Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A coarse damask.
- n. Lower Northern U.S. A stone small enough to throw from a field being cleared.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A stout linen cloth, especially a damask linen having a simple diaper pattern, formerly much used for church vestments, altar-hangings, etc.
- n. Linsey-woolsey: in this sense
- n. A pebble or cobblestone; any small fragment of rock.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournay (in Flemish, Doornick), Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc.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
- 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)
Examples
“About as fur as from here to that mule there, leanin 'ag'in a tree, sot little Bill Skinner -- what was left of him, I mean, for he was as dead as a dornick.”
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873
“Yes," observed Thad, with a shrug of his shoulders, "and he meant to drop that big dornick on your head, because you had the gun.”
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Fabrics
Woven, knit and tatted fabrics. Other kinds of cloth, such as tapa and chamois are not included.
shikii, shantung, cotton, linen, tweed, wool, velour, velvet, velveteen, gabardine, chenille, silk and 550 more...
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reesetee Probably from Irish dornóg; a stone small enough to throw. (From AWAD) Jun 10, 2008