tussuck

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Noun[edit]

tussuck (plural tussucks)

  1. Archaic form of tussock.
    • 1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. [], London: [] W. Rawlins, for the author, →OCLC:
      The Fruit is remarkable for the ſeveral Tussucks or Bunches of Thorns wherewith it is armed all round about : each Bunch consisting of about fix or eight Thorns

References[edit]

tussuck”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.