STOOKS

Noun

stooks

plural of stook

Source: Wiktionary


STOOK

Stook, n. Etym: [Scot. stook, stouk; cf. LG. stuke a heap, bundle, G. stauche a truss, bundle of flax.] (Agric.)

Definition: A small collection of sheaves set up in the field; a shock; in England, twelve sheaves.

Stook, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stooked; p. pr. & vb. n. Stooking.] (Agric.)

Definition: To set up, as sheaves of grain, in stooks.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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