 Definitions Continued 4. a very small piece or quantity; a bit, a scrap ...1867 Amer. dial.  1597 - A.M., J. Guiilemeau's Frenche Chirurgerye or all the Manualle Operations of Chirurgerye translated 1597; see below from E-NED   from Latin scriptiōnem, from scrībĕre to write  "...if I give this handle to our bad illiterate poetasters for the defence of their Scriptions, as they call them." From: The Poetical Works of John Dryden:
Containing Original Poems, Tales, and Translations: with notes by the Rev. Joseph Warton, and the Rev. John Warton, 1873 Dedication P. 286
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for adjective: from bucket + -y for noun: a corruption of 'buckwheat' 
1883 - Harper's Magazine, 1883; see Example below 
From: Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume LXVI, December, 1882 to May, 1883 Artist Strolls in Holland P. 177 
reduplication of LOREL or LORREL, a worthless fellow 
? 1593 - Pierce's Supererogation, Gabriel Harvey; see Example below 
From: Pierce's Supererogation: Or, A New Prayse of the Old Asse By Gabriell Harvey, 1593 P. 48 
from Latin vulnerāt-, ppl. stem of vulnerāre to wound 
1599 - A. M., Gabelhouer's (O.) Boock of Physicke translated 1599; see Example below 
From: The Boock of Physicke By Mr Doctour Oswaldus Gabelhouer Translated out of High-duche by Mr Doctour Charles Battus Translated out of Low-duche into Englishe by A.M., 1599 For Diseases of the Eyes P. 54 
also ACROCOMICK, ACROCOMICKE Note 1: E-COL has it in adjective form: 'Acrocomick, g. having long hair' (g = Greek) Note 2: E-NED shows 'never used' CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES 
from Greek ἀκρόκοµος having hair at the tip, like a goat's chin + -ic 
1626 - The English Dictionarie, or An Interpreter of Hard English Words,
Henry Cockeram (1626) 'Acrocomicke. One having long haire.' 
Old English deorcfull, from deorc (adj.) dark 
a 1050 - Defensor's Liber scintillarum with an Interlinear Anglo-Saxon version; see below from: Defensor's Liber Scintillarum: With an Interlinear Anglo-Saxon Version made Early in the Eleventh Century Edited by E.W. Rhodes Published for the Early English Text Society, 1889 P. 187 
From: An Exposition Upon the Second Epistle General of St. Peter, By The Rev. Thomas Adams, 1848 Verse 19. 
from draff + sack (n.) = Middle Dutch drafsac lit. and fig. 
c 1386 - Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer; see Example below 
From: The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Edited by Thomas Tyrwhitt, 1843 Canterbury Tales The Reves Tale V. 4173-4312 P. 32 
from hypocri(te + -fy 
1716 - Athenæ Britannicæ, Myles Davies; see Example below 
From: Athenæ Britannicæ: Or, A Critical History of the Oxford and Cambridge Writers and Writings By Myles Davies Part II, 1716 Chapter IV. P. 242 
From: John Noakes and Mary Styles: Or, "An Essex Calf's" Visit to Tiptree Races: A Poem By Charles Clark, 1839 P. 8 
from bumper (n.), (a cup or glass of wine, etc., filled to the brim, especially when drank as a toast) + -ize 
a 1794 - Miscellaneous Works, Edward Gibbon; see Example below 
From: Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings By Edward Gibbon, John Holroyd Earl of Sheffield, 1796 P. 100 
1648 - Hesperides: or, the Works Both Humane and Divine of Robert Herrick; see Example below 
From: The Works of Robert Herrick Volume First, 1823 Hesperides of Robert Herrick P. 85 
from lover (one possessed by sentiments of affection), after libertine 
1603 - Patient Grissil: A Comedy, Thomas Dekker, Henry Chettle, William Haughton; see Example below 
From: Patient Grissil: A Comedy: By Thomas Dekker, Henry Chettle, William Haughton Reprinted from the Black-Letter Edition of 1603 Printed for the Shakespeare Society, 1841 Act V Scene II P. 89 
also FENOW, FENOWE, FINEW, FINNEW, FINNOW, VINEW, VINNOW, VINNY (dialect) CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES 
Old English fyneᵹian, from fyniᵹ mouldy 
c 1000 - (verb form) Canons Ælfric; see below from E-NED 
From: The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Volume the Fourth, 1772 The Second Continuation of Physico-Mechanical Experiments Experiment XIII P. 538 
also BEHOEFUL, BEHOFEFUL, BEHOFFUL, BEHOFUL, BEHOOFEFUL, BEHOOFFUL, BEHOOUEFUL, BEHOOVEFUL, BEHOOVFUL, BEHOUEFUL, BEHOVFUL, BEHOWEFUL, BEHUFFUL, BYHOOFFUL, CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES 
from E-NED: from behoof n. [Old English *bihóf ‘utility,’ occurring in the deriv. bihóf-liacuc useful, necessary; = Old Frisian bihof, Dutch behoef, Middle High German bihuof, modern German behuf, of same meaning; from *bihóf, pa. tense of Orig. Teut. *bihafjan,Middle High German beheben ‘to take, hold, receive,’ from bi-, be- + hafjan, Old English hębban, pa. tense hóf, ‘to heave, raise,’ orig. ‘to take up, take,’ cogn. w. Latin cap(i)ĕre. The original sense seems to have been either, ‘taking in, reception, acquisition,’ whence ‘gain, advantage,’ or ‘taking away, taking to oneself, taking the use of,’ whence ‘use.) + -ful. (Extremely common from 1400 to 1700) 
1382 - John Wyclif; see below from E-NED 
From: The Antiquarian Repertory: A Miscellaneous Assemblage of Topography, History, Biography, Customs and Manners. A New Edition, Volume II. 1808 Articles Exhibited by the Erle of Warwyk, Preceptor to Kyng Henry VI, to the Dukes of Bedford and Gloucester, (the Kyngs Uncles) and other Lordes of the Kings Counsell P. 229 
also DASYBERD, DAYSYBERD, DOSABERD, DOSEBEIRDE, DOSEBERD, DOSSIBERD, DOZIBERD, DOZIBERDE CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES 
From E-NED: The better form is prob. dasyberd = dazy-beard: see dazy a. inert, dull. Mätzner compares LG. dösbârt, and the same notion appears in Lowland Sc. dulbart, dulbert = dull-beard, dullard. 
c 1400 - The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone; see Example below 
From: The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babyloyne and of Ferumbras His Sone who Conquerede Rome. Copied from a Manuscript, Printed 1854 P. 62 
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