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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A coarse damask.
  2. n. Lower Northern U.S. A stone small enough to throw from a field being cleared.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A stout linen cloth, especially a damask linen having a simple diaper pattern, formerly much used for church vestments, altar-hangings, etc.
  2. n. Linsey-woolsey: in this sense
  3. n. A pebble or cobblestone; any small fragment of rock.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournay (in Flemish, Doornick), Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc. Also, a stout figured linen manufactured in Scotland.

Etymologies

  1. Middle English, after Doornik (Tournai), a city of southwest Belgium.Probably from Irish Gaelic dornóg, a small round stone. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • reesetee Probably from Irish dornóg; a stone small enough to throw. (From AWAD) Jun 10, 2008

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