Hăs'sock, n.

n. [Scot. hassock, hassick, a besom, any thing bushy, a large round turf used as a seat, W. hesgog, sedgy, hesg, sedge, rushes, hesor, a hassock, Sw. hwass, wass, mat-weed, rush.] 1. A thick mat for kneeling in church. And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced. Cowper. 2. A sandstone quarried in Kent, England, and sometimes used for the interior walls of churches.