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doupn.1 Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Dutch. Perhaps a borrowing from Middle Low German. Etymons: Dutch dop; Middle Low German dop. Etymology: Probably < either (i) Middle Dutch dop , doppe , dup eggshell (Dutch dop shell, knob, bowl, etc.), or (ii) Middle Low German dop, doppe eggshell, nutshell, fingertip, pot, spinning top (German regional (Low German) dop , doppe , denoting various rounded objects; Old Saxon dop spinning top), both cognate with Old High German topf spinning top, topfo pointed end (Middle High German topf , German Topf pot; compare top n.2), further etymology uncertain; perhaps < the same Germanic base as dip v. Compare later doup n.2The α. forms apparently show a reverse spelling on the analogy of words with vocalized l (compare e.g. nolt n., variant of nowt n.1). With sense 1 perhaps compare Scots regional (Angus) doupie (in the game of marbles) the hole into which the marbles are rolled (20th cent.). the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > [noun] > a cavity or hollow a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1957) iii. x. 15 Of hys e dolp [L. luminis effossi] the flowand blude and attir He wysch away. the world > animals > birds > egg > [noun] > part of a1598 D. Fergusson (1641) sig. Bv Better half egge nor toome doupe. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais vi. 33 Castor and Pollux [born] of the doupe of that Egge which was laid..by Leda. 1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil (new ed.) Gloss. at Dolp The Scots pronounce it dowp. Thus, the dowp of an egg, a toom dowp, i.e. empty shell. 1825 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch in June 667/2 All the eggs in Smeaton dairy might have found resting-places for their doups, in a row. 1858 J. Grant lxi. 303 We have an auld Scottish proverb, which saith, a hauf egg is better than a toom doup, so I must e'en content me. 1881 W. Gregor xx. 141 A've set a hen wi' nine eggs... Doups an shalls gang ower the sea, Cocks an hens come hame t' me. 1896 Æ. J. G. Mackay xiii. 278 ‘Blood without suet mak's puir puddins’ and ‘Better half an egg than a toom doup’, are two proverbs of the kitchen which were current in Fife, and belong to the cottage, not to the palace. 1926 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ 4 He..Turns up the whites o's een Like twa oon eggs... ‘Whaur ma sicht s'ud be I've stuck The toom doups o' the sun And mune.’ 1988 G. Lamb Doop, dup, the thick end of an egg. 3. the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > buttock(s) > [noun] 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais xxii. 97 At the salt doup [Fr. au cul sallé]. 1718 A. Ramsay iii. 30 A the Skaith that chanc'd indeed, Was only on their Dowps. ?1775 5 His hair..Like a cows tail hings down his back, or that o'er colleys doups. 1816 J. Scott viii. 257 Sax and therty lashes a piece on the bare doup. 1827 J. Wilson et al. Noctes Ambrosianae 111 in Jan. xxx. Wild-dyucks a' risin' thegither..wi' their outstretched bills and droupin' doups. 1840 (new ed.) 246 His drawers on his doup luik'd se canny. 1880 W. H. Patterson 32 Dowp,..a child's ‘bundie’. 1920 12 June 790 An' doon he'd loup Frae the hint' o' the shaft by the sheltie's doup. 1945 B. Marshall x. 77 The auld bitches..sat on their great muckle doups clavering away about the price of tea. 2017 @Messcotti 5 May in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) ‘Bow out’? Turfed oot on his doup mair like! the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > parts of > seat 1819 J. Hogg 118 A pair o' breeks that wants the doup. 1879 G. MacDonald I. 44 That puir negleckit bairn..wi' little o' a jacket but the collar, an' naething o' the breeks but the doup. 1890 J. Service 37 They tak him by the cuff o' the neck and the dowp o' the breeks. the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > lowest position > bottom or lowest part the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > end piece the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > thing which may be smoked > cigar or cigarette > butt or end of 1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil (new ed.) Gloss. at Dolp The extremity or end of any thing; so, dowp of a candle. 1827 in G. R. Kinloch 22 She wad..lay her head upo' her dish doup, And sleep like onie sow. 1831 Nov. 9 An auld canker'd carlin' frae the doonermaist house o' the close, wi' the dowp o' a cannel in her haund. 1839 D. M. Moir (rev. ed.) xxiv. 305 Brushing the sawdust off the doup of one of them [sc. bottles],..I popped at leisure up the close. 1897 (2nd Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) Dec. 150/2 I hae seen..men followin' an officer for twa three miles simply for the doup o' his cigar. 1905 E. W. Prevost 47/2 Cannel doup, the butt or thick lumpy end of a candle nearly burnt out. a1943 W. Soutar (1948) 81 We wud be grammlin owre ane anither To grab a cannel-doup. 1950 30 136/1 A clover catchcrop that keepit the doups o' the sheaves sae wet. 1972 A. Mackie 20 Ach, Scotland, a back close i the mind, The doup o the seck, let doun country. 1980 Dec. 78 I ken how you'll gae, Tam..: i the gutter, wi the fag-dowps an spew. 2000 I. Rankin (2010) 381 The barman came to empty the ashtray of its single dowp. 2021 C. Aitchison in 98 11 Whaniver he reacht the dowp ae the stair she rusht tae her room. 1807 J. Duncan i. 20 The lower links, or doups, are lifted by small rods, and the heddles are pushed back by moving the lay. 1831 G. R. Porter 285 The half leaf..passes through the upper doup of the standard. 1889 E. A. Posselt 228 Two movements of the doup and the standard heddle contain the entire secret of gauze weaving. 1920 1 25/2 The doups pull over the warp threads..and they are thus made to twist around and interlock the filling threads in a very firm manner. 2015 S. Mitchell vi. 195/5 On a shaft loom,..when that shaft is raised, the doups twist the warp threads. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † doupn.2 Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: doup v. Etymology: Probably < doup v. However, compare earlier doup n.1, especially sense 4 at that entry. Scottish. Obsolete. 1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil (new ed.) Gloss. at Dolp Dowp of the day. 1718 A. Ramsay iii. 26 We doun to E'ning Edge wi Ease, Shall loup and se what's doon, I' the Doup i'the Day. 1793 T. Scott 319 Weel pleas'd I at the doup o' e'en, Slide cannie owr the heugh alane. 1813 25 Facnotum proposed that Jorum shou'd stay, An' come wi' the coach i' the dowp o' the day. 1905 J. L. Robertson 57 In open parley meet Our statesmen at the doup o' day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). doupv.Origin: Probably a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: Probably the reflex of a borrowing < early Scandinavian (compare Norwegian regional duppa , variant of dubba to bend, to nod (19th cent. or earlier)), related to dip v. With sense 1 compare earlier doup n.1 With sense 2 compare earlier doup n.2In form dowp apparently influenced by forms of doup n.1 Scottish and English regional ( north-western). the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > bend down 1694 in J. Robertson (1839) 118 John McWat came to the byer door, and halted a little,..and then came douping in. 1720 A. Ramsay 171 He rumages thy Skies, Mounts up beyond them,..Doups down to visit ilka Laigh-land Ghaist. 1818 Oct. 328/2 The crashan' taps o' knarlie aiks Cam doupan' to the grun'. 1847 H. S. Riddell 137 The plover would cower in the moorland dismayed, And the sky-lark doop down where the grey martyr prayed. 1877 R. W. Thom 23 Death doops doon on the langest liver. 1899 B. Kirkby in (1900) II. 136/2 [Westmorland] Ah doop'd doon mi heed an it mist mi. 1905 E. W. Prevost 62/1 They speak at Hesket Newmarket of ‘a goon doopin' a laal bit ta yah side’. 1995 S. Blackhall 11 Ontil a doontoun cafe it [sc. a UFO] dowped An plunkit itsel at the foun. 1791 J. Learmont 57 A crak an' chapen wi' a neighbour, Whan gloamin doupit he was eager. 1825 J. Jamieson Suppl. (at cited word) Denoting the approach of evening; as ‘The day is douping down’, i.e. the gloom of night is beginning to approach. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
