different between nook vs hutch
nook
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: no?ok, IPA(key): /n?k/
- (obsolete) enPR: no?ok, IPA(key): /nu?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Etymology
From Middle English noke, nok (“nook, corner, angle”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots neuk, nuk (“corner, angle of a square, angular object”). Perhaps from Old English hnoc, hnocc (“hook, angle”), from Proto-Germanic *hnukkaz, *hnukkô (“a bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *knewg- (“to turn, press”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to pinch, press, bend”). If so, then also related to Scots nok (“small hook”), Norwegian dialectal nok, nokke (“hook, angle, bent object”), Danish nok (“hook”), Swedish nock (“ridge”), Faroese nokki (“crook”), Icelandic hnokki (“hook”), Dutch nok (“ridge”), Low German Nocke (“tip”), Old Norse hnúka (“to bend, crouch”), Old English ?ehnycned (“drawn, pinched, wrinkled”).
Noun
nook (plural nooks)
- A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
- Synonyms: alcove, ancone, recess
- A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat.
- A recess, cove or hollow.
- Synonym: niche
- (historical) An English unit of land area, originally 1?4 of a yardland but later 12 1?2 or 20 acres.
- Synonym: fardel
- a. 1634, W. Noye, The Complete Lawyer, 57:
- You must note, that two Fardells of Land make a Nooke of Land, and two Nookes make halfe a Yard of Land.
- 1903, English Dialectical Dictionary, volume IV, page 295:
- Nook, an old legal term for 12 1?2 acres of land; still in use at Alston.
- 1968, November 9, The Economist, page 2:
- They poured their wine by the aume or the fust, and cut their cloth by the goad—not to be confused with the gawd, which was a measure of steel. Their nook was not cosy; it covered 20 acres.
- (chiefly Northern England, archaic) A corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land.
Alternative forms
- (corner of a piece of land): nuke
Hypernyms
- (unit of area): See hundred (16,000 nooks); see carucate (16); see virgate (4); see oxgang (2)
Hyponyms
- (unit of area): See fardel (1?2 nook), see acre (various fractions & for further subdivisions)
Derived terms
Related terms
- inglenook
Translations
Verb
nook (third-person singular simple present nooks, present participle nooking, simple past and past participle nooked)
- To withdraw into a nook.
- To situate in a nook.
References
Anagrams
- Kono
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hutch
English
Etymology
From Middle English hucche (“storage chest”), variation of whucce, from Old English hwi?e, hwi??e (“box, chest”). Spelling influenced by Old French huche (“chest”), from Medieval Latin h?tica, from a different Germanic root, from Frankish *hutta, from Proto-Germanic *hudj?, *hudj? (“box, hut, hutch”). Akin to Old English h?dan (“to conceal; hide”). More at hide, hut.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?t?/
- Rhymes: -?t?
Noun
hutch (plural hutches)
- A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.
- A coop or cage for keeping small animals (rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs, etc).
- A piece of furniture in which items may be displayed.
- A cabinet for storing dishes.
- A piece of furniture (cabinet) to be placed on top of a desk.
- A measure of two Winchester bushels.
- (mining) The case of a flour bolt.
- (mining) A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit.
- (mining) A jig or trough for ore dressing or washing ore.
- A baker's kneading-trough.
Translations
Verb
hutch (third-person singular simple present hutches, present participle hutching, simple past and past participle hutched)
- (transitive) To hoard or lay up, in a chest.
- (mining, transitive) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
- (intransitive) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text
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.- 1956, William Golding, Pincher Martin
- And the mind was very disinclined to hutch out of the crevice and face what must be done. […] He hauled himself out of the crevice and the air was warm so that he undressed to trousers and sweater. […] He hutched himself back against a rock with his legs sprawled apart.
- 1956, William Golding, Pincher Martin
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