S.S.

_Mocker_ (Vol. ii., p. 519.).--In some of the provincial dialects of

England, and in the Scotch of the lowlands of Scotland, there are a good

many Dutch words. _Moker_, in Dutch, means _a large hammer_. This is

probably the word used by the old cottager of Pembridge, and spelt _Mocker_

by W.M.

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