Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A maggot.
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- noun obsolete an
earthworm , amaggot
Etymologies
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From Middle English maddoc, from an unrecorded Old English form corresponding to Old Norse maðkr (whence dialectal English mawk, Danish madike, Swedish mask), originally a diminutive of the Proto-Germanic *maþô (“worm”) (whence Old English maþa), equivalent to made (“maggot”) + -ock.
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Examples
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In the weeks since I arrived here, I've taken shovel and maddock and rake to recreate the kinds of channels that were here before.
Restoring Good Order to a Disturbed Land: Erosion as a Natural Tendency 2008
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"The ice was all of a foot thick in the creek but men cut it with ax and maddock, spade and saw.
Blue Ridge Country Jean Thomas 1945
sionnach commented on the word maddock
1. (obsolete) an earthworm, a maggot
May 4, 2008
bilby commented on the word maddock
Also: mawk.
September 25, 2008