单词 | mockado |
释义 | mockadon.1adj. Now historical. A. n.1 1. a. A kind of fabric resembling velvet, much used for garments and trimmings in the 16th and 17th centuries. Now historical.Mockado was made originally in Flanders and later (at first by Flemish refugees) in Norwich. Although usually of wool and generally regarded as inferior to velvet, varieties made of silk are also mentioned; quot. 1639 at sense B. exceptionally refers to a costly material.tuft mockado: see tuft n. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for clothing > other mockado1543 tuft mockado1579 mock-velvet1611 Mozambique1861 toile1899 blanketing1903 kente cloth1957 1543 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 51 One night gowne of mockeado with one paire of hoase of the same. 1571–2 A. Whitfeld in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 246 Mochadoo for the cote, coller, and hands, with sylk boottons. 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. v. 163/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Mockadoes tufted and plaine. 1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) iii. i. 221/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Now by meanes of strangers succoured here from domesticall persecution, the same [sc. wool] hath beene imploied vnto sundrie other vses, as mockados, baies, vellures [etc.]. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiv. 238 Who would not thinke it a ridiculous thing to see a Lady in her milke-house with a veluet gowne, and at a bridall in her cassock of mockado. 1617 in J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 427 Crimson mochados to make sleeves for the poore men. 1679 in J. A. Johnston Probate Inventories of Lincoln Citizens 1661–1714 (1991) 55 In the shop 6 volure cushons 8 yards of mockadee 50 yards of brugest. 1694–5 in M. Cash Devon Inventories 16th & 17th Cent. (1966) 166 A Box of small Ribbons—1 Paper of macaders 1s..3½yds of Black Callacoe. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. xii. 298 My pack shall be pledged for it—yonder it lies with Giles Gosling..stuffed full with velvet, single, double, treble-piled—rash-taffeta, and parapa—shag, damask, and mockado, plush, and grogram. 1922 E. R. Eddison Worm Ouroboros vii. 87 A sleeveless jerkin of striped yellow and red mockado. 1937 Dict. Textile Terms xci, in Textile Mercury & Argus 24 Sept. 305 Mochado, mokkado, a dress material of silk sometimes called ‘mock velvet’, much used in the 16th and 17th centuries. Also a woollen stuff made in imitation of velvet. 1969 R. T. Wilcox Dict. Costume (1970) 216/1 Mockado, also called mock velvet—a deep-piled velvet with better grades made in silk; cheaper, in wool. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > inferior or cheap seconds1609 mockado1619 ticky-tacky1962 1619 J. Taylor Kicksey Winsey sig. B8v I muse of what stuff these men framed be, Most of them seeme Muckado vnto me. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > carpet > other mockado1738 Gobelin carpet1755 Savonnerie1832 1738 in 6th Rep. Dep. Keeper App. ii. 120 A new Invention of making Carpetting called French Carpets or Moccadoes. Made of mockado. In extended use: inferior, fraudulent, sham. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [adjective] salec1299 bastarda1348 sorry1372 slight1393 shrewd1426 singlec1449 backc1450 soberc1450 lesser1464 silly?a1500 starven1546 mockado1577 subaltern1578 bastardly1583 wooden1592 starved1604 perishing1605 starveling1611 minor1612 starvy1647 potsherd1655 low1727 la-la1800 waif1824 lathen1843 one-eyed1843 snide1859 bobbery1873 jerkwater1877 low-grade1878 shoddy1882 tinhorn1886 jerk1893 cheapie1898 shaganappi1900 buckeye1906 reach-me-down1907 pissy1922 crappy1928 cruddy1935 el cheapo1967 pound shop1989 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial > showy or fanciful but insubstantial frivol1492 fustian1523 triflinga1538 tirlery1546 trumpery1576 mockado1577 skipjack1597 flashy1598 trifle1607 fripperya1625 bagatelle1637 fingle-fangled1651 tawdry1696 sauntering1726 gimcrack1751 folderol1820 tin1886 shicec1890 cotton candy1951 candyfloss1957 1577 W. Fulke Confut. Doctr. Purgatory 287 Mockadoe miracles, narrations, and relations. 1590 Acct.-bk. of William Wray in Antiquary (1896) 32 374 1li black moccado fringe, iii s. viij d. 1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. C3v When I..saw..what a faire mockado Cape it had. 1596 T. Lodge Wits Miserie 14 The farmer that was contented in times past with his Russet Frocke & Mockado sleeues, now sels a Cow against Easter to buy him silken geere for his credit. 1605 London Prodigall iii. i Why she went in a fringed gown, a single ruff, and a white cap; and my father in a mocado coat. 1621 J. Taylor Motto D I want that high esteemed excellence Of fustian, or mockado Eloquence. 1639 J. Ford Ladies Triall ii. sig. D Imagine first our rich Mockado doublet. 1660 Act 12 Chas. II c. 4 Rates Inward, Mocado ends the dozen pound, iiij li. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † mockadon.2 Obsolete. rare. Mockery, derision. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > paltry, mean, or contemptible wretch?a1300 flea1388 figc1450 figo1589 fico1598 paltering1611 fig's enda1616 mockado1740 two pennyworth1851 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 37 What Mockado is this to such a poor Soul as I! 1898 Sunday Mag. 27 723/1 What mockado is this? Shall I be impertinenced by you! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1adj.1543n.21740 |
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