stook
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(stuːk)n
(Agriculture) a number of sheaves set upright in a field to dry with their heads together
vb
(Agriculture) (tr) to set up (sheaves) in stooks
[C15: variant of stouk, of Germanic origin; compare Middle Low German stūke, Old High German stūhha sleeve]
ˈstooker n
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Stook
a heap or bundle; a truss of flax or of sheaves of grain, 1530. See also cock.Examples: stook of corn, 1530; of flax; of grain, 1530; of hay, 1600; of leaves, 1892; of rocks, 1865; of straw, 1571; of good thatch, 1876.
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stook
Past participle: stooked
Gerund: stooking
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stook
n → Hocke f
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