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Mammock

//ˈmæmək// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A shapeless piece; a fragment. dialectal, obsolete

    ""Can. Let me be torn into mammocks with wild Bears if I make not a gallemaufry of thy heart""

Verb
  1. 1
    To tear to pieces. dialectal, obsolete, transitive

    "I saw him run after a gilded Butterfly, & when he caught it, he let it go againe, and after it againe, and ouer and ouer he comes, and vp againe: catcht it again: or whether his fall enrag'd him, or how 'twas, hee did so set his teeth, and teare it. Oh, I warrant how he mammockt it."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From mam (of obscure origin) + -ock (“diminutive suffix”).

Etymology 2

From mam (of obscure origin) + -ock (“diminutive suffix”).

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