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hassock

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Noun
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has=sock

CIDE DICTIONARY

hassockn. [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.].
  •  A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock.  Forby.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A small stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or for home use.  [1913 Webster]
    "And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced."  Cowper.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hassock, n.
1 a thick firm cushion for kneeling on, esp. in church.
2 a tuft of matted grass etc.

Etymology
OE hassuc

THESAURUS

hassock

Eames chair, Hitchcock chair, TV chair, armchair, armless chair, back seat, banquette, bar stool, barber chair, barrel chair, basket chair, batch, batwing chair, bed chair, bench, bicycle seat, boudoir chair, bow-back chair, bucket seat, bunch, camp chair, campaign chair, club chair, club lounge chair, clump, cluster, comb-back chair, contour chair, copse, cricket, cricket chair, crop, dining chair, draft chair, easy chair, elbowchair, fan-back chair, fauteuil, fender stool, folding chair, foldstool, form, garden chair, group, grouping, groupment, grove, growth, high chair, horse, knot, ladder-back chair, lot, mess, milking stool, ottoman, overstuffed chair, pew, plantation, planting, platform rocker, rocker, rocking chair, sedan chair, settle, shock, slew, stand, step stool, stook, stool, swing, taboret, thicket, throne, tuft, tussock, wisp

ROGET THESAURUS

hassock

Support

N support, ground, foundation, base, basis, terra firma, bearing, fulcrum, bait, caudex crib, point d'appui, pou sto, purchase footing, hold, locus standi, landing place, landing stage, stage, platform, block, rest, resting place, groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention, floor, supporter, aid, prop, stand, anvil, fulciment, cue rest, jigger, monkey, stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage, sleeper, stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger, ratlings, staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle, bourdon, cowlstaff, lathi, mahlstick, post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster, pediment, pedicle, pedestal, plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle, buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment, baluster, banister, stanchion, balustrade, headstone, upright, door post, jamb, door jamb, frame, framework, scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, corner stone, summer, transom, rung, round, step, sill, angle rafter, hip rafter, cantilever, modillion, crown post, king post, vertebra, columella, backbone, keystone, axle, axletree, axis, arch, mainstay, trunnion, pivot, rowlock, peg, tiebeam, thole pin, board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet, trivet, arbor, rack, mantel, mantle piece, mantleshelf, slab, console, counter, dresser, flange, corbel, table, trestle, shoulder, perch, horse, easel, desk, clotheshorse, hatrack, retable, teapoy, seat, throne, dais, divan, musnud, chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall, arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair, couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench, aparejo, faldstool, horn, long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair, lamba chauki, lamba kursi, saddle, pannel, pillion, side saddle, pack saddle, pommel, bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead, four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang, bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse, pillow, bolster, mat, rug, cushion, footstool, hassock, tabouret, tripod, monopod, Atlas, Persides, Atlantes, Caryatides, Hercules, supporting, supported, fundamental, dorsigerous, astride on, straddle.


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