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has·sock

(hăs′ək)

1. A thick cushion used as a footstool or for kneeling.

2. A dense clump of grass.

[Middle English hassok, clump of grass, from Old English hassuc.]

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hassock

(ˈhæsək)

1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a firm upholstered cushion used for kneeling on, esp in church

2. (Botany) a thick clump of grass

[Old English hassuc matted grass]

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has•sock

(ˈhæs ək)

n.

1. a thick, firm cushion used as a footstool or for kneeling.

2. ottoman (def. 3b).

3. a thick tuft of coarse grass or sedge, as in a bog.

[before 1000; Middle English; Old English hassuc coarse grass]

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Noun	1.	hassock - thick cushion used as a seat pouffe, pouf, ottoman, puff seat - furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests"
	2.	hassock - a cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church) church service, church - a service conducted in a house of worship; "don't be late for church" cushion - a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.

Translations

fűcsomólábpárnapufftérdeplőtérdpárna

cuscino poggiapiedi

hassock

[ˈhæsək] N (Rel) → cojín m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hassock

[ˈhæsək] n → coussin m d'agenouilloir

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hassock

n → Betkissen nt, → Kniekissen nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

hassock

[ˈhæsək] n (kneeler) → cuscino (di inginocchiatoio)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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I quickened our step; I wanted to get there before the question between us opened up much further; I reflected hungrily that, for more than an hour, he would have to be silent; and I thought with envy of the comparative dusk of the pew and of the almost spiritual help of the hassock on which I might bend my knees.

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Charlie obediently sat himself upon a hassock at her feet; the other sinners drew near to catch the words of wisdom about to fall from her lips, and Rose, softened by this gratifying humility, addressed them in her most maternal tone.

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She found him sitting in a heap on the hassock, and crying bitterly.

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At the Litany George had trouble with an unstable hassock, and drew the slip of carpet under the pewseat.

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And his sister Mary Hassock grieved long and hard for him, often making enquiries to the authorities about his fate and keeping his memory alive for her family right up to her death at 90 in 1983.

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Mary Hassock spent more than 40 years trying to learn the fate of her brother John Ferguson, a Scot who served in the International Brigade.

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Mary Hassock, John's sister, kept his memory alive and never gave up the search

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CALL IT AN OTTOMAN, POUF, HASSOCK, FOOTSTOOL or even tuffet, the concept is the same--an upholstered, backless, usually round piece of occasional furniture that you can use for extra seating, a cocktail table or to rest your feet on.

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As construction workers maneuvered bulldozers and spread sand to restore the degrading marsh island of Yellow Bar Hassock in Jamaica Bay, New York, their work was being closely observed by an area resident--a harbor seal.

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In her present mood, she did not feel like kneeling, but since there was no seat, only a hassock, she had to kneel anyway.