单词 | cheyney |
释义 | † cheyneyn. Obsolete. 1. A sort of worsted or woollen stuff. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > made from specific types of wool > worsted > types of stamin?c1225 worsted1348 monk's cloth1441 set cloth1467 vesse1483 St. Thomas worsted1518 St. Omer's worsted1530 caddis1558 cloth-rash1592 Philip and Cheyney1614 none-so-pretty1622 tammy1675 cheyneyc1680 crape1682 bunting1742 beaudoy1759 wildbore1784 Princetta?1790 Circassian1824 plain-back1830 Coburg1844 Tournai1858 Tricotine1914 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 41 The Bannyans..sell Callicoes, Cheney Sattin, Cheney ware.] c1680 Polexfen Coll. Poems 205 In stead of our Stuff, Serges, Cheyneys, and other Goods. 1690 J. Child Disc. Trade viii. 133 Colchester Bayes..Cheanyes, and some other sorts of Norwich Stuffs. 1701 London Gaz. No. 3701/4 All sorts of Mercery Goods, viz. Bristol Stuffs, Toys..Shaloons..Silk Shags, Chenies..will be sold by Auction. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece iii. 109 Ev'ry airy woof, Cheyney, and bayse, and serge..and the long countless list Of woollen webs. 2. In some passages it is associated with Philip and Cheny (also Philip, Hob, and Cheny): a phrase found from 16th cent. in the sense of ‘Dick, Tom, and Harry’; see Philip n. ΚΠ 1620 J. Taylor Praise of Hemp-seed 4 No cloath of siluer, Gold, or Tisue, here: Philip and Cheiny neuer would appeare Within our bounds. a1627 W. Rowley & T. Middleton Wit at Severall Weapons ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Kkkkkkv/1 'Twill put a Lady scarce in Philip and Cheyney, With three small Bugle Laces, like a Chamber-maid. 1650 Will of Brooke (Somerset Ho.) My red bed of Phillipp & China. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1620 |
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