weed hook en · NOUN
Etymology
From Old English wēodhōc.
Meanings
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A gardening tool containing a hook, used for cutting away or uprooting weeds.
In May get a weed-hook, a crotch and a glove, And weed out such weeds, as the corn doth not love
1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| weed hooks | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| weedhook | alternative | lexicographic |