Daddock
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈdædək/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Daddock is a noun meaning (UK, dialect) The rotten body of a tree.
Meaning
(UK, dialect) The rotten body of a tree.
Example Sentences
The partridge drums upon the hill, a daddock old and battered, While, now and then, an oriole lights up a scarlet gleam.
We crushed the flowers to dust again, And leaped the daddock pile, And hunted, with a careless rein, The foe in savage style.
and you have not enough Of fairness left to tempt a truant hand To pluck you from the daddock in the clough, And give your spirit to the summer land
Delicate sensitiveness will turn away in fear and disgust as some mouldering daddock is removed, and lizards, sloes, darting beetles, and plodding snails are dazed by the light.
Word Forms
- daddocks
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include doddard, dottard, doddart, dudgeon, hoddy-dod, geddock.
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