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Definition of Hordock
1. n. An unidentified plant mentioned by Shakespeare, perhaps equivalent to burdock.
Definition of Hordock
1. Noun. (nonce) A plant, possibly burdock. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hordock
1. hardoke [n -S] - See also: hardoke
Medical Definition of Hordock
1. An unidentified plant mentioned by Shakespeare, perhaps equivalent to burdock. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hordock
Literary usage of Hordock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Hardock, hordock, the corn-bluebottle ; Centaurea cyanus. ... hordock ; see Hardock.
Hornblende, a mineral. (G.) Named from its horn-like cleavage and ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"... L. (2) Medicago lupulina, L., is the species sold by seedsmen under this name.
Hopes. Matthiola incana, E. Br. (gardens).—Norf. hordock. See Hardock. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1881)
"hordock. A plant mentioned in some early ltd. editions of King Lear. HÖRE, (l)
Whoredom; adultery. .Syth the tyme that Cryst Jhe»u, Thorough hy»grace and ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1891)
"... hordock, burdock, we are met by the fact of the main difference between them
being that the changes are rune; upon the vowel in the first syllable of ..."
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