mussock
mussock is the alternative form of mussuck.
Meaning of mussuck
Noun
mussuck (plural mussucks)
- an inflated skin-bag for water, variously said to be made from goats, from cows or from dogs, often by bheesties.
- In that form of sunstroke where the person is struck down suddenly by a hot sun, the patient should be removed into the shade, and the douche of cold water being allowed to fall in a stream on the head and body, from a pump (or, as in India, from the mussuck, or other similar contrivance should be...1876 Joseph Fayrer, The London Medical Record vol. 4 page 183 = The Practitioner vol. 16 page 183
Forms of mussock
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Questions about mussock
- What is mussock the alternative form of?
- Mussock is the alternative form of mussuck.
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