单词 | tocher |
释义 | tochern. Scottish and northern dialect. The marriage portion which a wife brings to her husband; dowry, dot. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [noun] > dowry moryeveOE marriagea1325 dowing1382 dowerc1386 dowrya1400 marriage money1454 marriage good1478 tocher1496 dote1509 jointurea1513 portion1513 endowry1523 tocher-good1538 dowagea1552 marriage dowrya1616 wedding-dowera1616 marriage portion1616 portion money1625 fortune1702 dot1822 1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 307 Giffen to Robert Lile, in his toquhyr of the Mertymes terme bipast jc markis. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. x. xxii. f. 153/2 And [Rolland] in ye name of touchquhare sall haue al yai landis. 1546 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 43 The said Lord Governour sall gif in tocher with his said dochter to the said Eirle and his airis the soume of twa thousand, thre hundreith, and thrette thre pundis vi s viii d. 1568 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 86 The parties went..to hir frends, to demand towher. 1569 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. ii. 314 (note) He shall haue 1001..as towcher and mariadge money, whiche I gaue him with my dowghter Anne. c1614 W. Mure tr. Virgil Dido & Æneas ii. in Wks. (1898) I. 192 Now Dido may be tyed to Trojane mate, And thow receave, in tougher, Carthage great. 1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 50 A Towgher, a Dower or Dowry. Dial. Cumb. 1693 ‘J. Curate’ Sc. Presbyterian Eloquence (ed. 2) Postscr. 102 Ye ken well enough..that Lads does not marry Lasses now, except they have a Tocher. 1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 808 Then hey, for a lass wi' a tocher; the nice yellow guineas for me. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 22 He married a lass from the hills who brought him no tocher, but..a strong dower of sense and good health. Compounds C1. General attributive. tocher-fee n. ΚΠ 17.. in Kinloch Anc. Sc. Ballads (1827) 85 ‘A clerk! a clerk!’ the king cried, ‘To sign her tocher-fee’. tocher-gear n. ΚΠ 18.. Cath. Jaffery iv, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1890) IV. vii. 225/1 For tocher-gear he did not stand. C2. tocher-band n. a marriage settlement. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [noun] > marriage settlement marriage contract1592 marriage agreement?c1663 marriage articlesa1668 marriage deed1678 marriage settlement1678 tocher-band1792 contract1815 ketubah1841 1792 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 649 My daddie sign'd my tocher-band To gie the lad that has the land. tocher-good n. property given as tocher or dower. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [noun] > dowry moryeveOE marriagea1325 dowing1382 dowerc1386 dowrya1400 marriage money1454 marriage good1478 tocher1496 dote1509 jointurea1513 portion1513 endowry1523 tocher-good1538 dowagea1552 marriage dowrya1616 wedding-dowera1616 marriage portion1616 portion money1625 fortune1702 dot1822 1538 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 158 To pay me the soume of thretty poundis..and that in tochir gud for the mareage. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem i. 25 The mariage being dissolved, the tocher-gude returnes and perteins to the wyfe. 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. v. 106 Though I fall heir to her tocher-good, I am sorry for it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tocherv. Scottish and northern dialect. transitive. To furnish with a tocher; to dower. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [verb (transitive)] > give as dowry > give dowry to endow1528–30 dote1560 tochera1578 dowry1588 endower1606 dowera1616 indotate1647 portion1836 fortune1838 dot1887 a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 125 He..tocharit hir with the Lordschipe of Ballvenie. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 54 Weel he can spare't, Braid money to tocher them a', man. 1829 J. Hogg Shepherd's Cal. I. x. 304 It wad tocher a' our bonny lasses. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) at Tokker, Togher ‘He tokker't his dowter wi' twenty pund’. Derivatives tochered adj. /ˈtoxəd/ (qualified by adverbs as well-tochered). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [adjective] > of or relating to dowry > possessing a dowry portioned1632 tochered1728 dowereda1756 well-dowered1772 1728 A. Ramsay Give me a Lass with a Lump of Land iii Well tocher'd lasses or joynter'd widows. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xii. 267 Ye are a bonny young leddy, and a gude ane, and maybe a weel-tochered ane. 1881 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 524 The fairly tochered spinster. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1496v.a1578 |
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