cammock

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English cammok (Ononis repens; Peucedanum officinale; Rhamnus cathartica), from Old English cammoc.

Noun

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cammock (countable and uncountable, plural cammocks)

  1. A common restharrow (Ononis spinosa subsp. maritima, syn. Ononis spinosa), a plant with long, hard, crooked roots.
  2. A Venus comb (Scandix pecten-veneris).
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English camboke; see cambuca for more.

Noun

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cammock (plural cammocks)

  1. A crooked stick, staff or club.
    • 1578, John Lyly, Euphues: the Anatomy of Wit:
      For, say they, although iron the more it is used the brighter it is, yet silver with much wearing doth waste to nothing; though the cammock the more it is bowed the better it serveth, yet the bow the more it is bent and occupied the worse it waxeth.