> On Apr 17, 2021, at 11:44 AM, Bob Pdml <pdm...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > On 17 Apr 2021, at 19:18, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: >> >> >>> On 17 April 2021 at 08:03 Bob Pdml <pdm...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On 17 Apr 2021, at 07:21, Toine <to...@repiuk.nl> wrote: >>>> >>>> [...] And now I need to >>>> know why it's called Dogwood in English. >>> >>> Probably something to do with their bark. >> >> Woodn't you know it. I was taught, many years ago, that it is a corruption >> of dagwood, which is what arrows (dags) were made from. > > OED says “so named because the wood was formerly used to make ‘dogs’ (i.e. > skewers)”. > > This may be the origin of the popular British pastime of dogging, when you go > out in the evening to the nearest woods looking for a right old dog to > spit-roast…
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