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hassocus

hassocus [ME hassok < AS hassuc] , grassy mound or hillock. c1150 ab ‥ exitu [de Birchemere] per transversum paludis usque ad tertium ~um [MonA V 522b: †hossocum] a firma terra et in aquilonali fine de Hygeney Cart. Rams. I 162; pastores ‥ nostri super exteriores ~os versus Waltone inter pratum et mariscum debent stare et animalia sua usque ad pedes suos venire permittere Ib. 164.

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