Definition of Haycock

1. Noun. A small cone-shaped pile of hay that has been left in the field until it is dry enough to carry to the hayrick.

Generic synonyms: Hayrick, Haystack, Rick

Definition of Haycock

1. n. A conical pile or heap of hay in the field.

Definition of Haycock

1. Noun. A small, conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Haycock

1. a pile of hay [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haycock

hay is for horses
hay ride
hay wain
hay wains
haybale
haybales
hayband
haybands
haybird
haybirds
haybote
haybox
hayboxes
haycation
haycations
haycock (current term)
haycockite
haycocks
hayduck
hayducks
hayduk
hayduks
haye
hayed
hayer
hayers
hayey
hayfever
hayfield
hayfields

Literary usage of Haycock

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1818)
"The prisoner haycock came in after witness. A man, named John Ward, was there, and witness heard a conversation between Ward and haycock. ..."

2. A Personal Narrative of the Outbreak and Massacre at Cawnpore: During the by W. J. Shepherd (1879)
"20th June haycock, Mr., Watchmaker, died in the intrenchment haycock, Mrs., died of fever in intrenchment Hay, JD, Mr., Merchant (page 45) . ..."

3. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1856)
"Mrt. haycock—Kate haycock—Catherine haycock. No, I can't make it look well, write it how I will ; and then, to vow never to think of anyone else ; 1 suppose ..."

4. The History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: From the Discovery of the by William Watts Hart Davis (1876)
"haycock was formed of territory that may be called the " odds and ends" left after all the surrounding townships had been organized. ..."

5. The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of (1858)
"By WILLIAM haycock, veterinary Surgeon and MRCVS Part I. pp. 160.—London, 1858. We can more unreservedly speak in praise of the second work at the head of ..."

6. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1818)
"The prisoner haycock came in after witness. A man, named John Ward, was there, and witness heard a conversation between Ward and haycock. ..."

7. Local Sketches and Legends Pertaining to Bucks and Montgomery Counties by William Joseph Buck (1887)
"The Old haycock Run School-house. In my earlier days I find few spots more endeared to me by happier associations than the aforesaid school-house and its ..."

8. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1853)
"JESSE haycock vs. JAMES RAND. A promissory note, Riven by a purchaser of goods in settlement of an account, is not wholly avoided by proof that the prices ..."

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