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hoc

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hoc, gen. hocces
Wright's OE grammar
§128;
Hock, mallow
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  • Hocces leáf,

      L. M. 3, 37; Lchdm. ii. 330, 3.
  • Hocces moran,

      41; Lchdm. ii. 334, 27.
  • Hoc,

      Lchdm. iii. 22, 2.
Etymology
[In E. D. S. Plant Names 'hock althæa rosea, malva sylvestris, malva rotundifloria.' Skeat, Etymol. Dict. supposes the word was borrowed from Celtic: Welsh hocys mallows.]
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