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hordock

hordock noun: a plant, possibly burdock.

Noun

hordock (plural hordocks)

  1. (nonce-word) A plant, possibly burdock.
    • Alack tis he, why he was met euen now,
      As mad as the vent sea singing aloud,
      Crownd with ranke femiter and furrow weedes,
      With hor-docks, hemlocke, netles, cookow flowers,
      Darnell and all the idle weedes that grow,c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Forms of hordock

pluralhordocks
alternative formhardock
alternative formhoardock
alternative formhardoke
alternative formharlock

Questions about hordock

What does hordock mean?
Hordock means a plant, possibly burdock.
What part of speech is hordock?
Hordock is a noun.
What is the plural of hordock?
The plural of hordock is hordocks.

Words near hordock in the dictionary

  1. hordesmen
  2. hording
  3. Hordle
  4. Hordley
  5. Hordleys
  6. hordock
  7. hordocks
  8. Hords
  9. Horea
  10. Horeb
  11. HORECA

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