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Webster 1913 Edition
Hassock
Has′sock
(hăs′sŭk)
, Noun.
[Scot.
hassock
, hassik
, a besom, anything bushy, a large, round turf used as a seat, OE. hassok
sedgy ground, W. hesgog
sedgy, hesg
sedge, rushes; cf. Ir. seisg
, and E. sedge
.] 1.
A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock.
Forby.
2.
A small stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or for home use.
And knees and
hassocks
are well nigh divorced. Cowper.