Haycock

Definitions

1. A small conical pile of hay, or a heap of hay thrown up in a hayfield while the hay is being cured or awaiting relocation to a haystack or barn.
2. A surname.

Equivalents

Examples

“Brother Kempe, as many alhailes to thy perſon as there be haicocks in Iuly at Pancredge: […]”

“[T]hey perceived lying closely concealed beneath the thick foliage of a Haycock, a beautifull little Girl not more than 3 months old.”

“And willows, willow-herb, and grass, / And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry, / No whit less still and lonely fair / Than the high cloudlets in the sky.”

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