thurrock

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English thurrok, from Old English þurruc (hold of a ship; bilge), from Proto-West Germanic *þurruk, from Proto-Indo-European *terg-, *terǵ- (to rub, wipe, clean, make holes). Cognate with Saterland Frisian durk (sewer, bilge-water, lowest part in the hold of a ship), Middle Dutch durck, dorck (the hold of a ship) (Dutch durk, dork (a spout-hole)), Middle Low German dork (keel room, the lowest part of a ship's hold), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌺𐍉 (þairkō, hole, eye (of a needle)), Latin tergō, tergeō (wipe, scour, clean, verb), Old English þurh, þuruh (through). More at through, thorough.

Noun

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thurrock (plural thurrocks)

  1. (nautical, obsolete) The hold of a ship; also, the bilge.
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