单词 | dodkin |
释义 | dodkinn. 1. An early name for the doit n., a small Dutch coin. Hence, any coin of very small value.Only Historical after 1600, except in proverbial phrases. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Dutch coins seskyn1413 dodkin1415 plackc1470 Rhenish1479 Utrecht1493 Utrecht noble1494 stiver1502 doit1594 stooter1598 doublejee1707 double shilling1744 William1836 steever1892 society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > small sum parcelc1400 plack1530 dodkinc1555 triflec1595 denier1597 driblet1659 song1698 Flanders-fortune1699 pin money1702 doit1728 drab1828 picayune1838 sprat1883 shoestring1904 peanut1910 1415 Act 3 Hen. V c. 1 §2 Les Galyhalpens & la Moneie appelle Seskyn & Doydekyn. 1415 Act 3 Hen. V c. 1 §2 Galyhalpens, Seskyns ou Doykyns. c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Ciiiv He yt wil not stoupe a dodkin at ye dice. 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande iii. f. 10/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I At the ende of his Mayoraltie he ought no man a dotkin. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 79 Brasen Dodkins or mites called Asses. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Z4v/2 Dotkins, a kinde of coine. [1672 T. Manley Cowell's Interpreter sig. Aaa, Doitkin, A base Coine, prohibited by 3 H. 5. cap. 1. Hence probably we retain that phrase when we would undervalue a man, to say, He is not worth a Doit or Doitkin.] a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 77 Some..divide the Farthing into 2 Ques, the Q into 2 Cees, the C into 2 Dodkins. 1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote III. xxvii. 206 I did not care two dotkins. 2. [Perhaps not the same word. In sense 2b perhaps a diminutive of dod n.2, Dutch dodde club.] a. A bud. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > bud > [noun] burgeoninga1340 bud1398 burging1398 burgeona1400 tendron14.. buttona1425 pumple1523 oillet1574 dodkin1578 pimple1582 eyelet1600 knot1601 eye1618 budleta1864 button bud1869 break1933 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iii. lx. 400 Small dodkins or springes, which are the beginning of leaues. b. A pistil. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > stamen or pistil > style or pistil and related parts chire1398 chithe1398 chyde?a1500 chive1535 clapper1578 dodkin1578 pestle1597 pointel1597 umbone1633 style1682 pistillum1703 pistil1717 stylet1720 stylus1729 column1807 gynobase1830 gynaeceum1832 stylopodium1832 stylopod1849 gynostegium1880 pistillode1904 columna- 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. xxvii. 585 The flower..with a yellowe Dodkin or Pestil, lyke golde in the middle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1415 |
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