doffv.

Brit.

/dɒf/, U.S.

/dɔf/,

/dɑf/

Forms: Past tense and participle doffed /dɒft/.

Etymology: Coalesced form of do off: see to do off at do v. Phrasal verbs 2. Compare also daff v.²In ordinary colloquial use in north of England (not in Scotland). Elsewhere, since 16th cent., a literary word with an archaic flavour. Ray noted it as a northern provincialism; Johnson, as ‘in all its senses obsolete, and scarcely used except by rustics’. In 19th cent., from the time of Scott, very frequent in literary use.

a. transitive. To put off or take off from the body (clothing, or anything worn or borne); to take off or ‘raise’ (the head-gear) by way of a salutation or token of respect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > take off clothing

to do offeOE

to lay downc1275

to weve offc1290

stripc1320

doffa1375

loose1382

ofdrawa1393

casta1400

to take offa1400

warpa1400

to cast offc1400

to catch offc1400

waivec1400

voidc1407

to put off?a1425

to wap offc1440

to lay from, offc1480

despoil1483

to pull offc1500

slip1535

devest1566

to shift off1567

daff1609

discuss1640

to lay off1699

strip1762

douse1780

shuffle1837

derobe1841

shed1858

skin1861

peel1888

pull1888

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2343 Dof bliue þis bere-skyn.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxv. 120 He doffez his hatte.

1401 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 107 The sacred host..to whiche we knele and doffe our hodes.

1483 Cath. Angl. 103/1 To Doffe, exuere.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. ix. sig. Gg7^v Calidore..Doffing his bright armes, himselfe addrest In shepheards weed.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 54 Thou weare a Lyons hide, doff it for shame.

1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xiii. 259 Then made him d'off those weeds.

1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week iv. 21 Upon a rising Bank I sat adown, Then doff'd my Shoe.

1771 J. Beattie Minstrel: Bk. 1st xxxvii. 19 The little warriors doff the targe and spear.

1778 F. Burney Evelina III. xxi. 252 Just for the fun's sake, duff your coat and waistcoat, and swop with Monsieur Grinagain here, and I'll warrant you'll not know yourself which is which.

1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xi. 333 Doffed his furred gown, and sable hood.

c1838 J. Vaill in Mem. (1839) 26 My pillow was a duffed great coat.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 77 The..Earl.., cast his lance aside, And doff'd his helm.

†b. Const. off; also intransitive with with. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

?a1400 Morte Arth. 1023 Þow doffe of thy clothes, And knele in thy kyrtylle.

1644 G. Wild Serm. preached 3rd March St. Maries Oxf. 17 Those..who think a little d'offing off the Hat..Reverence enough for the Lords Annoynted; do not they Pillage him of his Divinity?

1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret ii. 45 If you will doff with your boots, and box a couple of bouts.

c. absol. To raise one's hat (to a person). rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > respect or show respect [verb (intransitive)] > bare head

to take off one's hat1571

move1573

unhat1611

bonneta1616

off-capa1616

uncover1627

doff1674

to touch one's hat1738

unbonnet1821

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge To Rdr. To look full on a Great man standing in my way, and not to vouchsafe him worth Doffing to.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Goose v, in Poems (new ed.) I. 231 The grave churchwarden doff'd, The parson smirk'd and nodded.

2. reflexive. To undress oneself, put off one's clothes. Also figurative. Now only dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (reflexive)]

stripa1225

spoila1382

unclothea1382

despoil1388

spoila1395

undighta1400

uncase1576

disrobe1581

unreadya1586

untire1597

devest1598

discasea1616

undressa1616

disvest1627

doff1697

tirr1787

unray1825

divest1848

undrape1869

unrind1872

shuck1897

1697 A. de la Pryme Diary 16 Sept. (1870) i. 150 The quaker doffs him stark naked, and takeing a burning candle in his hand he goes to the church.

1838 J. Scholes Lanc. Witches in Harland L. Lyrics (1865) 133 ‘Hie thi whoam an' doff thi.’]

3. transferred and figurative. To put off as a dress or covering; to throw off, lay aside; hence (in wider sense), to do away with, get rid of (anything associated with oneself). †Also with off (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)]

to let awaya1000

forcast?c1225

to lay downc1275

forthrow1340

flita1375

removea1382

to cast away1382

understrewc1384

castc1390

to lay awaya1400

to lay asidec1440

slingc1440

warpiss1444

to lay from, offc1480

way-put1496

depose1526

to lay apart1526

to put off1526

to set apart1530

to turn up1541

abandonate?1561

devest1566

dispatch1569

decarta1572

discard1578

to make away1580

to fling away1587

to cast off1597

doff1599

cashier1603

to set by1603

moult1604

excuss1607

retorta1616

divest1639

deposit1646

disentail1667

dismiss1675

slough1845

shed1856

jettison1869

shake1872

offload1900

junk1911

dump1919

sluff1934

bin1940

to put down1944

shitcan1973

1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. i. 89 Romeo doffe thy name, And for thy name which is no part of thee, take all my selfe.

1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor v. iii. sig. Piv^v Hee..oftentimes d'offeth off his owne Nature, and puts on theirs.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 189 Your eye..would create Soldiours, make our women fight, To doffe their dire distresses.

1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xviii. sig. D8 He ha's doft off the name of a Clowne.

1858 C. Patmore Espousals x, in Angel in House (ed. 2) II. 277 Love..doff'd at last his heavenly state.

1867 A. P. Forbes Explan. 39 Art. (1881) ii. 29 The Word is said to have donned human nature, never more to doff it.

†4. To put (any one) off (with an excuse, etc.); to turn aside: cf. daff v.² 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > evade [verb (transitive)] > put off

pop1530

to put off1569

to fode forth (also occasionally forward, off, on, out)1591

to shift offc1592

foist1598

to fob off1600

fub1600

to shuffle off1604

doffa1616

jig1633

to trump upa1640

whiffle1654

to fool off1664

sham1682

drill1752

to set off1768

to put by1779

jilt1782

palm1822

stall1829

job1872

to give (a person) the go-around1925

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 180 Euery day, thou dofftst [1623 dafts] me, with some deuise Iago.

a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd i. iv. 29 in Wks. (1640) III They..strew Tods haires, or with their tailes doe sweepe The dewy grasse, to d'off the simpler sheepe.

1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 67 They doffed us off as long as they could, and then locked up their doors.

5. Textiles.

a. To strip off the slivers of wool, cotton, etc., from the carding-cylinders.

ΚΠ

1825 [implied in: ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 380 The doffer or taker-off, having affixed to it the steel comb called the doffing-plate. (at doffer n. 1)].

1851 Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. p. iv **/2 This..instrument doffs the cotton in a fine transparent fleece.

b. To remove the bobbins or spindles when full to make room for empty ones. See doffer n.

ΚΠ

1864 R. A. Arnold Hist. Cotton Famine 33 Spinners..have, in technical language..to ‘doff the cops’; in other words..to remove and relieve the spindles of the spun yarn.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 356/2 The seldomer the bobbins require to be changed or 'doffed' the less work is entailed upon the attendants.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	doff
释义	† doffn. Etymology: < doff v. Obsolete. rare. With off. An act of doffing; a ‘put off’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > an evasion, subterfuge > in order to put off doff1606 stall off1819 1606 Wily Beguilde 38 Lelia has een giuen him the doff off here. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021). doffv. Brit. /dɒf/, U.S. /dɔf/, /dɑf/ Forms: Past tense and participle doffed /dɒft/. Etymology: Coalesced form of do off: see to do off at do v. Phrasal verbs 2. Compare also daff v.²In ordinary colloquial use in north of England (not in Scotland). Elsewhere, since 16th cent., a literary word with an archaic flavour. Ray noted it as a northern provincialism; Johnson, as ‘in all its senses obsolete, and scarcely used except by rustics’. In 19th cent., from the time of Scott, very frequent in literary use. 1. a. transitive. To put off or take off from the body (clothing, or anything worn or borne); to take off or ‘raise’ (the head-gear) by way of a salutation or token of respect. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > take off clothing to do offeOE to lay downc1275 to weve offc1290 stripc1320 doffa1375 loose1382 ofdrawa1393 casta1400 to take offa1400 warpa1400 to cast offc1400 to catch offc1400 waivec1400 voidc1407 to put off?a1425 to wap offc1440 to lay from, offc1480 despoil1483 to pull offc1500 slip1535 devest1566 to shift off1567 daff1609 discuss1640 to lay off1699 strip1762 douse1780 shuffle1837 derobe1841 shed1858 skin1861 peel1888 pull1888 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2343 Dof bliue þis bere-skyn. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxv. 120 He doffez his hatte. 1401 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 107 The sacred host..to whiche we knele and doffe our hodes. 1483 Cath. Angl. 103/1 To Doffe, exuere. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. ix. sig. Gg7^v Calidore..Doffing his bright armes, himselfe addrest In shepheards weed. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 54 Thou weare a Lyons hide, doff it for shame. View more context for this quotation 1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xiii. 259 Then made him d'off those weeds. 1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week iv. 21 Upon a rising Bank I sat adown, Then doff'd my Shoe. 1771 J. Beattie Minstrel: Bk. 1st xxxvii. 19 The little warriors doff the targe and spear. 1778 F. Burney Evelina III. xxi. 252 Just for the fun's sake, duff your coat and waistcoat, and swop with Monsieur Grinagain here, and I'll warrant you'll not know yourself which is which. 1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xi. 333 Doffed his furred gown, and sable hood. c1838 J. Vaill in Mem. (1839) 26 My pillow was a duffed great coat. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 77 The..Earl.., cast his lance aside, And doff'd his helm. †b. Const. off; also intransitive with with. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ ?a1400 Morte Arth. 1023 Þow doffe of thy clothes, And knele in thy kyrtylle. 1644 G. Wild Serm. preached 3rd March St. Maries Oxf. 17 Those..who think a little d'offing off the Hat..Reverence enough for the Lords Annoynted; do not they Pillage him of his Divinity? 1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret ii. 45 If you will doff with your boots, and box a couple of bouts. c. absol. To raise one's hat (to a person). rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > respect or show respect [verb (intransitive)] > bare head to take off one's hat1571 move1573 unhat1611 bonneta1616 off-capa1616 uncover1627 doff1674 to touch one's hat1738 unbonnet1821 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge To Rdr. To look full on a Great man standing in my way, and not to vouchsafe him worth Doffing to. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Goose v, in Poems (new ed.) I. 231 The grave churchwarden doff'd, The parson smirk'd and nodded. 2. reflexive. To undress oneself, put off one's clothes. Also figurative. Now only dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (reflexive)] stripa1225 spoila1382 unclothea1382 despoil1388 spoila1395 undighta1400 uncase1576 disrobe1581 unreadya1586 untire1597 devest1598 discasea1616 undressa1616 disvest1627 doff1697 tirr1787 unray1825 divest1848 undrape1869 unrind1872 shuck1897 1697 A. de la Pryme Diary 16 Sept. (1870) i. 150 The quaker doffs him stark naked, and takeing a burning candle in his hand he goes to the church. 1838 J. Scholes Lanc. Witches in Harland L. Lyrics (1865) 133 ‘Hie thi whoam an' doff thi.’] 3. transferred and figurative. To put off as a dress or covering; to throw off, lay aside; hence (in wider sense), to do away with, get rid of (anything associated with oneself). †Also with off (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] to let awaya1000 forcast?c1225 to lay downc1275 forthrow1340 flita1375 removea1382 to cast away1382 understrewc1384 castc1390 to lay awaya1400 to lay asidec1440 slingc1440 warpiss1444 to lay from, offc1480 way-put1496 depose1526 to lay apart1526 to put off1526 to set apart1530 to turn up1541 abandonate?1561 devest1566 dispatch1569 decarta1572 discard1578 to make away1580 to fling away1587 to cast off1597 doff1599 cashier1603 to set by1603 moult1604 excuss1607 retorta1616 divest1639 deposit1646 disentail1667 dismiss1675 slough1845 shed1856 jettison1869 shake1872 offload1900 junk1911 dump1919 sluff1934 bin1940 to put down1944 shitcan1973 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. i. 89 Romeo doffe thy name, And for thy name which is no part of thee, take all my selfe. View more context for this quotation 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor v. iii. sig. Piv^v Hee..oftentimes d'offeth off his owne Nature, and puts on theirs. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 189 Your eye..would create Soldiours, make our women fight, To doffe their dire distresses. View more context for this quotation 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xviii. sig. D8 He ha's doft off the name of a Clowne. 1858 C. Patmore Espousals x, in Angel in House (ed. 2) II. 277 Love..doff'd at last his heavenly state. 1867 A. P. Forbes Explan. 39 Art. (1881) ii. 29 The Word is said to have donned human nature, never more to doff it. †4. To put (any one) off (with an excuse, etc.); to turn aside: cf. daff v.² 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > evade [verb (transitive)] > put off pop1530 to put off1569 to fode forth (also occasionally forward, off, on, out)1591 to shift offc1592 foist1598 to fob off1600 fub1600 to shuffle off1604 doffa1616 jig1633 to trump upa1640 whiffle1654 to fool off1664 sham1682 drill1752 to set off1768 to put by1779 jilt1782 palm1822 stall1829 job1872 to give (a person) the go-around1925 a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 180 Euery day, thou dofftst [1623 dafts] me, with some deuise Iago. a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd i. iv. 29 in Wks. (1640) III They..strew Tods haires, or with their tailes doe sweepe The dewy grasse, to d'off the simpler sheepe. View more context for this quotation 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 67 They doffed us off as long as they could, and then locked up their doors. 5. Textiles. a. To strip off the slivers of wool, cotton, etc., from the carding-cylinders. ΚΠ 1825 [implied in: ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 380 The doffer or taker-off, having affixed to it the steel comb called the doffing-plate. (at doffer n. 1)]. 1851 Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. p. iv */2 This..instrument doffs the cotton in a fine transparent fleece. b. To remove the bobbins or spindles when full to make room for empty ones. See doffer n. ΚΠ 1864 R. A. Arnold Hist. Cotton Famine* 33 Spinners..have, in technical language..to ‘doff the cops’; in other words..to remove and relieve the spindles of the spun yarn. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 356/2 The seldomer the bobbins require to be changed or 'doffed' the less work is entailed upon the attendants. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1606v.a1375
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† doffn.

doffv.