† dust-pointn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dust n.¹, point n.¹

Etymology: < dust n.¹ + point n.¹

Obsolete.

A boy's game in which ‘points’ were laid in a heap of dust, and thrown at with a stone.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > stone-throwing games

duck and drake1585

dust-point1611

duck1821

duck's-off1888

knicker1900

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Darde Our boyes laying their points in a heape of dust, and throwing at them with a stone, call that play of theirs, Dust-point.

a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Captaine iii. iii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hh^v/2 He lookes Like a great School-boy that had been blown up Last night at dust-point.

1630 M. Drayton Muses Elizium vi. 55 Downe goe our Hooks and Scrips, and we to Nine-holes fall, At Dust-point, or at Quoyts.

1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 50 To play at Dust-point, Span-counter, Skittle-pins.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	dust-point
释义	† dust-pointn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dust n.¹, point n.¹ Etymology: < dust n.¹ + point n.¹ Obsolete. A boy's game in which ‘points’ were laid in a heap of dust, and thrown at with a stone. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > stone-throwing games duck and drake1585 dust-point1611 duck1821 duck's-off1888 knicker1900 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Darde Our boyes laying their points in a heape of dust, and throwing at them with a stone, call that play of theirs, Dust-point. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Captaine iii. iii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hh^v/2 He lookes Like a great School-boy that had been blown up Last night at dust-point. 1630 M. Drayton Muses Elizium vi. 55 Downe goe our Hooks and Scrips, and we to Nine-holes fall, At Dust-point, or at Quoyts. 1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 50 To play at Dust-point, Span-counter, Skittle-pins. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1611
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