dish-cloutn.

Forms: see dish n. and clout n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dish n., clout n.¹

Etymology: < dish n. + clout n.¹ Compare dishcloth n.

archaic or dialect.

a. A ‘clout’ or cloth used for washing dishes, etc.; = dishcloth n. in the wringing of a dish-clout: speedily, immediately.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing table utensils > [noun] > equipment for washing or drying table utensils

water-clothOE

neck towel1493

dish-clout1530

mop1683

bottlebrush1685

rinse1738

tea-cloth1770

dishcloth1828

dish-rag1839

tea-towel1863

dish-towel1869

dish-pan1872

lappie1892

dish-mop1897

washing-up cloth1973

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 214/1 Disshecloute, souillon.

1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 50^v As y^e saying is, wash their face wⁱ faire water, and drie it ouer wⁱ a dishclout.

1677 A. Horneck Great Law Consideration (1704) iii. 68 He that makes a rich carpet, doth not intend it for dish-clouts.

1782 F. Burney Let. 28 Dec. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2012) V. 235 What a slut Mrs. Ord must think me! to put a dish clout in my Pocket.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ix. 228 Breakfast shall be on the board in the wringing of a dish-clout.

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 36 And have known Hamlet to stalk solemnly on to deliver his soliloquy, with a dishclout pinned to his skirts.

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 86/1 ‘Go thee ways or I'll pin th' dishclout to thee tail’ is not unfrequently said to men and boys who interfere in the kitchen.

b. taken as a type of limpness and weakness.

ΚΠ

1692 T. Tryon Good House-wife (ed. 2) i. 7 You are now weak as Water, and have no more Spirits than a Dish-clout.

1863 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 170 I was on foot again—but weak as a dishclout.

c. used in contemptuous comparison or allusion.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible > object of contempt > type of something contemptible

figc1450

dish-clouta1529

figo1589

weak sauce1993

a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 121 A bawdy dysche clowte, That bryngyth the worlde abowte.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. v. 219 Romeo is but a dishclout In respect of him.

a1640 P. Massinger Bashful Lover v. i. 33 in 3 New Playes (1655) I am gazing on This gorgeous House, our Cote's a dishclout to it.

d. transferred.

ΚΠ

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 97 The Latines [call the caul] Mappaventris, the dish-clout or map of the Belly, because it licketh vp the superfluities thereof.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) To make a napkin of one's dish-clout, to marry one's cook.

1822 W. Scott Let. 25 June (1934) VII. 195 It was hard he should be made the dish-clout to wipe up the stains of such a man.

e. attributive.

ΚΠ

?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat sig. 11^v More..then his dish-clout discipline will sette vp in seauen yeeres.

1755 H. Walpole Let. 20 Dec. in Corr. (1941) IX. 180 That old rag of a dishclout ministry, Harry Furnese, is to be the other Lord.

Derivatives

dish-clout v. (transitive) to wash with a dish-clout.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > wash [verb (transitive)] > wash with dish-clout

dish-clout1861

1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 353/1 They are expected to dish-clout the whole of the panels [of a cab].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	dish-clout
释义	dish-cloutn. Forms: see dish n. and clout n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dish n., clout n.¹ Etymology: < dish n. + clout n.¹ Compare dishcloth n. archaic or dialect. a. A ‘clout’ or cloth used for washing dishes, etc.; = dishcloth n. in the wringing of a dish-clout: speedily, immediately. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing table utensils > [noun] > equipment for washing or drying table utensils water-clothOE neck towel1493 dish-clout1530 mop1683 bottlebrush1685 rinse1738 tea-cloth1770 dishcloth1828 dish-rag1839 tea-towel1863 dish-towel1869 dish-pan1872 lappie1892 dish-mop1897 washing-up cloth1973 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 214/1 Disshecloute, souillon. 1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 50^v As y^e saying is, wash their face wⁱ faire water, and drie it ouer wⁱ a dishclout. 1677 A. Horneck Great Law Consideration (1704) iii. 68 He that makes a rich carpet, doth not intend it for dish-clouts. 1782 F. Burney Let. 28 Dec. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2012) V. 235 What a slut Mrs. Ord must think me! to put a dish clout in my Pocket. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ix. 228 Breakfast shall be on the board in the wringing of a dish-clout. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 36 And have known Hamlet to stalk solemnly on to deliver his soliloquy, with a dishclout pinned to his skirts. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 86/1 ‘Go thee ways or I'll pin th' dishclout to thee tail’ is not unfrequently said to men and boys who interfere in the kitchen. b. taken as a type of limpness and weakness. ΚΠ 1692 T. Tryon Good House-wife (ed. 2) i. 7 You are now weak as Water, and have no more Spirits than a Dish-clout. 1863 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 170 I was on foot again—but weak as a dishclout. c. used in contemptuous comparison or allusion. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible > object of contempt > type of something contemptible figc1450 dish-clouta1529 figo1589 weak sauce1993 a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 121 A bawdy dysche clowte, That bryngyth the worlde abowte. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. v. 219 Romeo is but a dishclout In respect of him. View more context for this quotation a1640 P. Massinger Bashful Lover v. i. 33 in 3 New Playes (1655) I am gazing on This gorgeous House, our Cote's a dishclout to it. d. transferred. ΚΠ 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 97 The Latines [call the caul] Mappaventris, the dish-clout or map of the Belly, because it licketh vp the superfluities thereof. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) To make a napkin of one's dish-clout, to marry one's cook. 1822 W. Scott Let. 25 June (1934) VII. 195 It was hard he should be made the dish-clout to wipe up the stains of such a man. e. attributive. ΚΠ ?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat sig. 11^v More..then his dish-clout discipline will sette vp in seauen yeeres. 1755 H. Walpole Let. 20 Dec. in Corr. (1941) IX. 180 That old rag of a dishclout ministry, Harry Furnese, is to be the other Lord. Derivatives dish-clout v. (transitive) to wash with a dish-clout. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > wash [verb (transitive)] > wash with dish-clout dish-clout1861 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 353/1 They are expected to dish-clout the whole of the panels [of a cab]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1529
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