单词 | mutch |
释义 | mutchn. Chiefly English regional (northern), Scottish, and Irish English (northern). Now historical. 1. A nightcap. Frequently in night mutch. Scottish in later use. Now rare. Sc. National Dict. s.v. records night-mutch as still in use in Orkney in 1963. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > worn for specific purpose > night cap nightcap1378 mutch1438 bonnet1508 biggin1558 dormeuse1734 bed-cap1820 1438 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 94 (MED) De j moch panni linei iiij d. 1473 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 39 v elne of Holland claith for sarkis and muchis. 1474 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 41 viij elne of Hollande clath for sarkis and mwchys. 1503 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 211 Item, for thre muches brocht hame be him to the King. 1569 Kirkcaldy Burgh Rec. (1908) 325 Nycht muche. 1612 Bk. Customs & Valuation in A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 322 Mutches called nycht mutches of linning plane..nycht mutches embrodered with gold and siluer. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 388 He had on his heid ane white perllit mvtche. 1759 Caledonian Mercury 13 Oct. Stolen... Two Bundles of Linen..boys night mutches. 1831 R. Shennan Tales, Songs, & Misc. Poems (E.D.D.) 75 Even her night-mutch did appear: The vera plaits aboon her brow. 1896 J. Horne Canny Countryside 109 Ma broo hes never feelt onything bit ma bonnet an' ma nicht-mutch. a1899 D. Nicolson MS Coll. Caithness Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 271/2 Night-mutch. 2. A cap or coif, usually of linen, worn by (esp. old) women and young children. Also mutch cap. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > woman's cap cap?c1225 mutch1597 biggonet1637 cockernony1701 1597 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) II. 26 [She] tuke aff hir sark..and hir mutche. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 188 We call here..a cap, a mutch, if it be linen. 1680 in Rec. Court of New Castle on Delaware (1904) 404 His luyfe had stole a mutch er Capp. 1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (new ed.) I. 17 Their Toys and Mutches were sae clean, They glanced in our Ladses een. 1768 Ayr Presb. Reg. MS. 4 May Some Linnen to make Mutches for the Child. 1822 J. Galt Provost xxxvi. 260 Mrs. Fenton, with her mutch off..was seen trying to sunder the challengers, and the champions. 1884 Queen Victoria More Leaves 113 The old mother, Mrs. Brown, in her white mutch,..and a few neighbours stood round the room. 1891 J. J. H. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 19 ‘Hear hoo shü raaves!’ says Frankie dan, An poo'ed da mutch-string slacker. 1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet 36 The ‘mutch’ box lined with pale green paper. 1912 J. Stephens Charwoman's Daughter 66 Her grandmother's mutch cap. 1933 J. Gray Lowrie 27 If yon een hed a mutch on an' a clow in her mooth, shu wid be da livin' eemige o' auld Girzzie o' da Mires. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 192/2 Mutch,..an old woman's cap. 1975 A. Deyell My Shetland 90 I'll tak aff my bonnet, an pit on my mutch. 1987 E. Sainsbury George MacDonald 8 The women wore duffle grey with white mutches. Derivatives ˈmutchless adj. rare without a cap. ΚΠ 1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxviii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 625 The mutchless mawsie..flings herself frae the tap-step. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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