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Definition of Stooks
1. stook [v] - See also: stook
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stooks
Literary usage of Stooks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Diary of Matthew Patten of Bedford, N.H. by Matthew Patten (1903)
"31^ stooks on it this year and we began to Reap ... the upper field and David
Reaped with us we Reaped 4 stooks 10th Daniell Hickey Reaped with us and john ..."
2. The Diary of Matthew Patten of Bedford, N.H.: From Seventeen Hundred Fifty by Matthew Patten (1903)
"haves and David butchered james black lamb 11th Daniell Hickey Reaped the forenoon
and gave out on acct of his back we Reaped б stooks and S Sheaves among ..."
3. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1884)
"... And sit fat aide ye like ye're seen if oot amang the stooks. hitch ... They're
better in fine drawin'-rooms than oot amang the stooks. ..."
4. The Book of Corn: A Complete Treatise Upon the Culture, Marketing and Uses by Herbert Myrick (1904)
"Proceed in this manner, putting twelve rows of corn and three rows of bundles
into one row of stooks, until the field is finished. ..."
5. Catechism of practical agriculture by Henry Stephens (1856)
"One man binds the sheaves, and sets the stooks after every mower. ... stooks of
corn are composed of sheaves set two and two against each other, ..."
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