"enoch" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: enochs [plural]
Etymology: Named after a blacksmith Enoch Taylor of Marsden, Yorkshire. Used by Luddites to smash cropping machines, Taylor made sledgehammers and also the machine frames which sparked riots: "Enoch made them. Enoch shall break them". Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} enoch (plural enochs)
  1. (dialect, Yorkshire) an iron sledgehammer Tags: Yorkshire, dialectal Categories (topical): Tools
    Sense id: en-enoch-en-noun-kONQexiQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Yorkshire English

Inflected forms

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