daddocks

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

The heart or body of a tree thoroughly rotten.--Ash.


This old word is not noticed by Johnson, Todd, or Webster. It is introduced by Mr. Worcester in his new dictionary.

The great red daddocks lay in the green pastures, where they had lain year after year, crumbling away, and sending forth innumerable forms of vegetable life.--Margaret, p. 215.