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单词 handcloth
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handclothn.

Brit. /ˈhan(d)klɒθ/, U.S. /ˈhæn(d)ˌklɔθ/, /ˈhæn(d)ˌklɑθ/
Forms: see hand n. and cloth n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hand n., cloth n.
Etymology: < hand n. + cloth n. Compare Old Icelandic handklæði, Old Danish hand klæthe (Danish (now regional) håndklæde) small towel for drying the hands, Old Swedish handkläþe (Swedish (now regional) handkläde) also in sense ‘handkerchief’.
A small cloth or towel for wiping or drying the hands (cf. face cloth n. (c) at face n. Compounds 2). Also: a handkerchief.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > rubbing with towel > towel > hand-towel
handclothOE
hand towel1454
handclout1788
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [noun] > cleaning the nose > handkerchief
coverchiefc1305
cloutc1380
muckender1420
napkin1436
handkerchief1530
handkercher1531
mocket1537
wiper1587
nose-cloth1589
pocket handkerchief1645
handcloth1676
mouchoira1685
pocket-clotha1704
wipe1708
volet1789
kerchief1814
snotter1823
lachrymatory1825
nose-rag1840
nose-wiper1840
sweat-rag1843
lachrymary1854
sneezer1857
stook1859
snottinger1864
snot-rag1888
hanky1895
penwiper1902
paper handkerchief1907
nose-wipe1919
snitch-rag1940
paper hankie1959
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxix. 424 Ic geseo godes engel standende ætforan þe mid handclaðe [L. linteo]: & wipað ðine swatigan leomu.
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 163 Hire handcloðes and hire bord cloðes [ben] makede wite.
c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1906) 16* Table, towayle, et nape; Boorde, handcloth, and metecloth.
?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 773/10 Hoc manitergium, a handclothe.
1582 Edinb. Dean of Guild Accts. 125 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Hand-claith, Tua ellis lynnyng clayth to be tua hand claythis to the menistratioun of baptisme.
1614–15 in J. Robertson & C. Innes Munimenta Univ. Glasguensis (1854) III. 565 Twelf ellis of rounder claith to be twa buirdclaithis,..foure towallis and twa handclaithis.
1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Hand-cloth, a handkercher.
1820 Ann. Reg. Apr. 110/1 At the bottom of a large tub in the yard near the garden-gate,..witness found a hand-cloth and another apron by him now produced.
1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxi. 318 It blisteringly passed through and through both of Stubb's hands, from which the hand-cloths, or squares of quilted canvas sometimes worn at these times, had accidentally dropped.
1904 Amer. Med. 9 Jan. 66/2 Care should be exercised to turn the head from other persons and to place the handcloth over the mouth while coughing.
1989 J. M. Dillard Lost Years Prologue 3 The stains on his handcloth changed from dark green to bright.
2008 Independent Traveller (Nexis) 29 Mar. 4 I expected extremely attentive, nice women with glossy black hair to be handing us lemongrass-scented handcloths.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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