Lexicographical Neighbors of Candocks
Literary usage of Candocks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"... the passage alluded to enumerates among water-weeds— ' Water-lillies, candocks,
reate, and bullrushes.' Candy-tuft, or Candy Mustard. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"... candocks, reate, and bullrushes." Candy-tuft, or Candy Mustard. The common
candy-tuft of gardens is Iberia umbellata, L. ; the wild species is /. amara, ..."
3. The Complete Angler of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton: Extensively by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton (1824)
"... especially some ponds, and then let it lie dry six or twelve months, both to
kill the water-weeds, as water-lilies, candocks, reate, and bull-rushes, ..."
4. A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester by J[ohn] Drummond Robertson (1890)
"Plattdeutsch Räth, the long reed which grows on the margin of lakes. "Water-weeds,
as water-lilies, candocks, REATE, and bulrushes. ..."
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