moffn.¹

Brit.

/mɒf/, U.S.

/mɑf/

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Compare Georgian movi silk material for a shirt, Uzbek movut cloth.The form of the word in English suggests that it might have been borrowed via Russian mov, but this is only recorded later, and may be in a different sense.

rare.

A kind of silk fabric from the Caucasus.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > from specific place

armozeen1525

Granado silk1582

elatchac1613

bellandine1721

Chambéry gauze1786

Spitalfields1812

moff1851

Mogador1866

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. V. 1373/1 Caucasian silk stuff (called moff).

1937 Textile Mercury & Argus 24 Sept. 305 Moff, a silk fabric made in the Caucasian province of Shemkha. Usually plain weave.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

moffn.²

Brit.

/mɒf/, U.S.

/mɑf/

Forms: 1800s– moff, 1900s– moph.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: English mophrodite , morphodite n.

Etymology: Apparently shortened < mophrodite, variant of morphodite n.: see quot. 1885. Compare technical senses of morfrey n., maphrodite adj., and hermaphrodite n.

Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete.

In singular and plural. An instrument similar to a pair of compasses, but with one curved leg resembling that of a pair of calipers. Cf. odd-leg adj.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring distances > compasses, dividers, or callipers

compassa1387

proportional compass1570

callipers1571

calliper compass1581

triangular compasses1701

dividers1703

cannipers1707

hair-compasses1728

bow-compass1796

outside calliper1874

wing-compass1875

moff1885

odd-leg1900

1885 Let. 28 Nov. in N.E.D. (1907) at Moff¹, moph It is a cross, in fact, between compass and calliper; and its character of cross breed got it originally the name of hermaphrodite, which was corrupted into mophrodite, which has been shortened into ‘moff’.

1900 N.E.D. at Jenny Also called oddlegs or moffs.

1902 P. Marshall Metal Working Tools 12 A useful form of calipers for marking off..is known by various names, such as ‘odd-leg calipers’, ‘scribing calipers’, ‘hermaphrodite calipers’, ‘mophs’, or ‘jennies’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moff
释义	moffn.¹ Brit. /mɒf/, U.S. /mɑf/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Compare Georgian movi silk material for a shirt, Uzbek movut cloth.The form of the word in English suggests that it might have been borrowed via Russian mov, but this is only recorded later, and may be in a different sense. rare. A kind of silk fabric from the Caucasus. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > from specific place armozeen1525 Granado silk1582 elatchac1613 bellandine1721 Chambéry gauze1786 Spitalfields1812 moff1851 Mogador1866 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. V. 1373/1 Caucasian silk stuff (called moff). 1937 Textile Mercury & Argus 24 Sept. 305 Moff, a silk fabric made in the Caucasian province of Shemkha. Usually plain weave. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). moffn.² Brit. /mɒf/, U.S. /mɑf/ Forms: 1800s– moff, 1900s– moph. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: English mophrodite , morphodite n. Etymology: Apparently shortened < mophrodite, variant of morphodite n.: see quot. 1885. Compare technical senses of morfrey n., maphrodite adj., and hermaphrodite n. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete. In singular and plural. An instrument similar to a pair of compasses, but with one curved leg resembling that of a pair of calipers. Cf. odd-leg adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring distances > compasses, dividers, or callipers compassa1387 proportional compass1570 callipers1571 calliper compass1581 triangular compasses1701 dividers1703 cannipers1707 hair-compasses1728 bow-compass1796 outside calliper1874 wing-compass1875 moff1885 odd-leg1900 1885 Let. 28 Nov. in N.E.D. (1907) at Moff¹, moph It is a cross, in fact, between compass and calliper; and its character of cross breed got it originally the name of hermaphrodite, which was corrupted into mophrodite, which has been shortened into ‘moff’. 1900 N.E.D. at Jenny Also called oddlegs or moffs. 1902 P. Marshall Metal Working Tools 12 A useful form of calipers for marking off..is known by various names, such as ‘odd-leg calipers’, ‘scribing calipers’, ‘hermaphrodite calipers’, ‘mophs’, or ‘jennies’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1851n.²1885
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