English Dictionary

mammock

/ˈmamək/

verb

(obsolete outside dialects, chiefly North Carolina, transitive) To tear to pieces.

He tried to mammock the old chair, but it was too sturdy.

意味（1）

(obsolete outside dialects, chiefly North Carolina, transitive) To tear to pieces.

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.