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Webster 1913 Edition


Hordock

Hor′dockˊ

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Noun.
An unidentified plant mentioned by Shakespeare, perhaps equivalent to burdock.

Definition 2024


hordock

hordock

English

Alternative forms

  • hoardock
  • harlock

Noun

hordock (plural hordocks)

  1. (nonce word, only by Shakespeare) A plant, possibly burdock.
    • 1606, Shakespeare, King Lear:
      Crown 'd with rank femiter and furrow weeds, / With hordocks, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flowers