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▪ I. † tuke, tewke Obs. Also 6 tuyke. [Etymology uncertain. (See Prof. Weekley in N. & Q. 11th Ser. III. 130.) Connexion suggested with F. teugue, tuque, in Boyer Fr.-Eng. Dict. 1702 ‘tuque, a tarpaulin, or tarpawling’, Lescallier Vocab. des Termes de Marine 1777 has ‘toile de tugue, a canvas covering for the poop of a frigate’. According to Jal Gloss. Nautique, related to L. tēgula tiling, subseq. a canvas awning: but in Eng. applied to the material.] Canvas, such as is used for an awning or canopy; but also applied to a finer fabric.
1477Lanc. Wills (1884) 2, vij yardes Cane Tuke price the yarde vd{ddd}iiij yardes of fustian Tuke, price ye yarde xijd. 1481–90Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 416 Item, iiij. yardes of tewke rossett, price vj. s. viij. d. 1494in Rogers Agric. & Prices (1882) III. 560 (Oxford), 1 piece of Tewke for Tergates..{at}1/3. 1496Ibid., 3 yds Tewke 3/4. 1521MS. Will, A gowne watteryd tuyke. 1527MS. Inv. Goods T. Cromwell (P.R.O.), ij jerkyns of blacke saten lyned with tuke. 1530Palsgr. 280/1 Tewke to make purses of, trelis. 1552–3Inv. Ch. Goods Staffs. in Ann. Lichfield (1863) IV. 75 One canopye of tewke,..iij crosse clothes, ij of sarsnet, and the other of tewke. 1586Rates of Custome F j, Tukes the peece viij. s. ▪ II. tuke obs. pa. tense of take v.; obs. Sc. f. tuck. |