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malkinn. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Malkin. Etymology: < the female forename Malkin < Mal , pet form of the female forename Maud (compare Middle English forms Mald , Mold ; compare also similar derogatory use in Welsh of the equivalent name Mald ) + -kin suffix; in later use (in sense 1c) sometimes reanalysed as < Mal , Mall , Malle , pet form of the female forename Mary (compare moll n.2) + -kin suffix. Compare use as a surname from the late 13th cent. With sense 1b compare merkin n.1For the identification of the personal name as a diminutive of Maud compare: ▸ 1440 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 323 Malkyne, or Mawt [v.rr. Molt, Mawde], propyr name: Matildis. Compare the parallel Middle English female forename Malyn , Malyne ( < Mal , pet form of the female forename Maud + -ine suffix4), also used in sense ‘mop’ (compare sense 3a). N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (mǭ·kin) /ˈmɔːkɪn/, although compare grimalkin n. Now archaic and regional. 1. society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > [noun] > person > woman society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [noun] > personal untidiness > woman α. c1275 Lutel Soth Serm. (Calig.) 54 in R. Morris (1872) 188 Ne þeos prude ȝungemen Þat luuieþ malekin, And þeos prude maidenes Þat luuieþ Ianekin. c1390 G. Chaucer 30 It wol nat come agayn..Namoore than wol Malkyns maydenhede, Whan she hath lost it in hir wantownesse. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. i. 158 Ȝe ne haue no more meryt..Þanne malkyn of hire maidenhed, þat no man desiriþ. 1546 J. Heywood i. xi. sig. Diiv Whan I wyld the any other where to go, Tushe, there were no mo maydens but malkyn tho. 1579 S. Gosson f. 19v There are more howses then Parishe Churches, more maydes then Maulkin. 1586 W. Warner ii. ix. 36 Euen Carters Malkins wil disdaine when Gentrie will digest. 1602 N. Breton (Grosart) 8/2 Holding out her chinne and drawing in her mouth (lyke Malkins olde Mare). 1604 T. Middleton To Rdr. sig. A4v None can iustly except at me, but some riotous vomiting Kit, or some Gentleman-swallowing Mol-kin. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. i. 205 The Kitchin Malkin pinnes Her richest Lockram 'bout her reechie necke. View more context for this quotation 1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus vi. 114 I should bee too long if I should relate in what manner those subtile Wits inveagled the simplicity of those silly Maulkins. For I haue heard these Court-Ladies allow Large pensions to their Paramors. 1762 Apr. 205/1 Now monst'rous in hoop, now trapish, and walking With your petticoats clung to your heels, like a maulkin. a1794 M. Palmer (1837) 7 Such an unsoutherly malkin. 1872 Ld. Tennyson Last Tournament in 128 The swineherd's malkin. the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun] 1602 ( D. Lindsay Satyre (Charteris) 1920 in (1931) II. 191 Gif that ȝour mawkine cryis quhisch. 1795 R. Burns (1968) II. 761 When maukin bucks, at early f—ks, In dewy glens are seen, Sir. society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > persons and characters > [noun] > characters in May-day festivities a1625 J. Fletcher (1639) ii. i. sig. D2 You must turne tippet, And suddenly..Put on the shape of order and humanity, Or you must marry Malkyn the May Lady. the world > people > person > man > [noun] > effeminate man a1425 (Stonyhurst) f. 30 (MED) Gallinacius: homo debilis, a malkym [read malkyn] & a capon. 1905 11 125 Maukin, a cowardly person. 1933 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 30 Mar. in (at cited word) The lad that's fed on beef brose is nae mawkin. 3. the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > wiping > [noun] > mopping or swabbing > mop or swab α. (Harl. 221) 323 Malkyne, mappyl, or oven swepare,..dossorium, tersorium. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker (1884) I. 616/12 (MED) Hoc tersorium, Anglice, a malkyn. 1590 5 He held betweene both his hands a dirtie malkin, such as Bakers sweepe their Ouens withall. 1596 T. Nashe sig. S Shee will..haue a handfull of his beard..for a maulkin or wispe to wype her shooes with. 1611 R. Cotgrave Vuaudrée, a maulkin, or the clowt wherewith an Ouen is made cleane. 1620 G. Markham (1625) 96 Blacke, foule, and ugly like bakers malkins. 1792 J. Wolcot Royal Tour in (1812) III. 324 Of Royalty the Purple Robe so grand They to a Malkin turn, to wipe their shoes. 1796 (ed. 3) Malkin or Maulkin,..also a parcel of rags fastened to the end of a stick, to clean an oven. 1880 R. Jefferies 153 The malkin, being wetted, cleaned out the ashes [from the oven]. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Malkin, a joint-staff sponge, for cleaning out a piece of ordnance. the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > sowing and planting equipment > [noun] > bird-scarer the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > [noun] > scarecrow or device for scaring birds society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > three-dimensional representation > [noun] > model of a human α. c1565 T. Palmer (1988) 156 A dudman, otherwise called a malkin standinge vppon a thatched house, and a crowe standinge vppon his hed. 1633 T. Adams (ii. 7) 632 A Malking frights a child, a man contemnes it. 1638 T. Nabbes v. vi. 71 Ralph... What are you Sir? Spruce. A Gentleman Vsher. Ralph. You're a Malkin of mock-Gentry, made up of silke and vaine-glory. 1640 T. Nabbes i. iv You malkin of suburb authority set up only to fright crows. 1699 B. E. Malkin or Maukin, a scarecrow. a1734 R. North (1740) ii. iv. §5. 233 Then he mounted up the Maulkin to be viewed round, though nothing was to be seen or understood of it from him, more than of a scare Crow, that is the Rags and Trumpery it was garnished with. 1748 i. 82 A Basket from which issued a Puppet, or Maulkin. 1788 F. Grose (ed. 2) Malkin, or Maulkin,..a figure set up in a garden to scare the birds. 1866 C. Kingsley II. iv. 65 He must fight it out henceforth not with a straw malkin like thee. 1930 E. Blunden 141 But O no, no, they're Death's malkins dangling in the wire For the moon's interpretation. 5. As a designation for certain animals (sometimes as if a proper name). the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. i. 8 I come, Gray-Malkin! View more context for this quotation] a1627 T. Middleton (1945) iii. iii. 1355 Fire: hark, hark, the Catt sings a braue Treble in her owne language. Hec. going up. Now I goe, now I flie, Malkin my sweete Spirit and I. 1637 T. Morton ii. v. 83 Mise there are good store, and my Lady Woodbees black gray malkin may have pastime enough there. a1687 C. Cotton (1689) 182 We went, and e'er Malkin could well lick her ear,..forsooth, we were there. 1785 F. Grose Malkin, or Maulkin, a general name for a cat. 1866 St. Andrews Gaz. 23 June in (at cited word) When Mr Brown..left Cairns Mill for his new residence, maukin was placed in a bag and conveyed along with the other chattels. On the following morning pussey was found..sitting at the door of her old residence. 1876 F. K. Robinson Mawkin, or Malkin, a cat. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus europaeus (hare) 1706 J. Watson i. 69 I grip't the Mackings be the Bunns, or be the Neck. 1723 A. Ramsay I. 112 Skipping like a Mawking. 1786 R. Burns (1968) I. 103 The sun had clos'd the winter day,..And hunger'd Maukin taen her way To kail-yards green. 1793 in J. G. Lockhart vii I'll send ye a maukin the morn, man. 1818 4 65 He [sc. a sportsman] would probably be as much gratified by the discovery of mawkin, as the Astronomer would be by the discovery of a constellation. 1844 M. A. Richardson Legendary Div. II. 142 The mawkin gogglet i' the synger's face. 1895 S. R. Crockett xlvii Once they raised, as it had been a poor maukin, a young lad that ran from them. 1924 J. A. Thomson ii. 7 There is the mountain hare or blue hare, first cousin of the common maukin, but a distinctively northern species. 1933 3 Nov. 5 While maukins breenged amang his snares ayont the lirk. 1962 in (1965) Maukin, The hare... Also in various fig. and proverbial expressions. 2015 W. Hershaw 42 Ilka raxin stecher and spring you bound, Hauf-mad maukin [sc. a hare], Is fuelled by a fricht whaur panic's steekit your dwaiblin thocht. Compounds 1773 R. Fergusson II. 106 The fuddlin' Bardies now-a-days Rin maukin-mad in Bacchus' praise. 1787 W. Taylor 65 Down the brae I gaed fu' wight, An' lap an' sang, grown maukin mad. 1890 A. M. Bisset 33 Maist Englishmen wad jist as lief Gang maukin-mad as want their beef. 1699 B. E. (at cited word) Hence Malkin-trash, for one in a rueful Dress, enough to Fright one. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.c1275 |
