doilyadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈdɔɪli/, U.S.

/ˈdɔɪli/

Forms: Also doiley, doyly, doyley, irregular d'Oyley, d'oylie.

Etymology: < personal surname Doiley or Doyley.1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 283. ¶18 The famous Doily is still fresh in every one's Memory, who raised a Fortune by finding out Materials for such Stuffs as might at once be cheap and genteel.1728 H. Sloane in Philos. Trans. 1726–7 (Royal Soc.) 34 222 Mr. Doyly, (who was a great searcher after Curiosities, and gave Name to a sort of Stuffs worn in Summer).1750–1800 Pegge MS. Note in Skeat Philol. Trans. (1885) 91 Doyley kept a Linnen-draper's shop in the Strand, a little West of Catherine Street.

†1. attributive or as adj. The name of a woollen stuff, ‘at once cheap and genteel’, introduced for summer wear in the latter part of the 17th cent. Obsolete.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [adjective] > other

say1531

bandy1552

russel1566

shalloon1665

doily1680

West of England1779

lofty1909

1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper iv. i. 37 Some Doily Petticoats, and Manto's we have.

1697 London Gaz. No. 3293/4 A sad colour Doyly Drugget new Coat.

1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit vi. 12 His Children were reduced from rich Silks to Doily Stuffs.

1713 J. Addison in Guardian 8 July 1/1 Summer has often caught me in my Drap de Berry, and Winter in my Doily Suit.

1716 J. Gay Trivia i. 4 Now in thy trunk thy Doily Habit fold, The silken Drugget ill can fence the Cold.

a. n. (Originally doily-napkin.) A small ornamental napkin used at dessert.

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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > napkin or serviette

napkin1384

muckender1420

napetc1422

savernapron1422

browera1475

serviette1490

serviter1522

muffling cheat1567

diapera1616

doily1711

paper napkin1847

lap-cloth1849

1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 23 Apr. (1948) I. 249 After dinner we had coarse Doiley napkins, fringed at each end, upon the table to drink with.

1787 ‘P. Pindar’ Lousiad: Canto II 24 in Lousiad: Canto I (ed. 4) Who dares with Doylies des'perate war to wage.

1798 Gentleman's Mag. 68 ii. 755/2 Thus also the small table napkin called a D'Oyley.

1802 S. Rogers in Clayden Early Life (1887) 437 After dinner [in Paris] she threw about her some ugly and dirty English doyleys, which she also explained as the English fashion, and of which I felt quite ashamed.

1855 H. Martineau Autobiogr. (1877) I. 68 I had been picking at the fringe of my doily.

b. A small ornamental mat made of paper, linen, etc., used on a plate beneath sandwiches, cakes, etc.

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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > other tableware or items for table

pewter1426

warnera1552

nef1567

pewtery1645

hollow-ware1682

equipage1683

flatware1686

napkin ring1686

pewterware1738

egg cup1773

dish-rim1774

butter cooler1784

dish-cross1785

argyll1789

toast-rack1801

centrepiece1836

table centrepiece1850

silverware1862

doily1864

table centre1865

potato ring1888

egg-cosy1894

sandwich flag1907

cheese board1916

Lazy Susan1917

1864 Hist. North-Western Soldiers' Fair, Chicago 89 [Donations] 2 cake doylies.

1905 ‘P. Pennington’ Woman Rice Planter (1913) 197 You fill a basket, put a dainty doily over it.

a1935 W. Holtby South Riding (1936) iv. ii. 218 The cheese cakes and lemon tarts lay on frilled netted d'oylies.

1954 J. Betjeman Few Late Chrysanthemums 95 Beg pardon, I'm soiling the doileys With afternoon tea-cakes and scones.

1958 Times 12 Nov. 3/4 His [sc. Magritte's] little painting of a figure cut out of a paper doily about to smash the head of another paper-doily figure between two very solid rocks.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	doily
释义	doilyadj.n. Brit. /ˈdɔɪli/, U.S. /ˈdɔɪli/ Forms: Also doiley, doyly, doyley, irregular d'Oyley, d'oylie. Etymology: < personal surname Doiley or Doyley.1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 283. ¶18 The famous Doily is still fresh in every one's Memory, who raised a Fortune by finding out Materials for such Stuffs as might at once be cheap and genteel.1728 H. Sloane in Philos. Trans. 1726–7 (Royal Soc.) 34 222 Mr. Doyly, (who was a great searcher after Curiosities, and gave Name to a sort of Stuffs worn in Summer).1750–1800 Pegge MS. Note in Skeat Philol. Trans. (1885) 91 Doyley kept a Linnen-draper's shop in the Strand, a little West of Catherine Street. †1. attributive or as adj. The name of a woollen stuff, ‘at once cheap and genteel’, introduced for summer wear in the latter part of the 17th cent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [adjective] > other say1531 bandy1552 russel1566 shalloon1665 doily1680 West of England1779 lofty1909 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper iv. i. 37 Some Doily Petticoats, and Manto's we have. 1697 London Gaz. No. 3293/4 A sad colour Doyly Drugget new Coat. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit vi. 12 His Children were reduced from rich Silks to Doily Stuffs. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 8 July 1/1 Summer has often caught me in my Drap de Berry, and Winter in my Doily Suit. 1716 J. Gay Trivia i. 4 Now in thy trunk thy Doily Habit fold, The silken Drugget ill can fence the Cold. 2. a. n. (Originally doily-napkin.) A small ornamental napkin used at dessert. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > napkin or serviette napkin1384 muckender1420 napetc1422 savernapron1422 browera1475 serviette1490 serviter1522 muffling cheat1567 diapera1616 doily1711 paper napkin1847 lap-cloth1849 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 23 Apr. (1948) I. 249 After dinner we had coarse Doiley napkins, fringed at each end, upon the table to drink with. 1787 ‘P. Pindar’ Lousiad: Canto II 24 in Lousiad: Canto I (ed. 4) Who dares with Doylies des'perate war to wage. 1798 Gentleman's Mag. 68 ii. 755/2 Thus also the small table napkin called a D'Oyley. 1802 S. Rogers in Clayden Early Life (1887) 437 After dinner [in Paris] she threw about her some ugly and dirty English doyleys, which she also explained as the English fashion, and of which I felt quite ashamed. 1855 H. Martineau Autobiogr. (1877) I. 68 I had been picking at the fringe of my doily. b. A small ornamental mat made of paper, linen, etc., used on a plate beneath sandwiches, cakes, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > other tableware or items for table pewter1426 warnera1552 nef1567 pewtery1645 hollow-ware1682 equipage1683 flatware1686 napkin ring1686 pewterware1738 egg cup1773 dish-rim1774 butter cooler1784 dish-cross1785 argyll1789 toast-rack1801 centrepiece1836 table centrepiece1850 silverware1862 doily1864 table centre1865 potato ring1888 egg-cosy1894 sandwich flag1907 cheese board1916 Lazy Susan1917 1864 Hist. North-Western Soldiers' Fair, Chicago 89 [Donations] 2 cake doylies. 1905 ‘P. Pennington’ Woman Rice Planter (1913) 197 You fill a basket, put a dainty doily over it. a1935 W. Holtby South Riding (1936) iv. ii. 218 The cheese cakes and lemon tarts lay on frilled netted d'oylies. 1954 J. Betjeman Few Late Chrysanthemums 95 Beg pardon, I'm soiling the doileys With afternoon tea-cakes and scones. 1958 Times 12 Nov. 3/4 His [sc. Magritte's] little painting of a figure cut out of a paper doily about to smash the head of another paper-doily figure between two very solid rocks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1680
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