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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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PLOCK, n. A heavy spar or block of wood. Deriv. plocker, id., esp. one used for breaking clods.Arg. 1914 N. Munro New Road xxvi.:
“Here is Peter coming with a plock”. He had no sooner said it than the spar, a great thick boom, was slid across the sill of the companion.Rs. 1923 N. Macrae Romance Royal Burgh 163:
The cas-chrom or hand-plough for turning the soil, and “plockers” for breaking the clods.