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sourock Sc.|ˈsʊərək|
Forms: 5 sowrok, 6 -ak, 7 -ock; 6 sourak, -och, 8– sourock (8 -uck, 9 -ack, -ick, sourrock, surrock, soorock).
[f. sour a. Cf. MDu. zuric (Kilian suerick), MLG. sureke (LG. sürken, sürk), WFris. surk.]
The common sorrel, Rumex acetosa; also, sheep's sorrel, R. acetosella.
c1480Henryson Sum Pract. Med. 29 Ane medecyne for þe maw,..with sueit satlingis and sowrokis. 1549Compl. Scot. vi. 67, I sau..sourakkis, that vas gude for the blac gulset. 1596in Analecta Scotica II. 13 The seid of..sorrelis or sourochis. 1673Wedderburn Voc. 18 (Jam.), Acetosa, sowrocks. 1777Lightfoot Flora Scotica II. 1131 Rumex acetosa. The Sowruck. Rumex acetosella. Sheep's Sowruck. 1823Galt Entail xxxiii, Ye hae been eating sourrocks instead o' lang-kail. a1879T. Ormond in Edwards Modern Sc. Poets 2nd Ser. (1881) 356 Winnelstraes an' souricks grew On oor lumheid.
attrib.1568G. Skeyne Pest (1860) 37 Mixt with thrid part of vater or with rose, or sowrak vatteris. 1865Janet Hamilton Poems 222 A bunch o' surrock seed in his haun'.
b. fig. A sour-tempered person.
1723Ramsay Fair Assembly xvi, Ye sourocks, hafflines fool, ha'f knave! Wha hate a dance or sang. |
