To set up, as sheaves of grain, in stooks.
A small collection of sheaves set up in the field; a shock; in England, twelve sheaves.
Belonging to, or in the manner of, a catachresis; wrested from its natural sense or form; forced; far-fatched. -- Cat`a*chres"tic*al*ly, adv. [A] catachrestical and improper way of speaking. Jer. Taylor.