Middle English Dictionary Entry
dọ̄ke n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dọ̄ke n. Also dok & duk(e, douke, dukke. Pl. dọ̄kes & dukes, doukes, dukkes. |
| Etymology | OE duce, whence the ME variants dọ̄ke, (N) dūke & dǒke, duke, dukke, in regional dissemination. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A duck of any kind (male or female, wild or tame, young or old); drinken with the ~, to drink only water; (b) donghil ~, barnyard duck; wilde ~, (c) the likeness of a duck.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)4138 : Þe cherl bent his bowe..& smot a doke..afterward Anon he hitt a maulard.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3576 : Thanne shaltow swymme as murye..As doth the white doke after his drake.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)17.62 : A-syde he gan hym drawe Dredfully..as duk doth fram þe faucoun.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)7.174 : Ich shal..Drynke bote with þe douke and dyne bote ones.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)498 : The goos, the cokkow, and the doke..cryede, 'Kek, kek! kokkow! quek quek!'
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)193 : Herouns, gees, dookys, and other such merchaundyse.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)125 : Dooke, byrde: Anas.
- c1450 Treat.Fish.(Yale 171)5 : Duckes, Cootes, herons & many oþer fowlys.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)40a : A Duke [Monson: Dukke]: Anas, Anatinus, Anatinulus.
- a1525(?1421) Cov.Leet Bk.27 : Þat no man haue no dokys goyng in þe streit, vp the peyn of forfatur of the same dokes.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)324b/b : Coote eiren beþ..moche y-liche to wilde doke eiren.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)141/5 : In þeise vyueres ben so many wylde gees..& wylde dokes.
- a1500(?a1410) Lydg.CB (Lnsd 699)360 : All oon to the a ffaucoun & a kyte..A donghyl doke as deynte as a snyte.
c
- (1448) Pet.Hen.VI in Archaeol.167 : viij pec. cloth..with ffeysaunts and doks.
- c1450(c1353) Winner & W.(Add 31042)97 : A brighte belte of ble, broudirde with fewles, With drakes & with dukkes.
2.
Cpds. & combs.: (a) dokes dong, droppings of a duck; dokes grece, duck's grease; (b) ~ eiren, duck eggs; ~ mete, duckweed; (c) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.137].
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)95a/b : Dukez grece.
- ?a1450 Lanfranc (Add 12056)58/20 : Grecys, as hennys, gosys & dokys.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)280/904 : Tak dowkes dunge, hony [etc.]..it will sle the cankyre in tetis.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)324a/a : Doke eyren beþ more þan henne eiren, but þey beþ nouȝt so sauory.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)175b/b : A medecyne..ingrossatyf..as is..dokemete of þe water [*Ch.(1): lentigo aque].
c
- (1212) CRR(2) 6324 : Johannes Dockeeved.
- (1216) Fine R.King John587 : Hugo de Dukeswrd.
- (1273) Hundred R.Tower 198 : Robert Dokesye.
- (1303) Pat.R.Edw.I186 : Richard Dukedrake.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Terms Assoc.(3) (Lamb 306)233 : A teme of dokis.
Note: Needed for date in sense 1.(a)
Note: Gloss: also, as term of association: teme of dokes, a group of ducks.--notes per MLL