stook en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /stʊk/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English stowk, stouke, stouc, from or cognate with Middle Low German stûke (“bundle of grain”), from Middle Low German stûken (“to push, bump, compress”), from Old Saxon *stūkan, from Proto-Germanic *stūkaną (“to be stiff, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to pound, push, beat”). The modern vocalism is of Northern dialectal origin (for expected stuck; compare duck, puck, and suck). Cognate with West Frisian stûkje (“to pile up, stop”), Dutch stuiken (“to bundle, stamp”), German stauchen (“to compress”), Swedish stuka (“to rick, wrench, upset”), Norwegian Nynorsk stauka (“to whack, chop”).
Meanings
- A pile or bundle, especially of straw.
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(specifically) A group of six or eight sheaves of grain stacked to dry vertically in a rectangular arrangement at harvest time, largely obsolete since the advent of combine harvesters and powered grain driers (mid 20th century).
The wheat, tawny with ripeness, had been cut and stood in tented stooks about the fields, while a few ghostly poppies lingered at the edge of the path.
1958, Iris Murdoch, The Bell:And on the road home they lay among the stooks and maybe Ellison did this and that to make sure of getting her, he was fair desperate for any woman by then.
1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 16:
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(obsolete, slang) A handkerchief.
Loud was the laughter at this and other remarks about nailing "stooks" (silk pocket handkerchiefs), "clouts" (cotton ditto), german sausages, &c.
1866, Temple Bar, volume 16, page 507:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stooks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (29)
el θημωνιά (pile or bundle) · fi nippu (pile or bundle) · ang hrēac (pile or bundle) · enm stouke (pile or bundle) · enm stouke (group of sheaves) · fro meulon (pile or bundle) · cs panák (group of sheaves) · li miet (pile or bundle) · lt guba (pile or bundle) · gl camballón (pile or bundle) · kn ಅಂಬಾರ (pile or bundle) · nrf binnot (pile or bundle) · de Docke (pile or bundle) · fr meule (pile or bundle) · cy stwc (pile or bundle) · fr moyette (pile or bundle) · fi kuhilas (pile or bundle) · es garbera (pile or bundle) · fi auma (pile or bundle) · ru копна́ (pile or bundle) · it covone (pile or bundle) · ga stuc (pile or bundle) · cy cogwrn (pile or bundle) · gd adag (pile or bundle) · cy cocyn (pile or bundle) · mk ракатка (pile or bundle) · it bica (pile or bundle) · mk крстица (pile or bundle) · ru скирда́ (pile or bundle)