| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Noun | 1. A coarse woolen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.; -- so called from the town of Bocking, in England, where it was first made.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Bocking" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
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| Edward Bocking | Edward Bocking was a purported descendant of King Boca who founded Bocking. Bocking is associated with Braintree, Essex. Father Bocking was a controversial monk during the rein of King Henry VIII. He attended Oxford where he received B.D. in 1513 and a D.D. in 1518. He served as the Warden of Canterbury for a period of time. Bocking became a monk in 1526. He served as the spiritual director for Sister Elizabeth Barton, a controversial English visionary. Bocking, Barton, and four others were hanged and beheaded at Tyburn on April 21, 1534. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: BOCKING | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Richard Bocking | 7 | Edward Bocking | 3 | |
| Henry Bocking | 3 | Henry Bocking | 3 | |
| Edward Bocking | 3 | Richard Bocking | 7 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Bohemian | hrubá vlněná tkanina (bocking, petersham). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, bocking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | hrubá vlněná tkanina (bocking, petersham). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, bocking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | hrubá vlněná tkanina (bocking, petersham). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, bocking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovak | razenie (mintage, perforating, perforation, bocking, development), razbový (bocking, embossing), blokovanie (blockage, blocking, detent, latch, lockout), blok (block, packet, page, pool, bill). Additional references: Slovak, Slovakia, Hungary, bocking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovakian | razenie (mintage, perforating, perforation, bocking, development), razbový (bocking, embossing), blokovanie (blockage, blocking, detent, latch, lockout), blok (block, packet, page, pool, bill). Additional references: Slovakian, Slovakia, Hungary, bocking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ukrainian | Груба Шерстяна Тканина (bocking). Additional references: Ukrainian, bocking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ukrainian (transliteration) | gruba sherstyana tkanina (bocking). Additional references: Ukrainian, bocking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
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