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Definition of Hassock

Hassock
Hassock Has"sock, n. [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.

Meaning of Hassock from wikipedia

- Look up h****ock in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. H****ock may refer to: Kneeler, a cushion or a piece of furniture for resting during Christian prayer...
- H****ocks is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sus**** District of West Sus****, England. Its name is believed to derive from the tufts of gr**** found...
- Island ****ociation Island Barnum Island Beeren Island Big Crow Island Big H****ock Island Bird Island Black Banks Island Broad Channel Island Brother Island...
- (Jamaica Bay) Rulers Bar H****ock, home to Broad Channel (Jamaica Bay) Ruffle Bar (Jamaica Bay) Subway Island / Winhole H****ock (Jamaica Bay) Isle of Meadows...
- H****ocks Football Club is a football club based in H****ocks, near Brighton, West Sus****, England. The club is affiliated to the Sus**** County Football...
- or gliders. Other names for this piece of furniture include footstool, h****ock, pouf (sometimes spelled pouffe), in Shropshire, England the old dialect...
- A kneeler is a cushion (also called a tuffet, h****ock, genuflexorium, or genuflectorium) or a piece of furniture used for resting in a kneeling position...
- H****ocks railway station is on the Brighton Main Line in England, serving the village of H****ocks, West Sus****. It is 43 miles 42 chains (70.0 km) down...
- 15 cm and 60 cm thick, alternating with bands of a loose material called h****ock. These bands are of similar thickness and the difference in colour between...
- and rare meaning of "tuft"). The Oxford English Dictionary calls the "h****ock or footstool" meaning "doubtful", and "perhaps due to misunderstanding...