Obs. [:—OE. *bóc-mæst mast of the beech. The name must go back to the time when the beech was still called bóc, bok, of which the latest known instance is in the 12th c. The vowel of buck- shows the shortening of orig. ō before two consonants; cf. Buckland:—OE. bócland.] Beech-mast.
c. 1425. Master of Game (Halliw.). The bores fedyng is properliche ycleped akyr of ookys berynge and bukmast.
1607. Topsell, Four-f. Beasts, 110. They will not eat Buckmast wherewithal Hogs grow fat.
1863. Prior, Plant-n., 31.
