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bigginn.1 Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French beguin. Etymology: < Middle French beguin (French béguin ) child's cap or coif (16th cent.), type of headgear, originally with allusion to the distinctive type of coif fastened beneath the chin worn by the Beguines (1387), transferred use of beguin , masculine form corresponding to beguine Beguine n.1In French regional use the word is found in application to numerous different types of hats, coifs, wimples, or other types of headgear, as are various derivative formations from it: see Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch at *beggen. †1. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > other 1511 Demandes Joyous 39 in (1848) 290 Her moder put no begyn on her heed in her yought. 1530 J. Palsgrave 198/1 Byggen for a chyldes heed, beguyne. 1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver v. 272 I woulde not hereby that men shoulde returne vnto the lasinesse of the tyme paste, wherin bearded men weare biggins, driueling and dandeling in their mothers lappes, betwene sisters and the chambermaids, & rode on cockhorse vpon a staffe. 1639 P. Massinger iv. ii. sig. I2v Would you have me Transforme my hat to double clouts and biggins? 1671 R. Head & F. Kirkman IV. xix. 272 There must be new Blankets, Beds, Rowlers, Pilches, Clouts, Shirts, Headbands, Biggins, and a world of such kind of little Utensils provided; and the Cradle and Groaning-Chair must also be bought and made ready. 1701 tr. C. G. Le Clerc 104 Cover the Child's Head with a little Biggin made of Linnen. 1755 (1774) III. No. 80. 71 Such a store of clouts, caps..biggens..as would set up a Lying-in Hospital. 1825 W. Scott Talisman vi, in III. 145 Methinks a coif would become thy lowering features, as well as a child's biggin would beseem mine. the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun] > babyhood or infancy 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne iii. vi, in I. 563 You that haue..; beene a courtier from the biggen, to the night-cap. View more context for this quotation 1638 F. Quarles iii. 12 How many dangers meet Poore man betwixt the Biggin and the Winding sheet. 1819 W. Scott II. xiii. 236 My brain has been topsy turvy..ever since the biggin was bound first round my head. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > other the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > worn for specific purpose > night cap 1558 W. Bullein f. lxi Wyth roses, and vineger, and rewe stamped together, and put in forred clothe or biggen, applied vnto the temples of the heade or forehead, do seace greuous paynes in the head. 1589 J. Lyly sig. B ij b [His] head is swolne so big, that he had neede send to the cooper to make him a biggin. 1600 W. Shakespeare iv. iii. 158 He whose brow (with homely biggen bound) Snores out the watch of night. View more context for this quotation 1610 G. Markham ii. xvii. 245 Make the horse a biggen of canuase to close in the soare. 1803 Dec. 420 A Cambric worked Biggin, narrow Lace full round the face. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth v, in 2nd Ser. II. 161 Reduced..to biggen and gown, in a night-brawl. 1984 J. Nunn 38 In bed..a plain washable nightcap called a biggin was worn with a nightshirt. the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > membranes, etc., of embryo or fetus > [noun] > membranes enclosing 1611 R. Cotgrave Agneliere..called by some Midwiues, the Coyfe, or Biggin of the child; by others, the childs shirt. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > denoting office or profession > other 1639 J. Mayne City Match iv. vii, in W. C. Hazlitt (1875) XIII. 288 Ha' made him barrister, And rais'd him to his satin cap and biggon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bigginn.2Origin: Apparently from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Biggin. Etymology: Apparently < the name of George Biggin (d. 1803), its inventor (see quot. 1803).A suggested connection with piggin n. is less likely. the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [noun] > preparation of coffee > utensils 1789 17 Oct. 1/2 Pontipool Tea Kitchens, Coffee Biggens, Tea Pots, and Candlesticks. a1803 T. Moore in (1853) I. 97 I had yesterday a long visit from Mr. Biggin..By the bye it is from him the coffee biggins take their name. 1803 73 1094 Mr. Biggin some years ago invented a new sort of coffee pot which has been ever since extensively sold under the name of coffee biggins. 1817 Ogle Improvements in tea and coffee pots or biggins.—‘The tea or coffee being put into the canister, placed within the pot or biggin, the boiling water is then poured upon it, and the extract is filtered through the strainer into the exterior pot or biggin.’ 1870 Oct. 251/1 He poured boiling water into the biggin on the coffee, considering it equally infused when it began to bubble on the surface. 1944 C. Drepperd 199/2 Biggin, an early type of coffee percolator, in pint size. Known in silver, brass, Sheffield, tin, pewter, pottery. Biggins were designed for individual use at ‘biggin time’—9 to 10 a.m. and 4 to 5 p.m. 1971 1 Apr. 48 Georgian silver tea set..comprises a biggin on a spirit stand, a cream jug, sugar bowl and two teapots. 2005 (Nexis) 23 Apr. 8 A Georgian coffee biggin carrying maker's initials..asks £180–£250. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). <  n.11511n.21789 |
