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† ˈdagswain Obs.
Forms: 5 dagswaynne, daggysweyne, 6 daggeswayne, -swanne, dagswayne, -swain.
[Etymology obscure: the first part has been associated with dag n.1 (cf. description in quot. 1519): cf. also dagon1.]
A coarse coverlet of rough shaggy material.
a1400Morte Arth. 3610 Dubbyde with dagswaynnes dowblede they seme. c1440Promp. Parv. 112 Daggysweyne, lodix. 1519W. Horman Vulg. 167 b, My bedde is couered with a daggeswayne: and a quylte..Some dagswaynys haue longe thrummys and iaggz on bothe sydes: some but on one. 1547Boorde Introd. Knowl. v. (1870) 139 Symple rayment doth serue us full well; Wyth dagswaynes and roudges we be content. 1577Harrison England ii. xii. (1877) i. 240 Our fathers..and we..haue lien full oft vpon straw pallets..vnder couerlets made of dagswain..or hop⁓harlots (I vse their owne termes). |