† orkeyn.

Inflections: Plural orkies.

Forms: 1600s 1800s orkey, 1700s orkie.

Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch oortken.

Etymology: < Dutch †oortken orkyn n., with alteration of the ending (compare -y suffix⁶). Compare earlier orkyn n.

Obsolete (in later use historical).

A small Dutch coin formerly in use in England and Scotland, equal to a double doit or a quarter of a stiver.

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1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Oort, an Orkey, or the fourth part of a stiver, or two Doits.

1707 in H. Paton Penninghame Parish Rec. (1933) I. 207 Of the last quarters collections there are 16s. 6d. of doyts and 12s. 2d. of orkies.

a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1710) i. 131 The poorest of 'em Could scarcly wrest an Orkie from him.

1723 in H. Paton Session Bk. Wigtown (1934) 323 If the currancy of the doits and orkies at Edinburgh should be stopped..the Session should receive..what he has not disposed of.

1856 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 462/1 One night the bell came, and no money was then in the house, but an orkey, which is a doit, the smallest of all coin.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	orkey
释义	† orkeyn. Inflections: Plural orkies. Forms: 1600s 1800s orkey, 1700s orkie. Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch oortken. Etymology: < Dutch †oortken orkyn n., with alteration of the ending (compare -y suffix⁶). Compare earlier orkyn n. Obsolete (in later use historical). A small Dutch coin formerly in use in England and Scotland, equal to a double doit or a quarter of a stiver. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > small coins collectively > a small coin orkyn1542 liarda1549 solda1549 scute1594 orkey1648 sock1688 styca1705 dump1821 scuddick1823 bit1829 posh1830 rag1866 tosser1935 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Oort, an Orkey, or the fourth part of a stiver, or two Doits. 1707 in H. Paton Penninghame Parish Rec. (1933) I. 207 Of the last quarters collections there are 16s. 6d. of doyts and 12s. 2d. of orkies. a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1710) i. 131 The poorest of 'em Could scarcly wrest an Orkie from him. 1723 in H. Paton Session Bk. Wigtown (1934) 323 If the currancy of the doits and orkies at Edinburgh should be stopped..the Session should receive..what he has not disposed of. 1856 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 462/1 One night the bell came, and no money was then in the house, but an orkey, which is a doit, the smallest of all coin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1648
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