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Mocuck vs Macock - What's the difference?

mocuck | macock | see also |

Mocuck is a see also of macock.


As nouns the difference between mocuck and macock

is that mocuck is (us) a box-like container made from birch-bark, especially one in which sugar is stored while macock is (historical) a particular plant formerly grown by native americans of virginia and maryland, thought to be a variety of squash.

mocuck

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US) A box-like container made from birch-bark, especially one in which sugar is stored.
  • * 2004 , Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Encyclopedia of Kitchen History , page 660:
    • The Huron of Canada expanded the use of mocucks from cookery to the warming of squash seed over a fire

    See also

    * macock

    macock

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) A particular plant formerly grown by Native Americans of Virginia and Maryland, thought to be a variety of squash.
  • * 1612 , John Smith, Map of Virginia , quoted by Kupperman in 1988:
    • In May amongst their corne they plant Pumpeons, and a fruit like unto a muske millen, but lesse and worse, which they call Macocks .

    See also

    * mocuck