单词 | serviter |
释义 | servitern. Scottish. Somewhat rare. A napkin; = serviette n. 1. Sc. National Dict. (at Servitor) records this sense as still in use in Lanarkshire in 1970. 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 1522 Dundee Burgh Court Bks. I. f. 75, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Servito(u)r ij seruatouris of lynnyng. 1530 J. Symsoun Mem. in Liber S. Marie de Lundoris 32, in Chartuleries Balmerino & Lindores (1841) vij. seruitors of dornyth werk. 1629 C. Lowther et al. Our Journall into Scotl. (1894) (modernized text) 19 When a man desireth to drink one gives them first beer holding him the narrow serviter to dry his mouth with. 1719 Cushnie MSS (Aberdeen Univ. Libr.) in Sc. National Dict. at Servitor Two dozen of course serviters with two table clothes. 1868 St. Andrews Gaz. 18 July He will wash his dinner down with a glass of water out of a caraff..wiping his mouth when done with a serviter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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