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Noun. An idiot, imbecile. Also 'wazzock'.
to prospect, e.g. for gold.
Noun. An idiot, imbecile. Also 'wassock'.
Fussock is slang for a fat and unwieldy woman.
a guinea. A slang word used in Britain and chiefly London from around 1750-1850. Ned was seemingly not pluralised when referring to a number of guineas, eg., 'It'll cost you ten ned..' A half-ned was half a guinea. The slang ned appears in at least one of Bruce Alexander's Blind Justice series of books (thanks P Bostock for raising this) set in London's Covent Garden area and a period of George III's reign from around 1760 onwards. It is conceivable that the use also later transferred for a while to a soverign and a pound, being similar currency units, although I'm not aware of specific evidence of this. The ned slang word certainly transferred to America, around 1850, and apparently was used up to the 1920s. In the US a ned was a ten dollar gold coin, and a half-ned was a five dollar coin. Precise origin of the word ned is uncertain although it is connected indirectly (by Chambers and Cassells for example) with a straightforward rhyming slang for the word head (conventional ockney rhyming slang is slightly more complex than this), which seems plausible given that the monarch's head appeared on guinea coins. Ned was traditionally used as a generic name for a man around these times, as evidenced by its meaning extending to a thuggish man or youth, or a petty criminal (US), and also a reference (mainly in the US) to the devil, (old Ned, raising merry Ned, etc). These, and the rhyming head connection, are not factual origins of how ned became a slang money term; they are merely suggestions of possible usage origin and/or reinforcement.
To search intently. e.g. "Where's Nigel? He has gone bush to fossick for gemstones"
a small grass-tufted hillock
old rubber boots cut at the ankle, used during the summer period (usually after the winter season, people would cut the legs of their boots at the ankle)
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One of a warlike, pastoral people, skillful as horsemen, inhabiting different parts of the Russian empire and furnishing valuable contingents of irregular cavalry to its armies, those of Little Russia and those of the Don forming the principal divisions.
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Same as Cossack.
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The girdle of a cassock, by which it is fastened round the waist.
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See Tussock.
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A hetman, or chief of the Cossacks.
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A hassock.
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A hassock. See 2d Bass, 2.
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A small stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or for home use.
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A long outer garment formerly worn by men and women, as well as by soldiers as part of their uniform.
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See Tussock.
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A hassock or thick mat.
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A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia.
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Same as Tussock grass, below.
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A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock.
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Clothed with a cassock.
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A garment resembling a long frock coat worn by the clergy of certain churches when officiating, and by others as the usually outer garment.
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A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially, a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge.
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A short cassock.
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Of or relating to algebra; as, cossic numbers, or the cossic art.
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