firkinn.

Brit.

/ˈfəːkɪn/, U.S.

/ˈfərkən/

Forms: Middle English ferdekyn, ferken, verken, wyrckyn, wyrkyn, 1500s firken, fyrken, fyrkin, Scottish ferrekyn, (1600s firking, 1700s ferkin), 1800s Scottish firikin, 1500s– firkin.

Etymology: In 15th cent. ferdekyn , apparently < Middle Dutch *vierdekijn , diminutive of vierde fourth, fourth part: see -kin suffix.

a. A small cask for liquids, fish, butter, etc., originally containing a quarter of a ‘barrel’ or half a ‘kilderkin’.ale firkin: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] > small

firkin1423

cag1452

kinkin1493

tonekin1546

bottle1578

kempkin1580

knaga1585

barrico1607

barrelet1611

barriket1611

keg1632

costrel1709

bareca1773

breaker1834

1423 Act 2 Hen. VI c. 14 Ferdekyns de Harank.

1480 R. Cely Let. 26 Jan. in Cely Lett. (1975) 103 Yowr ij wyrkyns whon of samon and the tothyr of tony.

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xxx/2 To enacte that euery..barell kilderkyn and firken of ale and bere kepe ther full mesur.

15.. Aberdeen Reg. (Jam.) Ane ferrekyn of saip.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 223 Put them..into some tub or firkin .

1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. xxiii. 394 Butter in firkins.

1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 1177 He carried the firkins as far as Bowes.

1879 J. Burroughs Locusts & Wild Honey 10 As the dairy-maid packs butter into a firkin.

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Aug. 4/1 The farm labourer carries his day's allowance to the field in a sort of miniature cask, known to him as a ‘firkin’, which may hold from a quart to a gallon.

b. humorously applied to a person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [noun] > fat or plump shape or physique > person having

porknellc1540

porkling1541

porridge belly1580

tallow catch1598

woolsack1598

candle-mine1600

trillibub1600

bauson1607

panguts1617

firkin1630

porker1665

poke pudding1706

pudsy1710

jolluxa1797

fatty1797

fattener1817

rotundity1824

tun-butt1829

stout party1855

pig1858

fatlinga1861

slob1861

bladder of lard1864

butterball1877

lard-bladder1891

jelly-belly1896

tub1897

barrel1909

flop1909

pussy-gut1909

gutbucket1919

Billy Bunter1939

endomorph1940

Fatso1944

slug1959

1630 J. Taylor Wks. iii. 78/2 Most of them are transformed to Barrels, Firkings, and Kinderkins, alwayes fraight with Hamburge beere.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Firkin of foul Stuff, a..Coarse Corpulent Woman.

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. vi. viii. 315 Rather than see our school defiled with yon firikin of foul stuff.

2. Used as a measure of capacity: Half a kilderkin. (The ‘barrel’, ‘kilderkin’, and ‘firkin’ varied in capacity according to the commodity.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > barrel or cask as unit > firkin

firkin1465

ale firkin1683

1465 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 299 Paid for a fferken ale, x.d.

1485 in H. E. Holden Cely Papers (1900) 184 P^d per me for an verken of gonpouder, viij d.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) John ii. f. cxxj Pottes of stone..contaynynge two or thre fyrkyns a pece.

1543 R. Record Ground of Artes i. sig. N.iii Of ale the fyrken contayneth 8 galons.

1600 T. Hylles Arte Vulgar Arithm. i. xiii. 66 b 8 gallons in measure make 1 firkin of ale, sope, herring; 9 gallons..1 firkin of beere; 10½ gallons, 1 firkin of salmon or Eeles.

1662 J. Denham Rump i. 152 Another..was done with a Firkin of Powder.

1712 J. Warder True Amazons 33 Honey, that will make us a Ferkin of good Mead.

1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) (at cited word) Two Firkins make a Kilderkin.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 132 They made me drink a firkin of Malvoisie.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as firkin-trade.

1670 J. Smith England's Improvem. Reviv'd 164 4 wooden Vessels of Firkin size.

1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) II. 158 This Monster in Iniquity sold his Firkin-Trade.

C2.

firkin-man n. (see quot. 1706).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in food and drink > in liquor

wine-merchantc950

vintnerc1430

cooperc1503

merchant vintner1532

beer-monger1622

wine-cooper1635

firkin-man1706

brandy-man1723

brandy-merchant1771

gin spinner1778

liqueur merchant1801

almacenista1846

liquor-dealer1859

négociant1910

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Firkin~man, one that trades with a Brewer for small Beer, to furnish his own Customers.

1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) II. 158 The honest Brewer or Firkin-man.

Derivatives

ˈfirkin v. (transitive) to store up in firkins.Apparently an isolated use.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2234/2 I can not firken vp my butter..and let the poore want.

firkiˈneer n. [see -eer suffix¹] one who sells by the firkin.Apparently an isolated use.

1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 52 468 The orders—the princely prices, came from kingdoms that were magnificent—not from costermongering republics..not from illiberal guilds of salt-butter firkineers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	firkin
释义	firkinn. Brit. /ˈfəːkɪn/, U.S. /ˈfərkən/ Forms: Middle English ferdekyn, ferken, verken, wyrckyn, wyrkyn, 1500s firken, fyrken, fyrkin, Scottish ferrekyn, (1600s firking, 1700s ferkin), 1800s Scottish firikin, 1500s– firkin. Etymology: In 15th cent. ferdekyn , apparently < Middle Dutch vierdekijn , diminutive of vierde* fourth, fourth part: see -kin suffix. 1. a. A small cask for liquids, fish, butter, etc., originally containing a quarter of a ‘barrel’ or half a ‘kilderkin’.ale firkin: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] > small firkin1423 cag1452 kinkin1493 tonekin1546 bottle1578 kempkin1580 knaga1585 barrico1607 barrelet1611 barriket1611 keg1632 costrel1709 bareca1773 breaker1834 1423 Act 2 Hen. VI c. 14 Ferdekyns de Harank. 1480 R. Cely Let. 26 Jan. in Cely Lett. (1975) 103 Yowr ij wyrkyns whon of samon and the tothyr of tony. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xxx/2 To enacte that euery..barell kilderkyn and firken of ale and bere kepe ther full mesur. 15.. Aberdeen Reg. (Jam.) Ane ferrekyn of saip. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 223 Put them..into some tub or firkin . View more context for this quotation 1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. xxiii. 394 Butter in firkins. 1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 1177 He carried the firkins as far as Bowes. 1879 J. Burroughs Locusts & Wild Honey 10 As the dairy-maid packs butter into a firkin. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Aug. 4/1 The farm labourer carries his day's allowance to the field in a sort of miniature cask, known to him as a ‘firkin’, which may hold from a quart to a gallon. b. humorously applied to a person. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [noun] > fat or plump shape or physique > person having porknellc1540 porkling1541 porridge belly1580 tallow catch1598 woolsack1598 candle-mine1600 trillibub1600 bauson1607 panguts1617 firkin1630 porker1665 poke pudding1706 pudsy1710 jolluxa1797 fatty1797 fattener1817 rotundity1824 tun-butt1829 stout party1855 pig1858 fatlinga1861 slob1861 bladder of lard1864 butterball1877 lard-bladder1891 jelly-belly1896 tub1897 barrel1909 flop1909 pussy-gut1909 gutbucket1919 Billy Bunter1939 endomorph1940 Fatso1944 slug1959 1630 J. Taylor Wks. iii. 78/2 Most of them are transformed to Barrels, Firkings, and Kinderkins, alwayes fraight with Hamburge beere. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Firkin of foul Stuff, a..Coarse Corpulent Woman. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. vi. viii. 315 Rather than see our school defiled with yon firikin of foul stuff. 2. Used as a measure of capacity: Half a kilderkin. (The ‘barrel’, ‘kilderkin’, and ‘firkin’ varied in capacity according to the commodity.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > liquid measure of capacity > specific units of liquid measure > barrel or cask as unit > firkin firkin1465 ale firkin1683 1465 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 299 Paid for a fferken ale, x.d. 1485 in H. E. Holden Cely Papers (1900) 184 P^d per me for an verken of gonpouder, viij d. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) John ii. f. cxxj Pottes of stone..contaynynge two or thre fyrkyns a pece. 1543 R. Record Ground of Artes i. sig. N.iii Of ale the fyrken contayneth 8 galons. 1600 T. Hylles Arte Vulgar Arithm. i. xiii. 66 b 8 gallons in measure make 1 firkin of ale, sope, herring; 9 gallons..1 firkin of beere; 10½ gallons, 1 firkin of salmon or Eeles. 1662 J. Denham Rump i. 152 Another..was done with a Firkin of Powder. 1712 J. Warder True Amazons 33 Honey, that will make us a Ferkin of good Mead. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) (at cited word) Two Firkins make a Kilderkin. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 132 They made me drink a firkin of Malvoisie. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as firkin-trade. Π 1670 J. Smith England's Improvem. Reviv'd 164 4 wooden Vessels of Firkin size. 1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) II. 158 This Monster in Iniquity sold his Firkin-Trade. C2. firkin-man n. (see quot. 1706). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in food and drink > in liquor wine-merchantc950 vintnerc1430 cooperc1503 merchant vintner1532 beer-monger1622 wine-cooper1635 firkin-man1706 brandy-man1723 brandy-merchant1771 gin spinner1778 liqueur merchant1801 almacenista1846 liquor-dealer1859 négociant1910 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Firkin~man, one that trades with a Brewer for small Beer, to furnish his own Customers. 1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) II. 158 The honest Brewer or Firkin-man. Derivatives ˈfirkin v. (transitive) to store up in firkins.Apparently an isolated use. Π 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2234/2 I can not firken vp my butter..and let the poore want. firkiˈneer n. [see -eer suffix¹] one who sells by the firkin.Apparently an isolated use. Π 1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 52 468 The orders—the princely prices, came from kingdoms that were magnificent—not from costermongering republics..not from illiberal guilds of salt-butter firkineers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1423
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