
muckworm1649
whiffler1659
prig1679
rotten egg1686
prigster1688
begged fool1693
hang-dog1693
bugger1694
reptile1697
squinny1716
snool1718
ramscallion1734
footer1748
jackass1756
hallion1789
skite1790
rattlesnake1791
snot1809
mudworm1814
skunk1816
stirrah1816
spalpeen1817
nyaff1825
skin1825
weed1825
tiger1827
beggar1834
despicability1837
squirt1844
prawn1845
shake1846
white mouse1846
scurf1851
sweep1853
cockroach1856
bummer1857
medlar1859
cunt1860
shuck1862
missing link1863
schweinhund1871
creepa1876
bum1882
trashbag1886
tinhorn1887
snot-rag1888
rodent1889
whelpling1889
pie eatera1891
mess1891
schmuck1892
fucker1893
cheapskate1894
cocksucker1894
gutter-bird1896
perisher1896
skate1896
schmendrick1897
nyamps1900
ullage1901
fink1903
onion1904
punk1904
shitepoke1905
tinhorn sport1906
streeler1907
zob1911
stink1916
motherfucker1918
Oscar1918
shitass1918
shit-face1923
tripe-hound1923
gimp1924
garbage can1925
twerp1925
jughead1926
mong1926
fuck?1927
arsehole1928
dirty dog1928
gazook1928
muzzler1928
roach1929
shite1929
mook1930
lug1931
slug1931
woodchuck1931
crud1932
dip1932
bohunkus1933
lint-head1933
Nimrod1933
warb1933
fuck-piga1935
owl-hoot1934
pissant1935
poot1935
shmegegge1937
motheree1938
motorcycle1938
squiff1939
pendejo1940
snotnose1941
jerkface1942
slag1943
yuck1943
fuckface?1945
fuckhead?1945
shit-head1945
shite-hawk1948
schlub1950
asswipe1953
mother1955
weenie1956
hard-on1958
rass hole1959
schmucko1959
bitch ass1961
effer1961
lamer1961
arsewipe1962
asshole1962
butthole1962
cock1962
dipshit1963
motherfuck1964
dork1965
bumhole1967
mofo1967
tosspot1967
crudball1968
dipstick1968
douche1968
frickface1968
schlong1968
fuckwit1969
rassclaat1969
ass1970
wank1970
fecker1971
wanker1971
butt-fucker1972
slimeball1972
bloodclaat1973
fuckwad1974
mutha1974
suck1974
cocksuck1977
tosser1977
plank1981
sleazebag1981
spastic1981
dweeb1982
bumboclaat1983
dickwad1983
scuzzbag1983
sleazeball1983
butt-face1984
dickweed1984
saddie1985
butt plug1986
jerkweed1988
dick-sucker1989
microcephalic1989
wankstain1990
sadster1992
buttmunch1993
fanny1995
jackhole1996
fassyhole1997
fannybaws2000
fassy2002
1607 Merrie Iests George Peele 22 This selfe conceyted brocke.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. v. 102 Marrie hang thee brocke . View more context for this quotation
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iv. i Ye'll gar me stand! ye shevelling-gabbit brock.
1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Brock, a dirty person; one who has a bad smell.
Compounds
C1. (Referring to the streaked face of the badger.)
brock-breasted adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [adjective] > like a badger
brock-breasted?a1400
brock-faced1824
meline1890
?a1400 Morte Arth. 1095 Brok-brestede as a brawne, with brustils fulle large.
brock-faced adj.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [adjective] > like a badger
brock-breasted?a1400
brock-faced1824
meline1890
1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 22 Th' brock-faced branded stirk.
C2. † brock-skin n. Obsolete a badger-skin (in Wyclif apparently due to confusion of Latin mēles, mēlis, with mēlōta Greek μηλωτή sheepskin, < μῆλον).† brock-wool n. Obsolete hair of the beaver (see 1b).
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of badger
greya1200
brock-skinc1384
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Heb. xi. 37 Thei wenten aboute in brok skynnes [L. in melotis], and in skynnes of geet.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. SSSi Goyng about in gotes and brockes skynnes.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > hair > specific type or of specific animal
horsehairc1305
bristlec1314
brock-wool1500
camel's hair1771
fine hair1885
pig wool1892
1500 Ort. Voc. in Promptorium Parvulorum 53 Fibrina vestis..a clothe of brocke woll.
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brockn.2
dialect.
? A horse, a trotting horse; an inferior horse, a jade.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun]
horsec825
blonkOE
brockc1000
mareOE
stota1100
caplec1290
foala1300
rouncyc1300
scot1319
caballc1450
jade1553
chival1567
prancer1567
ball1570
pranker1591
roussin1602
wormly1606
cheval1609
sonipes1639
neigher1649
quadruped1660
keffel1699
prad1703
jig1706
hoss1815
cayuse1841
yarraman1848
quad1854
plug1860
bronco1869
gee-gee1869
quadrupedant1870
rabbit1882
gee1887
neddy1887
nanto1889
prod1891
goat1894
skin1918
bang-tail1921
horsy1923
steed-
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] > inferior or old and worn-out
brockc1000
stota1100
jadec1386
yaud?a1513
roila1529
tit1548
hilding1590
tireling1590
dog horsec1600
baffle1639
Rosinante1641
aver1691
keffel1699
runt1725
hack horse1760
rip1775
kadisha1817
dunghill1833
pelter1854
crow-bait1857
caster1859
plug1860
knacker1864
plug horse1872
crock1879
skate1894
robbo1897
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > trot > that trots
brockc1000
trotter1381
c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 184 Secen him broc on onrade.
c1386 G. Chaucer Friar's Tale 243 The Cartere smoot and cryde..Hayt Brok, hayt Scot, what spare ye for the stones.
1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. x. 42 She stumbled headlong downe..hoyst Brock her good-man sayde: And thirdly falling, kindly bad her breake her necke olde Iade.
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Brock, a cow, or husbandry horse.
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brockn.3
dialect.† 1. ? = Latin ophiomachus (Vulgate Leviticus xi. 22), a kind of locust: cf. bruke n. Only Old English.
ΚΠ
c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 460 Ophiomachus, broc.
2. The larva of the frog-hopper, which produces the cuckoo-spit; also the insect itself. modern dialect.
ΚΠ
1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 319 Brock, a young grasshopper [ed 2. 1796 substitutes ‘cicada spumaria, the cuckowspit insect’]. ‘He sweats like a brock’.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Brock, the cuckoo-spit, ‘sweating insect’, or frog-hopper, the ‘cicada spumata’, found upon leaves in an immersion of froth.
1877 in F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness (E.D.S.)
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brockn.4
? Obsolete.
= brocket n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > in its second year
brocketa1425
pricketa1425
brockc1515
spittard1538
spitter1565
brocard1607
subulon1607
knub1617
knobber1677
knobbler1686
buck-fawn1786
c1515 Berkeley Castle, MS. Forester's Acc. Item a brocke at fframtonys parke.
1677 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 2) i. 6 Because the Hart is the most noble..Beast, I shall place him first; and must call a Hart The first year, a Hinde-calf,..The third year, a Brocke.
1780 W. Smellie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular IV. 87 They take the name of knobbers till their horns lengthen into spears, and then they are called brocks or staggards.
1884 R. Jefferies Red Deer ii. 39 In the olden time he would have been called a brocke or brocket.
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brockn.5
(See quot. 1772.)
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the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > stump
stock862
moreeOE
stub967
zuche1358
stumpc1440
scrag1567
stool1577
brock1772
stow1774
hagsnar1796
stab1807
spronk1838
tree stool1898
1772 E. Hasted in Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 164 In the ancient forests of Kent..remain large old chesnut stubs or brocks.
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† brockv.
Obsolete. rare.
Apparently: to give mouth, speak querulously (perhaps to utter broken language).
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > complainingly or whiningly
brockc1315
cant1567
c1315 Shoreh. 106 Aȝe the crokkere to brokke, Wy madest thou me so.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 191 He syngeth brokkyng [so 6 texts, Harl. crowyng] as a nyghtyngale.
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