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Definition of Dornick
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 n. A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournay (in Flemish, Doornick), Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc.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.
Definition of Dornick
1. a heavy linen fabric [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dornick
Literary usage of Dornick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Scotland Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1854)
"... language of Scotland, (of which he has nevertheless taken upon him to publish
a glossary,) as to say that a ' cod' is a pillow-slip, and a ' dornick ..."
2. Memoir of Thomas Thomson, Advocate by Cosmo Innes (1854)
"... language of Scotland, (of which he has nevertheless taken upon him to publish
a glossary,) as to say that a ' cod' is a pillow-slip, and a 'dornick ..."
3. The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe: With a Life of the Martyrologist, and by John Foxe, George Townsend (1846)
"Bertrand le Blas, martyred at dornick, AD 1665. The story of Bertrand is lamentable,
his torments incredible, the tyranny showed unto him horrible, ..."
4. The Parish of Strathblane and Its Inhabitants from Early Times: A Chapter in by John Guthrie Smith (1886)
"... 6 Two dornick water cloathes Ane dornick ... Item two old dornick table cloathes
Item ane ... old dornick ..."
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