† caskanetn.
Obsolete.
A word common in the 17th cent., which some appear to have identified with carcanet n., others to have used in the sense casket n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > box > [noun] > small box
boxOE
skibbet1398
boiette1525
caskanet1607
farset1639
canister1711
chip box1738
cassette1793
mull1831
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > neck ornaments > [noun] > necklace or collar
wreathOE
chain1397
collarc1400
sarpe1429
carket15..
baldric1530
carcanetc1530
necklace1530
carcan1539
caskanet1607
necklet1641
lunula1719
throatlet1844
chapletc1850
dog collar1855
necklace-collar1859
mala1872
choker1928
1607 Lingua in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) IX. 426 Such stir with sticks and combs, cascanets, dressings..necklaces, carcanets, rebatoes.
1623 J. Webster Deuils Law-case i. ii Reach me the caskanet.
1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) iii. ii. iii. 410 A chaine of pearle, a cascanet of Jewels.
1638 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1861) III. 200 A caskenett wth red stones in it.
a1643 W. Cartwright Siedge ii. vi, in Comedies (1651) sig. I The Sea yield Pearls unto thy Caskinet.
1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 223 Wheras you please to call it the ‘cabinet that holds the jewell of our times’, you may rather term it a wicker casknet that keeps a jet ring.
1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 134 Onely women might weare a small Casknet about their necks.
1693 W. Freke Sel. Ess. xxxii. 198 The Diamond that is true Brilliant..needs nothing of the Golden Caskanett, to set it off, or adorn it.
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