Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1905-1941
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]
CUFFOCK, n. A coil in a ball of wool, made by winding the strands in one direction.Abd. 1905 E.D.D. Suppl.:
The women of Aberdeenshire wind up their clews in cuffocks; they place one turn of the thread near the other and form cuffocks. This is convenient, because the knitter can pin her clew to her side, and knit till the cuffock is completed and the thread be held by the pin.Abd.8 1917:
"A cuffock's come aff o' ma clew," i.e. all the threads that have been wound in one direction before turning the clew have slipped off in a coil. Cuffock is one coil of the clew.Abd.2 1941:
Which o' you bairns hae been at ma shank an' pitten ma clew a' in cuffocks?
