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mutch dial.|mʌtʃ|
Also Sc. 5 mwch, 5–6 much, 7 moche.
[a. MDu. mutse (mod.Du. muts) = MGH., mod.G. mütse; prob. a shortened form of MDu. amutse, almutse, MHG. armuz, almuz, med.L. almutia, F. aumusse, Pr. aumussa, Sp. almucio amice2; the origin of the Rom. word, which meant a covering for head and shoulders worn by canons, is obscure. Cf. mozzetta.]
†1. Sc. A night covering for the head. Often night mutch. Obs.
1473Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. (1877) I. 39, v elne of Holland claith for sarkis and muchis. Ibid. 40, ij elne of lawne for my Lordis muchis. 1474Ibid. 27, j elne of Hollande clath for mwchis to the King. Ibid. 41, viij elne of Hollande clath for sarkis and mwchys. 1503Ibid. (1900) II. 211 Item, for thre muches brocht hame be him to the King. 1612Sc. Bk. Customs in Halyburton's Ledger (1867) 322 Mutches called nycht mutches of linning plane..nycht mutches embrodered with gold and siluer. a1670Spalding Troub. Chas. I (Spald. Club) II. 388 He had on his heid ane white perllit mvtche. 1831R. Shennan Tales 75 (E.D.D.) Even her night-mutch did appear: The vera plaits aboon her brow.
2. A cap or coif, usually of linen, worn by women and young children. Also attrib.
1634–5Brereton Trav. (Chetham Soc.) 188 We call here..a cap, a mutch, if it be linen. 1724Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1762) 9 Their toys and mutches were sae clean, They glanced in our ladses' een. 1822Galt Provost xxxvi, Mrs. Fenton, with her mutch off,..was seen trying to sunder the challengers and the champions. 1884Queen Victoria More Leaves 113 The old mother, Mrs. Brown, in her white mutch,..and a few neighbours stood round the room. 1894Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet 36 The ‘mutch’ box lined with pale green paper.
Hence ˈmutchless a., without a cap.
1826J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 216 The mutchless mawsie flings herself frae the tap step. |