Cammock
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cammock is a noun meaning A common restharrow (Ononis spinosa subsp. maritima, syn. Ononis spinosa), a plant with long, hard, crooked roots.
Meaning
A common restharrow (Ononis spinosa subsp. maritima, syn. Ononis spinosa), a plant with long, hard, crooked roots.
More Meanings
- A Venus comb (Scandix pecten-veneris).
- A crooked stick, staff or club.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- cammocks
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include restharrow, camomile, camass, camas, rockweed, bedstraw.
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