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Definition of Daddock
1. n. The rotten body of a tree.
Definition of Daddock
1. Noun. (UK dialect) The rotten body of a tree. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Daddock
1. the heart of a rotten tree [n -S]
Medical Definition of Daddock
1. The rotten body of a tree. Origin: Cf. Prov. E. Dad a large piece. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Daddock
Literary usage of Daddock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Alton Lorke, \\i. daddock (dad'ok), n. [Origin unknown.] The heart or body of a
tree thoroughly ... [< daddock + -y1.] Rotten, like a decayed tree. [Prov. ..."
2. A Glossary of Provincial Words Used in Herefordshire and Some of the by George Cornewall Lewis (1839)
"D. daddock, s. dead wood, touchwood; in Gloucestershire, dead wood is said to be
... or " all of a daddock." In Somersetshire, according to Jennings, ..."
3. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1857)
"Of daddock no intimation is given that it is a local word. The etymology of Dado
is simply traced to the Italian. Webster did not perceive that the French ..."
4. American Journal of Education (1857)
"Of daddock no intimation is given that it is a local word. The etymology of Dado
is simply traced to the Italian. Webster did not perceive that the French ..."
5. Americanisms: The English of the New World by Maximilian Schele De Vere (1872)
"D. daddock, an old English term, rarely heard abroad, even in provincial dialects,
is quite common in the rural districts of the New England States, ..."
6. American English by Gilbert Milligan Tucker (1921)
"He seems dreadfully cut up."—Tom Brown at Oxford, 32 (1861). daddock—Body of a
rotten tree. "How long would it be before you could make a piece of ..."
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