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Webster 1913 Edition
Hassock
Has′sock
(hăs′sŭk)
, Noun.
[Scot.
hassock
, hassik
, a besom, anything bushy, a large, round turf used as a seat, OE. hassok
sedgy ground, W. hesgog
sedgy, hesg
sedge, rushes; cf. Ir. seisg
, and E. sedge
.] 1.
A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock.
Forby.
2.
A small stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or for home use.
And knees and
hassocks
are well nigh divorced. Cowper.
Definition 2024
hassock
hassock
English
Noun
hassock (plural hassocks)
- A dense clump of grass or vegetation; a tussock. [from 10th c.]
- A cushion used primarily in churches for kneeling on while praying. [from 16th c.]
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 357:
- At the next service he found a flower on his hassock and a highly suggestive Catholic bookmarker tucked into his hymn-book.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 357:
- A thick cushion used as a seat; an ottoman or pouffe.
Translations
grass
kneeler
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