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† carcan Obs.
Forms: 6 Sc. carkanne, (carcant), 6–7 carquan, 7 carkan, carkeyne, 6–8 carcan.
[a. F. carcan (in OF. also quercant, cherchant, charchant, Pr. carcan, late L. carcannum, It. carcame), f. Teut.: cf. OHG. quercka (fem.), ON. kverk, in comb. kverka- throat.]
1. An iron collar used for punishment.
1534Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. iv. D iij b, Carcans for blasphemers, chaynes for sclaues. 1596Danett tr. Comines 236 A fetter to put on their feete, very hard to be opened, like to a carquan. 1777Brand Pop. Antiq. (1849) III. 109 An iron collar or carcan.
2. An ornamental collar or necklace; = next.
1539Ld. Treas. Acc. in Pitcairn Crim. Trials I. 299 New-ȝeris Giftis, in chenȝeis, tabullatis, ringis, stanis, car⁓kannis. 1601Holland Pliny xxxiii. xii, Carquans and such ornaments for their shooes of silver. 1603― Plutarch's Mor. 215 The gorgeous trappings and capparisons, the brooches, collars and carkans of riches. 1694Strype Cranmer App. iii. 7 One carkeyne of gold antique warke. |